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PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Fintraffic’s Vessel Traffic Services is expanding its digital port services with POLO Port Activity through a business deal with Unikie.

25th July 2024

Fintraffic signs with Unikie for enhanced digital services

25th July 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

Kuwait is seeking to revive plans to develop a port to act as a major hub for the northern end of the Arabian Gulf.

25th July 2024

Kuwait-China Port Engagement

25th July 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

European specialist in transport, mobility, logistics, environment and circular economy, Magellan Circle Italia, has confirmed a new strategic alliance with…

25th July 2024

Advancing ESG

25th July 2024

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Iraq is accelerating efforts to utilise digitalisation at the ports of Umm Qasr (North and South). During the first …

25th July 2024

Digital Iraq

25th July 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

The Port of Oakland and a coalition of 20 community, business regulatory and workforce partners have collectively applied for a federal…

25th July 2024

Oakland Fast Track

25th July 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

HRADF, the privatisation agency for Greece, has confirmed that €24 million in funding from the European Union has…

25th July 2024

Alexandroupolis Funding

25th July 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

Work on the India-UAE leg of the strategic India-Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEEC) has…

25th July 2024

IMEEEC Starts

25th July 2024

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

The Government of Gambia has signed a 30-year concession with the Turkish port operator Albayrak which signposts future port development in the West African nation.

25th July 2024

Gambia seals port deal

25th July 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

A new US$2bn cargo port is planned at Ba Ria in southern Vietnam. 

25th July 2024

Us$2 billion port planned for Ba Ria, southern Vietnam

25th July 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

Bénin Terminal, a subsidiary of Africa Global Logistics, has secured €75 million in funding for the extension and modernisation of the Port of Cotonou.

25th July 2024

Funding in place for Cotonou terminal upgrade

25th July 2024

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

The Indian government has approved the development of a new  port in Vadhavan, near Dahanu, Maharashtra, citing that this facility is potentially capable of “redefining India’s maritime trade.”

25th July 2024

Vadhavan port gets the go-ahead

25th July 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

Saudi Global Ports (SGP) has acquired three automated ship to shore quay cranes and three hybrid automated…

25th July 2024

Dammam Capacity UP

25th July 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

The European Commission (EC) has approved a €570 million Italian scheme to incentivise ships to…

25th July 2024

Cheaper Italy Electricity

25th July 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Thessaloniki has bolstered its reefer container handling with the addition of RTE’s automated reefer monitoring tool.

25th July 2024

Port of Thessaloniki bolsters reefer capability

25th July 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

ShibataFenderTeam has designed and supplied 12 sets of pile fender systems for an expansion at the Port of Trelleborg in Sweden.

24th July 2024

New pile fenders for Trelleborg expansion

24th July 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

DP World and Evyap Group have merged to create a new international logistics hub in Türkiye.

24th July 2024

Ports merger set to boost Turkish logistics

24th July 2024

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

On 27th March, the Singapore-flagged container vessel – DALI – collided with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing its collapse into the Patapsco River. Captain Steve Bomgardner, Vice President – Shipping &…

24th July 2024

The Dali impact

24th July 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jamie Graham, Senior Contract Manager, Kingdom Security, UK discusses the escalating risk posed by unregistered drones to ports and national security.

24th July 2024

Drones – risk factors

24th July 2024

ASIA

ASIA

The Indian logistics sector has been undergoing a much-needed transformation with strong emphasis placed on the development of dedicated rail freight corridors, much needed to alleviate chronic road congestion. AJ Keyes assesses…

24th July 2024

Journey of Transformation

24th July 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear agency with responsibility for Artic shipping development, has floated a figure of up to 50 million tonnes of cargo per annum over the longer term. Is this achievable or…

24th July 2024

Arctic shipping: fact or fiction?

24th July 2024