A vessel has lost at least five containers approximately 43 kilometres off the Dutch West Frisian Islands, according to the Netherlands Coast Guard. According to the authorities, the OOCL Rauma encountered high waves on 11 February while it approa...
Hapag-Lloyd, the fifth largest container shipping line in the world by market share, and HHLA, the German terminal operator, have agreed to continue their close Hamburg-based cooperation. A statement said that both companies will now be able to ma...
The US ambassador to the UK visited the Port of Liverpool on 11 February to discuss commercial opportunities and transatlantic trade. Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson was making his first trip to the UK’s only west-facing deep-sea container terminal...
The Port of Charleston will receive a $20 million grant from the US Department of Transportation for the expansion of the Wando Welch Terminal. The investment will used to build an underwater retaining wall adjacent to the existing bulkhead and de...
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a contract to supply the Port of Houston public container terminals with a suite of process automation solutions for its rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) crane fleet, located across two sites. The order, which c...
The Port of Oakland’s January 2020 results lift hopes for a recovery from the US-China trade war but questions remain over the impact of the coronavirus on trade growth. The Port has reported a 7.3% increase in containerized import volume for Ja...
The Philippines has banned the disembarkation of crews from any vessel originating from China in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. In a statement, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said its ports remained open to vessels from China a...
The coronavirus threatens to disrupt the global economy in a way few could have expected at the start of 2020 – therefore, PTI has asked: how will coronavirus affect the supply chain? It has already caused the closure of one of China’s biggest riv...
The CMA CGM Group is joining forces with Energy Observer to explore hydrogen on a large scale in the shipping industry. Energy Observer, formerly a legendary race boat, is now a genuine experimental platform for tomorrow’s energy sources, CMA CGM ...
