News

NEWS

NEWS

Mexico’s Port of Tuxpan has commenced a new 5G network pilot programme that could eventually see up to one million IoT connections.

3rd November 2021

Tuxpan IoT Pilot

3rd November 2021

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec’s Kalmar has released a new technology platform.

2nd November 2021

Kalmar platform launch

2nd November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

China has confirmed the opening of a new 10,000t port at Zhongxian.

2nd November 2021

Zhongxian open

2nd November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The revamp and expansion of DP World’s South Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP) is underway.

2nd November 2021

Jeddah revamp

2nd November 2021

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

ION Geophysical Corporation’s Edinburgh-based Software group has received a grant to advance port decarbonisation through its climate-smart platform, Marlin SmartPort™.

2nd November 2021

ION SUPPORTING UK NET ZERO PLAN

2nd November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The Port of Rotterdam has confirmed it is implementing a Smart Mooring solution.

2nd November 2021

ROTTERDAM IMPLEMENTS SMART MOORING

2nd November 2021

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Stick with it or press the restart button? Which way to go with port concessions? Neil Davidson and Erik Wehl* examine the pros and cons of both propositions

2nd November 2021

RENEWAL OR RETENDER?

2nd November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Austrian crane innovation specialist has signed an exclusive agreement with PortxGroup Australia for exclusive representation of its container handling cranes.

2nd November 2021

New Kuenz deal

2nd November 2021

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

PIANC’S Working with Nature (WwN) approach to major dredging projects has much to recommend it. It is proven to work well in conjunction with river or estuary ports, the port of Seville…

1st November 2021

DO IT THE WwN WAY

1st November 2021

ASIA

ASIA

Up to US$7.5bn could be invested in Indonesian ports following a new agreement.

1st November 2021

US$7.5bn for Indonesia

1st November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), located at the Port of Melbourne, has awarded Kalmar with a repeat order for six Automatic Stacking Cranes (ASC). The order was booked during Q3 2021 by…

1st November 2021

VICT REPEATS ASC ORDER

1st November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Pent up demand with consumers continuing to spend their money on goods, together with oil, coal and gas shortages will ensure on-going pressures on the supply chain well into next year.

1st November 2021

COVID-19 TRIGGERED VULNERABILITIES SET TO RUN

1st November 2021

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The recently released UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2021 draws some hard-hitting conclusions. In a financial and trade context it notes:

1st November 2021

UNCTAD: TIMID POLICY, OR WORSE BACKSLIDING, COULD PULL DOWN GROWTH

1st November 2021

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

September 2021, AIDDATA, a research entity embedded in a US university, and financed by various sponsors, published the study Banking on the Belt and Road, which contains an analysis of China’s international…

1st November 2021

SPOTLIGHT ON CHINA FINANCE RECORD

1st November 2021

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Supply chain slowdowns, with the dozens of vessels anchored off the LA-LB ports complex, have made it into every major media outlet.

1st November 2021

LET ‘DERIVED DEMAND’ BE THE DRIVER OF MARKET ADJUSTMENTS

1st November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has stated that it intends to borrow US157 million to complete the fi rst phase construction of its new Lamu Port.

1st November 2021

KPA LOOKING FOR LAMU FUNDING

1st November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The Yildirim Group of Companies has a 24 per cent stake in CMA CGM and once again there are reports circulating of a potential interest in selling.

1st November 2021

WILL YILDIRIM CASH IN?

1st November 2021

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

If you take what some might describe as a cynical position you can interpret the very recent attention paid to supply chain problems by politicians as anxiety about the subject becoming ‘more…

1st November 2021

Market Forces win every time: even during these ‘Force 10’ conditions

1st November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

A new, potentially groundbreaking global study supporting the development of Port Community Systems (PCS) on a worldwide basis, is being launched by the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA).

1st November 2021

IPSCA STUDIES PORT COMMUNITY SYSTEMS

1st November 2021

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A public consultation on the privatisation of the Port of Santos should take place later this year.

29th October 2021

Santos reckoning

29th October 2021

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Digital ship clearance technology will be developed at an Angolan port under a new project.

29th October 2021

Digital ship clearance

29th October 2021

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A major Australian container terminal operator has moved to terminate its Enterprise Agreement with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA).

28th October 2021

Operator dumps MUA

28th October 2021

ASIA

ASIA

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. (APSEZ) is scrapping a container terminal build project.

28th October 2021

Adani drops terminal

28th October 2021