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The chief engineer at China’s Tianjin Port is under investigation for serious illegal activities following multiple corruption crackdowns at the port.

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has signed an MOU with PSA Corporation Limited, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster and 3D MetalForge Pte Ltd to establish the world’s first onsite 3D…

China has blocked a US warship from making a port call this month in Hong Kong in the midst of increasing tension between the two nations over trade and the US’ sanctioning…

The Port of Manila has been called to account for slow movement and long delays in releasing cargo which is apparently causing the economy billions of lost pesos each day.

Three South Korean firms imported US$5.8m worth of coal and pig iron disguised as Russian products from North Korea to five South Korean ports in violation of UN resolutions, South Korea’s customs…

Coal-carrying vessels have increasingly been left idle off the coast of China as a result of thermal coal import restrictions at the country’s major ports, sources have said.

Malaysia’s Minister of Transport Anthony Loke has said that his country’s new government will undertake a study to determine the proposed $49.6bn Carey Island port project’s viability.

Cargo change, technology that will enable and disrupt, and cross integration: these are the “three hard truths” for port operator PSA International, according to group chief executive Tan Chong Meng.

Work on a $3bn project to build Patimban Port in Indonesia is anticipated to begin in July with the aim of the port being partially open for operation in March 2019.

With a development bill of S$20m (US$15.1m) for the first phase, PSA International has confirmed that its new global trade and supply chain platform CALISTA is undergoing trials with “selected users”.

PSA International has revealed more details of its groundbreaking open platform under development with Crimson Logic, which it believes will address logistics on a three-dimensional level.

Following a decade of moderate adjustment, the world’s economy has entered a transition stage from recovery to prosperity, according to Shanghai International Shipping Institute’s (SISI) Global Port Development Report (2017).

A US think tank has warned that Chinese investment in ports is being used to generate political influence, expand the military and create strategic advantages.

Plans to construct a new port at Dugarajapatnam in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have been abandoned by the country’s government.