A total of seven companies have now secured compliance with the Digital Container Shipping Association’s (DCSA) Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity interface standards for shipping containers. The new standards were first published in June 2020 ...
Abu Dhabi’s Higher Corportation for Specialised Economic Zones (ZonesCorp) will join Abu Dhabi Ports, where it will be strategically aligned with the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD). In a statement, Abu Dhabi Ports said the integration c...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on US trade with the rest of the world, as well as its internal supply chain, however some of its ports have performed better than others, most notably those on the East Coast. US East Coast ports’ s...
The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has signed a strategic cooperation framework to develop smart ships and other maritime and transportation technologies. In a statement, CSSC it had struck an agreement with the Maritime Safwty Admini...
Despite the impact of COVID-19 on the supply chain, the transportation of perishable goods is set to grow in 2020 as plant-based diets become popular, demand for high vitamin products increases and the Chinese meat market picks up. Considering thi...
The European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Committee has approved aid for two projects in the Port of Valencia that will facilitate and accelerate the possibility of connecting ships to the electricity grid. According to a statemen...
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an agreement with DP World Lirquen, Chile, for nine units of Kalmar mobile equipment. The order comprises two Kalmar G generation reachstackers, one Kalmar U generation reachstacker for handling laden contai...
Demand for scrubber technology is declining despite it once being hailed as a solution for many to meet the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2020 guidelines on sulphur content in fuels. Wärtsilä, a supplier of the fuel-cleaning technolo...
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic Ocean Network Express (ONE) has launched new self-inspection challenges for its vessels. These will replace previous Vessel Quality Standard (VQS) inspections which are currently suspended, the alliance said in...
