Ports and Logistics
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Can your supply chain flourish in the new post-coronavirus world?
Thomas Owen, logistics manager for Dpack, on what to expect in 2021. It is no exaggeration to say that supply…
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MacGregor: Owners want reduced cost of ownership
All week Splash will be publishing articles from our just published magazine looking at the maritime world in 2030, conducted…
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Before the blast
Ian Urbina, the New York Times investigative reporter and author of the bestseller The Outlaw Ocean, writes for Splash today,…
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Union withdraws industrial action at DP World terminal in Sydney
The Maritime Union of Australia has withdrawn its industrial action at DP World Australia just before the case was due…
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Port of Cork appoints new CEO
Port of Cork in Ireland has appointed Eoin McGettigan as the new CEO of the company, effectively from October 1. McGettigan…
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New rail link shifts boxes from Oslo to Gothenburg
A new weekly rail shuttle service has commenced, providing Oslo with a new link to the largest port in Scandinavia.…
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DP World in historic bid to run a port in Israel
The remarkable thawing of ties between some Middle Eastern nations and Israel has led to an unexpected port development with…
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Maersk bolsters Vancouver’s hub ambitions
Canadian Pacific Railway and Maersk have reached an agreement to build and operate a transload and distribution facility in Vancouver.…
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Congestion surcharges mount as strikes roll across Australian ports
Lobby group Shipping Australia has announced its support to DP World Australia’s application to the Fair Work Commission to terminate…
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Cosco Shipping Ports buys into Guangxi container terminal
Cosco Shipping Ports has announced that subsidiary China Shipping Terminal Development has proposed to acquire a 26% equity interest in…
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Giant MSC boxship takes out crane at Valencia
A crane operator was injured yesterday when part of the arm of a crane fell into the waters of the…
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Another giant fire breaks out at Beirut port
Another noxious fire has broken out at Beirut port. Splash understands a warehouse containing oil and tyres at Beirut port…
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Cypriot shipping entrepreneur fights to clear his name from Beirut port blast
Charalambos Manoli, the Cypriot shipping entrepreneur, has hired a local communications consultancy to try and clear his name from links…
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Maersk makes ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe permanent
Just over a year after its launch in August 2019, Maersk’s AE19 ocean-rail product from Asia to Europe has now…
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More ammonium nitrate found at Beirut port
The Lebanese army found another 4.35 tonnes of explosive ammonium nitrate yesterday near the entrance to Beirut port, one month…
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DP World and Canadian fund commit additional $4.5bn to port investment platform
Dubai-based port operator DP World and its Canadian partner Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), an institutional investor,…
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HMM ties with PSA in Singapore
Terminal operator PSA Corporation and South Korean flagship HMM have joined forces to form a joint venture in Singapore, the…
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Grupo TMM appoints Vanessa Serrano Cuevas as its new CEO
Mexican shipowning and logistics company Grupo TMM has appointed Vanessa Serrano Cuevas as its new chief executive officer, effective immediately.…
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World Food Programme issues bulker tender to fix Beirut’s grain supplies
The United Nations-backed World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a tender seeking a geared bulk carrier to become Lebanon’s de…
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Safmarine and Damco brands go in latest Maersk reshuffle
In further sweeping changes at A.P. Moller-Maersk, Damco will disappear as an NVOCC, while the Safmarine brand, the African shipping…
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