An imagining of how port technology will operate in 2038 has highlighted the logistical and legal issues with the common use of AI, automation and other currently emerging technologies....

chainPORT Hackathon winner Rombit has made waves in Antwerp with its solution to optimise often-inaccurate ship arrival times....

Junior staff in port operations are a crushing weak spot for ports as they look to build up their cyber security resilience, a specialist has warned....

Port planning should consider a full range of potential scenarios for trade and containerisation, an International Transport Forum (ITF) roundtable on container port strategy has found....

Ergonomic issues do not disappear with the transfer of crane operators from cabins to remote-control workstations, writes Stevie Knight....

INFORM’s Matthew Wittemeier explains why ports can learn from mistakes made in the airport industry on setting data standards....

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....

Iain MacIntyre asks key stakeholders if workplace harassment and bullying in ports is a global issue...

HFW’s Matthew Gore examines the implications of new virtual security regulations...

Pinkerton’s Weynand Haitjema explains the options available to ports facing down sabotage from both within and without...

Apprenticeships or graduates? Felicity Landon considers the way forward in the ports industry...

The US Port of Wilmington will be one winner under America’s newly approved water infrastructure bill which could authorise more than US$6 billion to improve the nation’s ports, dams, harbours and other infrastructure....

There are “exciting” operational and infrastructure opportunities in the US ports market, Badr Jafar, CEO of Crescent Enterprises and chairman of Gulftainer, has said...

Nova Scotia's federal cabinet minister is supporting the Canadian Government’s decision not to fund a major expansion at the Port of Halifax, claiming traffic and proposed land use could be problematic....

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has set port condition Zulu for northern Florida Gulf Coast ports and port condition X-ray for ports in Georgia, South Carolina, and all other terminals and facilities, in preparation for the impact of Hurricane Michael....

The Port of San Diego has handled calls from 17 ships following a cyber security attack which disabled its IT systems last month....

A ransom note was received by the Port of San Diego after it was hit by a cyber attack caused by ransomware which disabled its IT systems last week....

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has welcomed an EU proposal set to better protect the marine environment by boosting the amounts of waste delivered at ports....

Learning foreign languages could be a means for UK ports to increase trade in light of Brexit, it has been suggested at the British Ports Association Conference 2018....

The UK’s export-import imbalance — when the nation’s ports have invested hundreds of millions of pounds into boosting capacity and the country is facing threats to global trade from protectionism — is “a wasted opportunity”....

Trucks equipped with connected technology will trial convoy driving at the Port of Rotterdam this month in a bid to make the logistics sector more efficient, safe and sustainable....

The Port of Newcastle chief executive Craig Carmody has said that the Australian facility is still committed to a container terminal at the port — despite the Government of New South Wales (NSW Government) saying that Port Kembla has been identified as the location for development of a container terminal to increase Port Botany’s capacity...

There was strong opposition to free ports during the Labour Party Conference near the end of September, with the concept being described as “job-destroying”....