Latest News – Page 175
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NewsFLORIDA’S MILLIONAIRES CLUB
Florida is home to three large container ports that each handle over one million TEU annually. AJ Keyes assesses how these ports are keeping pace with demand
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NewsICTSI RIO RENAISSANCE
Pursuing new cargo streams and investing in inland cargo logistics is breathing new life into ICTSI Rio despite a challenging marketplace. Rob Ward reports
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Verticalisation Driving Diversification
ICTSI Rio 1 is one of several terminals in Brazil diversifying in the face of what is dubbed locally as verticalization – liner companies extending their activities along the supply chain.
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NewsMSC PROPELS MULTI-RIO
Rio de Janeiro terminal operator MultiRio is reaping the benefits of its “special relationship” with MSC but recovery in the ro-ro sector has stalled. Rob Ward reports
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A HUB FOR BEER PRODUCERS
The Ponta do Felix port facility in Antonina, part of the Paranagua port area (APPA port authority), will next month (July) open up six new silos for storing malt, barley and wheat, adding 40,000 tons of static storage capacity at a cost of Reais45million (US$9m).
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NewsTHE DOMINO EFFECT
A new report from the Royal Bank of Canada assesses the impact of current challenges to the global supply chain and considers what the likely outcome will be. A J Keyes presents the highlights
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NewsTIME TO ADDRESS BALLAST WATER
Mark Riggio, Head of Marine at Filtersafe*, highlights the tightening regulatory picture regarding ballast water management, the implications for ports and the need to participate in the push for compliance
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BATAM PORT PLANS TALKED UP BY CO-ORDINATING MINISTER FOR MARITIME AFFAITRS
The government of Indonesia is revisiting the idea of developing a port facility on the island of Batam. This location is around 30km south of Singapore, close to international shipping routes, and has been under consideration for the past 30 years without any major development taking place.
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J M Baxi Acquisition
J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Ltd, a unit of the Mumbai-based J M Baxi Group, has gained complete – 100 per cent - control of the Visakha Container Terminal
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Veson Takes Q88
Veson Nautical, the maritime freight software provider, is acquiring information management and software platform specialist, Q88.
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What’s not new and what’s next
Accurately forecasting the future is always a challenging business. Imagine doing this prior to early 2019 – how wrong would you have been? Who could have imagined COVID-19 or Russia initiating a war in the Ukraine? At an industry level, who could have forecast the phenomenal profits of shipping lines, the mega investment in new tonnage and diverse new business streams. A similar scale of change has been triggered in the bulk agri-products and energy markets. A lot to discuss – hence the timely restart of the Terminal Operations Conference in Rotterdam this month, one welcome return to normality!
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NewsTICKING TIMEBOMB
The blockade of Ukraine’s grain export ports represents a ticking timebomb for some of the poorest nations in the world cut-off from the supply of essential foodstuffs.
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CURTAINS FOR THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE?
A major fallout from Russia’s move to pariah status because of the Ukraine invasion amounts to a further undermining of the vaunted Arctic shipping route. Take-up was already very slow, with only limited bulk fl ows attracted to the route and these were primarily driven by commodities sourced in the Russian Arctic – transit volumes from East Asia have never moved beyond trial shipments.
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Malha Central
Malha Central Brazilian rail and multimodal operator Brado is about to start operating the “Malha Central”…
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NewsGreener short sea shipping
Zero-emission, remotely operated short sea vessels will bring greener shipping to Europe
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NewsGerman ports cooperation
Closer cooperation between the German North Sea ports is key to overcoming future challenges
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NewsCrane order boost
Productivity at a key freight port in Scotland has been given a boost with an order for two new cranes
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NewsNet-zero commitment
A UK operator has acheived a sustainability accolade at the 2022 Multimodal Awards
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NewsBlack Sea port boost
A new terminal in Romania will help turn the country into an important cargo hub
