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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Sweden’s first MoorMaster NxG vacuum mooring system has officially entered service at Port of Kapellskär, part of Ports of Stockholm.

24th November 2023

New generation mooring and shore power arrives in Sweden

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

It’s all change again at the Brazilian port ministry where key officials have been replaced for political reasons and where the STS 10 tender in Santos (to build a new container terminal…

24th November 2023

All change at Brazil’s port ministry and tactics as well?

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The extreme weather phenomena in northern and southern Brazil (see feature article) and its effects on ports in those regions has led to “extreme congestion” at the port of Santos, the biggest…

24th November 2023

Santos also impacted by extreme weather events

24th November 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Long Beach, Jacobsen Pilot Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…

24th November 2023

Precision Navigation

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Teconnave, a new company set up by MSC subsidiary Portonave, is all set to take over the former APM Terminal Itajai, from early next year with a contract that will last at…

24th November 2023

Itajai: The Wait Goes On

24th November 2023

EUROPE

EUROPE

Fundación Valenciaport is supporting the launch of the METEOR project, an initiative that seeks to increase the safety of maritime transport, specifically of goods transported by container.

24th November 2023

Fundacion Valenciaport confirms support for the METEOR project

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has disposed of its 35 per cent equity investment in Atlantic Terminal Services Limited…

24th November 2023

AFC Exits

24th November 2023

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The Port of Tyne, in collaboration with BT and Ericsson, has launched a new 4G and 5G…

24th November 2023

Smart Tyne

24th November 2023

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ZAN…

24th November 2023

eBL Tokenising

24th November 2023

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The Port of Kalundborg in Denmark has confirmed plans to…

24th November 2023

Electric Kalundborg

24th November 2023

EUROPE

EUROPE

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…

24th November 2023

MSC – HHLA transaction on course to close 2nd quarter 2024

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Port Authority of Gdańsk has signed a grant agreement for a new largescale project, known as…

24th November 2023

Gdańsk Grant

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Brazilian ports have been hit by a double weather whammy of both drought and flood, almost of Biblical proportions. Rob Ward charts events

24th November 2023

Brazilian blight

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

At the conclusion of the 2023 World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabi, incoming IAPH president Jens Meier announced that Hamburg Port Authority will be the host sponsor of next year’s IAPH conference.

24th November 2023

IAPH World Ports Conference 2024

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Felicity Landon highlights news and experience of interest to the ports sector at London International Shipping Week – energy transition and safety are to the fore

24th November 2023

Cutting edge thinking

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Data can be the magic ingredient for port and terminal optimisation – but not just any old data. Get it wrong and the impact can be devastating. As Chad Van Derrick of…

24th November 2023

Quality not quantity

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Port of Jacksonville is the most northerly port in Florida, and it has a very clear focus, as the “global gateway to Florida, the nation’s third largest state,” and, as a…

24th November 2023

Jacksonville continues to look south.

24th November 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Terminal operating systems (TOS) are undergoing developments ranging from more emphasis on subscription payments, new advanced modules and a split between companies that develop the solutions and those that implement them.

24th November 2023

TOS: Age of the add on

24th November 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The port cargo handling equipment tyre market is fast growing, with major themes including an increased focus on both sustainability and heavy-duty features. 

24th November 2023

Tyre R&D gathers speed

24th November 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Strikes, tax avoidance allegations, a cyber-attack and heavy criticism of new terminal access charges; 2023 is shaping up to be an annus horribilis year for DP World Australia

24th November 2023

DPW Australia – annus horribilis

24th November 2023