Ports and Logistics
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Fujairah prohibits crew changes for seafarers with recent travel to India
Fujairah has become the latest in line to ban crew change from vessels arriving from India as Covid crisis intensifies…
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Longshoremen strike at Port of Montreal
Members of dockworkers’ union CUPE Local 375 will start an unlimited general strike at Canada’s Port of Montreal at 7:00…
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South Africa’s president outlines vision to restore Durban as Africa’s largest boxport
The South African president has outlined plans to restore Durban’s position as Africa’s largest container port. Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled…
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RUSCON expands operations in Rotterdam
RUSCON Group, one of Russian’s leading container transhipment companies, is expanding its operations in Rotterdam with the opening of Smartcontainer.…
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China Merchants takes autonomous trucking to the next level
China Merchants Port (CMPort) is deploying digital perception radar in a fleet of autonomous trucks operating at its Mawan Smart…
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Force majeure declared at Libya’s Hariga port
Libya’s National Oil Corp (NOC) declared force majeure on Monday on exports from the port of Hariga and said it…
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North America responsible for the world’s container shortages
New analysis from Danish consultancy Sea-Intelligence shows just how much North America is to blame for the severe equipment imbalances…
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Maersk Growth among investors in Torch short-haul freight network
Maersk Growth and several venture-capital companies have together invested $3.5m in Torch, a 3PL platform focused on the short-haul segment.…
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Last orders: Heineken gives its transport providers until 2040 to go carbon neutral
Another major shipper has today set its transport providers a deadline to ensure its supply chains are carbon neutral. Dutch…
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Rio Grande LNG project taps into Mitsubishi Heavy CO2 capture tech
US LNG project developer NextDecade and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), have signed an engineering…
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Brazil cuts red tape for port bids
Brazil has simplified its port terminal investment rules, cutting red tape as it aims to get more investments along its…
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Truck drivers strike at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Truck drivers at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, represented by the Teamsters union, started strike action against Universal Logistics…
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Global Shipping Business Network seals first banking tie-up
Blockchain grouping Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) has teamed with Bank of China (Hong Kong) in a bid to help…
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Workers walk out at New Zealand’s largest port, slam management over safety lapses
Workers at New Zealand’s largest port walked off site today and cast a vote of no confidence in senior management…
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MSC rolls out new ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe
Swiss-headquartered containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is expanding its services portfolio with the launch of a new intermodal solution between…
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CMA CGM details its plans to rebuild Beirut port
France’s CMA CGM, whose founding family hail from Lebanon, has presented a plan to rebuild Beirut port within three years.…
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Irish coal plant to become green energy hub
Irish utility ESB has unveiled a major project to transform its Moneypoint coal-fired power station in County Clare into a…
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Port of Montreal labour relations worsen
The Maritime Employers Association (MEA) at Canada’s Port of Montreal on Saturday morning gave 72 hours’ notice to the Canadian…
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NorSea awarded supply base contract by OMV
NorSea has won a five-year contract, with two two-year extension options, to provide supply base services to OMV for its…
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Port of Rotterdam carbon cut above national average
The Port of Rotterdam has seen its carbon emissions fall some 13% below national avarage over the past four years.…
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