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NewsSecure container release
Dean Davison looks at the latest developments relating to container terminal box collections from specialists in maritime supply chain security, T-Mining
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NewsMedPort Expansion in Final Stages…
APM Terminals is ramping up operations at its MedPort Tangier facility in Morocco by confirming the final part of its 2 million TEU expansion. The expansion means that the terminal can offer a total capacity of 5.2 million TEU per annum.
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NewsCharting West-Med port congestion
The Red-Sea attacks are approaching their first anniversary in early November and the maritime world has become used to the new situation of structural re-routings around Cape Good Hope. JP Verschuure, Director at Rebel, asks if the problems are reducing or whether supply chains are just as congested as in the Spring of this year?
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News‘Live Position’ Launch
‘Live Position’ has been launched by Hapag Lloyd. Representing the shipping line’s first dry container tracking…
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NewsRo-ro terminal bonanza
Although car manufacturers in Mexico are deeply worried about the “invasion” of mostly smaller and cheap automobiles from China, port operators with ro-ro facilities are making hay while the Far East sun continues to shine on them. Rob Ward assesses the situation
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NewsParanagua prospects look bright
Concerted action on infrastructure investment promises to open the door to an increasingly bright future for the port of Paranagua. Rob Ward maps out the plans and other positives.
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NewsFreight rates to fall further in 2024
Falling freight rates will pose a challenge to shipping companies throughout 2024, according to the latest research from Drewry
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NewsMSC – HHLA transaction on course to close 2nd quarter 2024
It might have provoked a negative reaction from certain members of the Hamburg establishment – Hapag Lloyd, Eurokai Group and Kuehne & Nagel for example – but MSC’s audacious bid to buy into Hamburg terminal operator HHLA looks to be right on track at the time of writing.
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NewsOperator selection minefield
Need a container terminal operator? Tread carefully, all is not what it seems. Mike Mundy takes a detailed look at how the international container terminal operating sector is now structured, the different classifications of operator and their respective pros and cons
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NewsA new lease of life
The prospects for DP World Santos have improved with the potential demise of the Superterminal plan opening the way for new investment
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NewsThe challenges facing the Greening of the shipping sector
It will take decades before we see the end of marine oil-based fuels and the alternative fuels, particularly LNG, may not bring the benefits touted.
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NewsGetting alongside JIT
Technical innovation is playing an increasingly influential role in optimising the berthing process. New thinking and recent systems innovations are to the fore
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NewsPort and terminal Investors crowd in
There is an array of news this month from around the globe regarding investment in port and terminal businesses.
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NewsAn era of spending but what is round the corner?
As our story Port and Terminal Investors Crowd Inmakes clear there is a lot of activity at the moment directed at buying into terminal sector opportunities with much of this coming from shipping lines.
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NewsHapag lloyd acquires SAAM terminals
In a surprise move, Hapag Lloyd, the Germany-based shipping line, has announced the acquisition of the terminal business of SM SAAM S.A.
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NewsThe big ships are coming
The order book for high-capacity container vessels is bursting at the seams. It’s too early, however, as Mike Mundy reports, to suggest this will trigger a return to pre-pandemic market conditions
