Ports and Logistics
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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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America’s first new terminal in more than a decade opens as nation battles severe port congestion
The 3,237 teu will come to berth today in North Charleston on the US east coast to much fanfare, the…
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Port of Esbjerg harnesses offshore wind for shore-to-ship power
Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg recently inaugurated its first shore-to-ship power units, which allow docked vessels to run on renewable electricity…
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Dutch firm markets ‘one-way’ containers
Some 20m ocean containers move across the planet, carrying freight to every corner of the globe. After being unloaded at…
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FMC vows to get to the bottom of the ongoing container crunch hammering US supply chains
The Federal Maritime Commission, America’s shipping regulator, met virtually and in closed session yesterday to discuss developments in the ongoing…
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Northwest ports in Canada, US commit to phase out maritime emissions by 2050
Four ports on the North American west coast – the Port of Vancouver in Canada, and the Ports of Seattle…
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Crete’s top port set to be privatised
Greece’s ongoing privatisation of its top ports continues with a tender for the sale of a 67% stake in Crete’s…
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Port Qasim Authority orders six Sanmar boats
Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in Pakistan has ordered four tugboats and two pilot boats from Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey for…
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Adani Ports completes Krishnapatnam buy-out
Fast growing Adani Ports has completed the 100% buy-out of Krishnapatnam Port on the east coast of India, paying $38.1m…
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Partners advancing Kashima Port offshore wind project
Wind Power Group, Tokyo Gas and Vena Energy are accelarating the development of the 159.6 MW Kashima offshore wind project…
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Limited maritime spend in Biden’s $2trn infrastructure plans
On March 31, the White House released a fact sheet about its American Jobs Plan – referred to by President…
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Buttigieg sets aside $230m for US port developments
US secretary of transportation Pete Buttigieg this week announced the availability of $230m in grant funding for port and intermodal…
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