Ports and Logistics
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Unprecedented consumer demand to blame for US supply chain crunch: FMC
Rebecca Dye, a commissioner at the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in the US, yesterday released her final report after a…
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Freightos to list on the NASDAQ
Freight booking and payment platform Freightos will list on the NASDAQ via a combination with Gesher I Acquisition Corp, a…
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Pedal power: Colombo dockworkers issued with bicycles as fuel shortages cripple local economy
The dire economic situation in Sri Lanka has seen port workers at the island’s main port of Colombo issued with…
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Wilhelmsen buys out Eidesvik and Simon Møkster to almost take full control of NorSea
Norway’s Wilhelmsen has almost entirely taken over its compatriot offshore supply base specialist NorSea, having acquired an additional 24% of…
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Maersk debuts international relay shipments in China
A.P. Møller – Maersk has become the first foreign carrier to successfully implement an international cargo relay in China. With…
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Bangladesh becomes first nation to bar shore passes over monkeypox fears
Bangladesh has become the first confirmed country to enact seafarer restrictions in the wake of the global spread of monkeypox,…
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Romania’s top port unfit to solve EU’s challenge to bring grain out of Ukraine
With Ukrainian ports blocked by Russian military forces since late February, Romania’s flagship Black Sea port, Constanta, has found itself…
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US Department of Transportation appoints new port and supply chain envoy to work on supply chain disruptions
The White House and the US Department of Transportation announced on May 27 that retired general Stephen Lyons, former commander…
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Scrubber barge will capture, treat exhaust from ships in LA, Long Beach ports
Clean Air Engineering – Maritime (CAE-M), based in San Pedro, California, will operate a barge with an exhaust aftertreatment system,…
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Terminals around the world brace as Shanghai exhales
With Shanghai progressively reopening, gateway terminals in western consuming nations are bracing for a tsunami of boxes to hit already…
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Investments at Port Saint John to increase capacity by 146%
New Brunswick’s Port Saint John on Canada’s Atlantic coast has announced new project funding from the federal and provincial governments…
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Executive changes at Toll
Australia’s Toll Group today announced that John Mullen has decided to retire from the board at the end of next…
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Port of Virginia moves forward on net-zero carbon goal with clean power agreement
The Port of Virginia expects to meet all of its operational electricity needs from clean-energy resources by 2024, moving it…
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Maersk warns that LA, Long Beach ports may implement long-delayed container dwell fee
Maersk said this week that it foresees the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach soon implementing the container dwell…
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Port of Long Beach and Amazon Web Services collaborate to improve cargo data
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) announced this week that Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, will…
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Splash Extra: Constanta port transforms in the wake of war
With Ukrainian suppliers being deprived of their most important export ports, Romania’s flagship Black Sea port Constanta has emerged as…
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New Zealand pumps millions of dollars to develop coastal shipping network
The New Zealand government’s decision this week to pump NZ$30m ($19.4m) into a coastal shipping initiative has been hailed by…
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Middle East container ports are the most efficient in the world
Ports in the Middle East took four of the top five spots in the second edition of the global Container…
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Crowley opens LNG terminal in Puerto Rico
US shipping conglomerate Crowley has inaugurated an LNG loading terminal in Peñuelas in the south of Puerto Rico. The facility…
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Jacksonville harbour deepening project complete
The Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) has completed its harbour deepening project through its Blount Island Marine Terminal. The project deepened…
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