Container volumes at China’s major gateway ports has increased year-on-year (YoY) 16.8% between January and May 2021, with seven of its eight largest gateways seeing a double-digit bounce. The country has seen severe fluctuations in container volu...
Digitalising the inland supply chain by building a common data infrastructure is the next crucial step for the maritime and logistics industries’ automation journey. While data standardisation has been a key topic for some years, larger ports can ...
Leading ports and shippers failing to join forces with emerging economies on environmental technologies will be “suicidal” for industry net-zero carbon ambitions, an expert has said. The comment came from Christiana Figueres, Co-Founder, Global Op...
The Busan Port Authority (BPA) said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Korea International Freight Forwarders Association (KIFFA) to help domestic logistics companies enter overseas markets. Both parties will provide inform...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between a number of the Northern Range ports has been announced and will set out common commitments with regard to Onshore Power Supply (OPS). By jointly committing to enable maximal deployment of OPS for the la...
UK P&I Club has delivered what it believes will be a satisfactory settlement to its dispute with the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) over the grounding of the Ever Given. In a statement, the vessel’s insurer said it thinks it has made a breakthrough fo...
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has adopted a new series of key mandatory measures to cut carbon emissions in container shipping, including a ship rating system to measure carbon intensity. The IMO said the new measures will require ...
The Busan Port Authority (BPA) has begun a joint study with the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) on the impact of pollutants generated from vessels on air quality. The Port said it concluded a memorandum of understanding (Mo...
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), a Global Ports Group subsidiary, has received two new ZPMC rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes which will increase the total capacity of the terminal’s storage yard to 27,000 TEU. Global Ports said the new crane...
