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OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Service providers must step up with integrated support in response to a surge of offshore energy projects throughout the Asia-Pacific region. So says Herman Jorgensen, GAC Malaysia’s Managing Director.

26th September 2024

Offshore opportunities build

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The recent vessel explosion at Ningbo Port has once again emphasised the critical need for preparedness in the face of such disruptions.

13th August 2024

The critical need for safety preparedness

13th August 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The consensus of opinion is that 2024 will not follow in the footsteps of 2023 and see a widespread continuation of growth in global dry bulk trades. The China factor is a…

25th July 2024

Dry bulk trades: what prospects?

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

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

DP World and Zhejiang Seaport Group have teamed up to strengthen port logistics and shipping routes between Jebel Ali Port in Dubai and Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in China.

4th July 2024

UAE and China strengthen ties

4th July 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The maritime industry has been hit by geo-political uncertainty and is in danger of being swept up in tit for tat tariff wars rising out of political consternation with China and Russia.

30th May 2024

The fog of war and politics

30th May 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

China is at the centre of world dry bulk demand and plays a dominant role in the coal and iron ore trades. Both the steam coal and coking coal sectors are facing…

30th May 2024

Demand to head south?

30th May 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The trajectory of European ports is changing – fundamental structural changes are underway. Andrew Penfold identifies the catalysts to change and paints a picture of the port sector 10 years on

30th May 2024

Europe – a new reality

30th May 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

2023 was not a good year and 2024 looks uncertain for the maritime industry.

19th April 2024

The global economy remains under stress

19th April 2024

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

One of the most startling aspects of worsening relations between the US and China (for the port sector) has been moves by the Biden Administration to ‘ban’ Chinese container cranes from US…

19th April 2024

Let’s talk sense

19th April 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Although car manufacturers in Mexico are deeply worried about the “invasion” of mostly smaller and cheap automobiles from China, port operators with ro-ro facilities are making hay while the Far East sun…

27th February 2024

Ro-ro terminal bonanza

27th February 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The dry bulks, liquid bulks and gas shipping sectors navigated ‘unprecedented global circumstances’ in 2023 and 2024 promises a landscape of ‘continued change and evolution.’ Felicity Landon reports

27th February 2024

Bulk shipping outlook

27th February 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Buying a controlling interest in the Port of Piraeus was one of China’s first international moves to build its influence in the port industry, while Thessaloniki now has its own controlling Tsar. AJ…

27th February 2024

Post privatisation pluses & minuses

27th February 2024

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The Port of Salalah in Oman has received the first four of 10 new ZMPC ship-to-shore (STS)…

27th February 2024

Salalah Increases

27th February 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

China’s half year container throughput figures show an overall rise in containers of five per cent, but it’s a mixed bag of results for individual port performances. A J Keyes presents the…

24th November 2023

1H 2023 China box volumes

24th November 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

COSCO Shipping has released its new “For For Tune” digital end-to-end supply chain solution…

9th October 2023

For For Tune

9th October 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The world looks quite different today than it did in 2019. The implications for port development of these structural shifts are far-reaching. How should the port sector adapt to the new reality?…

9th October 2023

Investment uncertainties build

9th October 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Mexico has long been a manufacturing alternative to China, but concerns over China’s economy and vulnerabilities to supply chain security from COVID-19 means further opportunities exist, as AJ Keyes discovers

9th October 2023

Land of opportunity

9th October 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Argentina is building momentum with lithium exports – big things are expected – and the race is on to capture this cargo from the so-called Lithium Triangle. There are various gateway options…

9th October 2023

Lithium: gateway race on

9th October 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

There are far-reaching trends underway shaping container trades and, thus, port development. Uncertain political conditions and the erosion of China’s cost-advantages are redirecting attention to alternative strategies. Andrew Penfold looks at the…

29th August 2023

Nearshoring or a ‘No-China’ policy?

29th August 2023