The global maritime industry is cautiously optimistic about the global business environment for world trade, but also concerned about challenges to industry recovery including the potential impact of trade tensions, cyber security and fuel costs, according to a new survey....

International trade tensions involving the US will make 2019 challenging but not unmanageable, the chairman of DP World has said....

MGI has rolled out a new intelligent cargo system at the Port of Marseille Fos to track and manage cargo and support supply chain efficiency....

Electrification will slash liquid bulk volumes, it was argued at the British Ports Association Conference 2018....

Ports have limited power to reduce cargo theft because most happens while goods are in transit, a new report has found....

Ports need to learn to walk before they can run when it comes to adopting digitalisation and technology solutions, a specialist has warned....

Workforce diversity strategies for ports and terminals demand the same care and commitment as sales and marketing plans, according to a top Navis executive....

WSP’s Johan-Paul Verschuure sees potential in new investors taking an interest in ports....

Iain MacIntyre speaks to experts in the field from around the world to examine the level of cyber security risk presented by the human factor in ports....

Ports looking to finance critical development need to think out of the box to secure emerging non-traditional investors, according to a consultant....

Port Strategy follows up on the issue of bullying in ports with a first hand account of a former employee of an Australian port that claims to have suffered in its hands. Iain MacIntyre reports....

Any text that underscores operations at ports shouldn’t be left to gather dust, finds Dave MacIntyre....

Fears of a lack of transparency and possible creation of a data monopoly at Los Angeles have raised questions about the port’s Port Optimizer project....

Officials of first-level ports of Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) are investigating alleged practices of corruption, administrative failures and usurpation of functions at Mexico’s Administración Portuaria Integral de Manzanillo (API Manzanillo)....

Operator Illinois International Port District is reconsidering whether the Port of Chicago should be privatised, district executive director Clayton Harris III has said....

A pilot technology project to improve cargo flow at the Port of Long Beach has improved visibility of incoming cargo, with at least 14 days faster access to information resulting in increased throughput, with more productive turns and quicker turn times....

Offshore wind and all-electric cargo handling form the core tenets of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's clean future....

A bomb squad investigation has taken place at the Port of Los Angeles after a shipping container exploded on Tuesday 30 October....

Marine Terminals Limited (MTL) has confirmed a fatality at its Peel Ports Dublin South Bank Quay Container Terminal facility following an incident in which a landside container struck a man undertaking lashing work on a ship....

The Valencia branch of the Coordinadora port union has rejected the idea of the fourth container terminal being automated. It claims that this will not only put hundreds of jobs at risk, but will also decrease productivity and competitiveness....

With November 14 seeing the Cabinet of the United Kingdom agree to a draft deal on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the British Ports Association (BPA) chief executive said before the announcement of the Cabinet agreement that there might be some way to go before ports and freight operators know exactly what the trading...

As the Cabinet of the UK convenes to discuss a draft deal agreed by UK and EU negotiators on the UK’s departure from the EU, it has emerged that the nation’s government has designated up to £200m for development of the country’s Port of Ramsgate, with it being claimed that transport ministers are planning to...

Jaime Vieira dos Santos, president of Leixões port community Comunidade Portuária de Leixões, has publicly criticised the way the SEAL trade union has undertaken its recent struggles with port management....

The Port of Naples will receive EUR111m European Commission funding to improve its infrastructure, operational efficiency and environmental footprint....