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....

The new regulation establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment (EMSWe) will help simplify administration and enable supply chain efficiency, said the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)....

The World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) has launched a plan to integrate UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the business strategies and governance of port authorities to help align them with global sustainability standards....

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....

Alex Hughes investigates the options for dismantling when a crane has reached the end of its useful life...

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....

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....

More than $300m in infrastructure improvements is being considered as part of a drive to grow international marine cargo to the Port of Seattle....

Ports made the cut for US President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Address....

Georgia Ports Authority’s Big Berth/Big Ship programme will enable the Port of Savannah to simultaneously handle six 14,000 TEU vessels by 2024....

Vessel operations at GCT Vanterm at the Port of Vancouver are expected to fully resume by February 4 following the collapse of a GCT Vanterm Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC) ship-to-shore crane on the Ever Summit boxship after it was struck by the vessel earlier this week....

A new report has found that the US market for waterborne freight was worth more than $16bn in 2018....

US ports are suffering delays to development projects in addition to the threat of loss of business as a result of the partial government shutdown, an American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) conference call has revealed....

19 UK local authorities with a major port will receive a share of £3.14m to help them prepare for Brexit, the government has confirmed....

Forth Ports’ Port of Tilbury has received development consent from the UK Secretary of State for Transport to build a new GB£200m port terminal to include a new rail and road connection, deep water jetty and pontoon....

Greece’s biggest port, the Port of Piraeus, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Italian ports of Venice and Chioggia in order to strengthen cargo flows....

A 10-year port development programme which will expand operations, diversify cargo and develop port infrastructure at the Freeport of Riga has been approved by its board....

Draught restrictions at the ports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven has resulted in a shift of market shares away from them towards Rotterdam, Antwerp and Wilhelmshaven....

Spanish mooring and tug providers voted to call strikes in ports if the go-ahead is given to allow vessels operating under flags of convenience to provide services....