The Port of Newcastle will continue its aim to build a container terminal in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, despite a federal judgement rejecting the proposal. The port, which mainly transports coal, aims to build a container terminal in order ...
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has welcomed the European Commission’s NAIADES III Action Plan, a scheme designed to improve Europe’s inland waterway trade. In a statement, the Port Authority said the strategy addresses the need to shift more frei...
The Port of Los Angeles has launched ‘Horizon’, a long-term cargo volume predictive tool as part of its Port Optimizer Control Tower data system as it looks to improve visibility of containerised trade following a year of record imports. The new m...
Danaos Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire six 5,466 TEU container ships in a deal worth approximately $260 million. In a statement, the company said the vessels have an average age of six years and eight months and will be on tim...
The Port of Hamburg is hosting a traffic system pilot which will allow flights in areas with a high volume of drones to be carried out in coordination with manned air traffic. According to Droniq, one of the companies involved in the pilot, the U-...
China-based port equipment supplier Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) has entered the South African rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) market for the first time by winning a bid to supply 17 machines to the Port of Durban and Cape Town of Trasnet Group...
Global Ports Investments (Global Ports) has said it will shift the core focus of its business to containerised trade, particularly in the Far East, after the Russian market grew by 13.3% year-on-year (YoY). In a statement, the terminal operator sa...
Governments require a “shift” in political thought in order for a strong supply chain to be fully realised, according to one major logistics association. The COVID-19 pandemic, Suez Canal, and Yantian crisis have clearly brought the fragility of t...
DP World, UAE Region and Dubai Customs have agreed to accelerate the adoption of paperless processes at the Port of Jebel Ali by launching Automation of Exit/Entry Certificates as part of a wider push to improve efficiency and cut waste. In a stat...
