Ports and Logistics
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Maersk’s VC arm joins funding of Egyptian digital freight platform
Egyptian start-up Trella, a digital freight platform that connects truckers with shippers and freight loads, has raised $42m in a…
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European ports join forces on onshore power supply for containership giants
The ports of Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg, Haropa and Rotterdam have announced their joint commitment to provide shore power for the…
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Elon Musk eyes subterranean container transport
Elon Musk is reportedly looking into getting into the red hot container transport sector, but from a typically different angle.…
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Boxship ploughs into Santos passenger jetty
Hamburg Sud’s 10,500 teu , while en route to Paranagua, took out a passenger jetty at Santos in Brazil yesterday.…
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Enstructure acquires Patriot Ports to expand its US southeast terminal network
Enstructure, a US terminal and logistics company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Patriot Port Holdings, the ports…
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Liner congestion spreads across the planet, 304 ships queuing for berth space
The ebb and flow of record global liner congestion is neatly encapsulated in two maps provided below from Seaexplorer, a…
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Nine Argentine port unions hold another strike to gain access to vaccines
Port workers across Argentina will strike for 24 hours, starting at 12:00 am on Friday, in a continuation of their…
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More than 600,000 teu impacted from Yantian fallout
Estimates suggest more than 600,000 teu has now been affected from the fallout of an outbreak of Covid-19 around Yantian…
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Stockholm Norvik Port begins testing of smart navigation marker
A new, futuristic navigation marker has been installed in the fairway leading to Stockholm Norvik Port, Sweden, and will undergo…
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Biden pressured to fix US port congestion issues
America’s National Retail Federation (NRF) yesterday asked president Joe Biden to step in and help fix port congestion as retailers…
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Los Angeles terminal operator transitions container handling equipment to renewable diesel fuel
Fenix Marine Services, a container terminal at the Port of Los Angeles that handles about 2m teu a year, has…
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Controversial proposed methanol plant at Port of Kalama in Washington is nixed
A methanol plant that was in the planning for the Port of Kalama for seven years was cancelled last week,…
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Home Depot charters in ship to battle supply chain pitfalls
The enormous strains felt by retailers in the US, struggling to get stock on their shelves, has taken an extraordinary…
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Report highlights the challenge California faces in creating zero-emission ports
A recently released report from global infrastructure advisory firm Moffatt & Nichol looks at the challenges California’s container and roro…
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More than 300 liners waiting for berth space, container congestion mapped globally
From Shekou to Seattle, Amsterdam to Auckland, containerships are backing up like never before in the 65-year history of the…
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New port complex in Brazilian state of Espírito Santo moves a step closer
The Imetame group is preparing to build a private port complex in Aracruz, in Brazil’s state of Espírito Santo. The…
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LA becomes first port in the Western Hemisphere to handle 10m teu in a 12-month period
Los Angeles has become the first port in the Western Hemisphere to process 10m ten in a 12-month period. A…
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Pearl River Delta jammed
The principle goods highway to the world’s consumers is jammed. In the wake of a Covid-19 outbreak at Yantian Port…
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White House readies supply chain disruptions task force
A report issued this week by the White House, Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-Based Growth,…
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Dutch government grants $2.56bn in subsidies to Rotterdam carbon capture project
The Dutch government will be setting aside €2.1bn ($2.56bn) in grant money for Porthos’ four customers, Air Liquide, Air Products,…
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