Ports and Logistics
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Quah Ley Hoon to step down at Singapore’s MPA
Quah Ley Hoon will be stepping down as chief executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) next month…
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Maersk Project Logistics to launch with acquisition of Martin Bencher Group
Cash-rich A.P. Moller – Maersk has reached an agreement to acquire Martin Bencher Group, a Denmark-based project logistics company for…
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FMC unveils plan for data collection initiative mandated by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is seeking public comments on its proposed plan for gathering import and export information…
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Singapore suspends Glencore’s bunkering licence
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said it will suspend Glencore’s bunker licence for two months after a…
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Singapore and Rotterdam move to establish world’s longest green corridor
Singapore and Rotterdam have joined forces to develop the world’s longest green shipping corridor for low and zero carbon shipping.…
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AD Ports and Hutchison Ports join forces
Abu Dhabi-based ports and logistics giant AD Ports Group and Hong Kong operator and one of the leading port investors,…
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Port Authority of NY and NJ announces new container imbalance fee to minimise congestion due to excess empty containers
The Port of New York and New Jersey will implement a new container imbalance fee for ocean carriers as part…
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Port of Oakland files suit against AB5 protestors
The City of Oakland and the Port of Oakland filed a lawsuit against the owner-operator truckers that had protested California’s…
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Inchcape expands footprint in Belgium with takeover of Kennedy Hunter from Conti-Lines
Maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has agreed to acquire port agency Kennedy Hunter in Belgium from Conti-Lines Group.…
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CMA CGM venture wins bid for state-run terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port
CMA Terminals, a subsidiary of the French containerline CMA CGM, together with J M Baxi Ports & Logistics, a unit…
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New FMC bureau created to enforce US Shipping Act
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has reorganised its investigative and prosecution functions, consolidating them into the newly created Bureau…
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Silos collapse at Beirut port
The northern part of the grain silos at Beirut Port collapsed yesterday after a prolonged fire. The incident came just…
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BW LPG buys trading operations from Vilma Oil
Singapore’s BW LPG is expanding its product services division with the acquisition of the LPG trading operations from Spain’s Vilma…
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US FMC moving quickly in implementing Ocean Shipping Reform Act
This week’s meeting of the US Federal Maritime Commission provided the public with an accounting of the organisation’s progress in…
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Felixstowe faces stike action
UK’s largest container port Felixstowe is set to come to a standstill next month after members of Unite union overwhelmingly backed…
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Pilbara Ports Authority eyes ammonia bunkering
Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) has teamed up with Norway’s Yara Clean Ammonia to jointly facilitate the uptake of clean ammonia…
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Shipping waits for answers out of the Black Sea
Preparations are still underway to get Ukrainian grain shipments exported across the Black Sea, but international shipping still has many…
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Russia starts building its largest oil terminal
Russia’s Rosneft has started construction of an Arctic oil terminal at the Bukhta Sever port, in the framework of its…
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ICTSI takes over Indonesian port
Manila-headquartered International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is acquiring a majority stake in an Indonesian multipurpose terminal operator for $46.5m.…
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Pandemic comes full circle with lockdown at the port city of Wuhan
The two-and-a-half year-long global pandemic has come full circle with news today of a lockdown at one of China’s largest…
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