Cargotec’s profitability took a hit in 2018 due to “exceptional challenges” in its supply chain and delivery, but the company will focus on key drivers including digitalisation going forward, the company’s chief executive has announced....

Slower international trade and further structural changes to container shipping lines is making forecasting cargo volumes “challenging”, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust has said....

Konecranes has said its business has slowed down in the UK and it is confident the decision to scale back its UK operations in 2018 was the right move....

With more ports considering hydrogen fuelling options for shoreside equipment, there is a pressing need to overcome the challenge of inexperience, according to Hydrogen Europe....

Hong Kong’s Competition Commission has opened an investigation into the newly formed ‘Hong Kong Seaport Alliance’ to assess whether it breaks fair competition rules....

WSP’s Johan-Paul Verschuure explains why the gap needs to be bridged between financial institutions and port opportunities in developing markets...

There is still much to be done to address the issue of poor mental health among port workers, finds Kate Jones...

Mitigation of risks provides a smooth path to securing port finance for both green and brownfield developments, finds Alex Hughes...

Mental health issues are not being properly addressed in ports — that’s the message from ex-workers and specialists in an exclusive Port Strategy (PS) feature....

The campaign to encourage more women into ports is gathering pace. Felicity Landon reports...

Port Strategy would like to wish all readers a very happy festive season and a very happy and prosperous 2019....

Fire-fighters battled a fierce blaze at a recycling plant at the Port of Stockton on Monday, with their efforts hampered by high winds....

Port construction companies are amongst businesses which could be affected by US government action enabling parties to sue businesses in Cuba deemed to have profited off private land seized during the country’s 1959 revolution....

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has for the second time delayed a decision on a strongly contested permit for APM Terminals to carry out modernisation work to introduce driverless electric cargo trucks at the Port of Los Angeles’ Pier 400....

The Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5 in the US state of Washington is set to “return to use as a premier international container terminal” after both building and lease agreements were approved by the managing members of The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA)....

Yildirim Holding Inc. said it has lined up the financing for its subsidiary Yilport Holding to bid for a multiyear concession for the Long Beach Container Terminal in California....

As APM Terminals has recently found to its cost, sentiment can trump both plans and contracts, especially when it concerns automation at Los Angeles....

British ports are being frustrated in their day-to-day operations by “the noise of Brexit”, according to a leading port spokesperson....

Spain's National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) has announced that it is to investigate competition not only between Spanish ports but also with those of other countries....

China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) has signed a US$135.5m Bulgaria port project construction contract with Logistic Center Varna EAD to jointly develop port infrastructure in Bulgaria’s Port of Varna....

The busiest container port in the UK has seen the arrival of its first remote-control rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs)....

Deutsche Bank's former asset management business is considering selling part of its stake in Peel Ports, in a deal that could value the port operator at UK£4bn....

The permanent commission of Spain’s Congress of Deputies has given its approval to the royal decree law put forward by the government to complete reform of the stevedoring sector....