Ports and Logistics
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Port of Los Angeles lays out plan for zero onshore emissions
Los Angeles: The Port of Los Angeles is progressing towards a zero emissions pollution prevention target for vehicles operating on…
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Dalian’s new port raises overcapacity concerns
Dalian: Port overcapacity in China is an increasing threat as the economy slows down and regional development and parochial pushes…
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Maersk reiterates call for China to ease cabotage laws
Ningbo: Not for the first time Maersk Line has called for cabotage rules in China to be eased. Speaking today…
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Gunvor sells majority stake in Ust-Luga terminal
Geneva: Commodities giant Gunvor Group has sold a 74% stake in OJSC ―Ust-Luga Oil‖, the operator of Ust-Luga Oil Products…
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Managing the end-to-end extremes of Africa ports
Victor Shieh, the editor of Portoverview.com, gives readers a glimpse at what is happening in Kenya. Positive developments about Africa…
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APM Terminals pulls out of Jacksonville
San Francisco: APM Terminals (APMT) has closed its operations at the port of Jacksonville in Florida because of the knock-on…
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Adani linked with Chennai terminal acquisition
Mumbai: The Adani Group is being linked by local newspaper Business Standard with taking over Larsen & Toubro’s Kattupalli International…
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Kuwait buys stake in Associated British Ports
Athens: The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) has acquired a 10% direct interest in Associated British Ports. The news comes after…
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Two dead at Petrobras oil terminal in Brazil
Athens: Two construction contractors have died while working at a Petrobras oil terminal at Barra do Riacho, Brazil. Alex Vieira Ribeiro, 39,…
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Saigon Port raises $19m from IPO
Hanoi: Saigon Port, the largest port operator in Vietnam, has sold 35.7m shares representing 16.5% equity raising around VND411.13bn ($19m)…
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West Coast ports dispute caused drop in US growth
San Francisco: The dock labour dispute that disrupted operations for months at the 29 West Coast ports in the US…
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Four Chinese ports get official approval to receive valemaxes
Dalian: China’s Ministry of Transport and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) have together released a notice in which they…
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Man hospitalised as straddle carrier topples over at Port Chalmers
Dunedin: A crane operator was hospitalised today as a straddle container carrier he was operating fell over. The accident happened…
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Beibu Gulf Port Group issues new shares to fund port development
Guangzhou: Beibu Gulf Port Group (BGPG), the main port operator in Guangxi province, has announced that it is going to…
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Senate committee approves bill monitoring performance of major US ports
Washington: A US Senate Commerce Committee approved by majority voice vote on Thursday the Port Performance Act, meaning the measure…
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Maersk will continue to use Port of Houston despite end of APMT’s lease
Houston: Maersk Line said on Wednesday that it will continue to call at the Port of Houston even though last…
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Port of Rosario strike averted by new pay deal for dockworkers
San Francisco: A threatened dockworkers strike in the port of Rosario was averted at the eleventh hour on Tuesday as…
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Singapore’s premier opens new Pasir Panjang container terminal expansion
Athens: The prime minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong has opened phase 3 and 4 of development of PSA’s Pasir Panjang container…
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TTS Handling buys Synchrolift brand from Rolls-Royce
Athens: TTS Handling Systems has agreed to purchase the Syncrolift brand and its vessel lifting assets from Rolls-Royce Marine North…
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Rosario braces for port strike
San Francisco: Argentina’s principle grain export hub of Rosario is braced for a strike tomorrow as workers demand better pay…
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