China

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

China’s twelve largest container ports handled 44.1 million TEU over the January and February 2023 period,…

9th May 2023

Mixed China Fortunes

9th May 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Many of the drivers for rapid container trade growth are found in India. Are the planets finally aligned to deliver this? Andrew Penfold takes a look at the pros and the cons 

9th May 2023

Can India deliver?

9th May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UN reports India has overtaken China as the world’s most populous country. With its potential to be a tiger economy, are India’s ports purring? AJ Keyes looks at current developments

9th May 2023

Port preparations

9th May 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Technically you can’t say the ban is over because it was never formally in place but in reality there is a change of attitude by the Chinese authorities which is seeing a…

20th April 2023

A new order in China – Australia coal trade?

20th April 2023

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

Chinese information and communications technical (ICT) service provider, Huawei, and Tianjin Port Group, are increasing their collaboration by developing a digital twin of the major Chinese port.

4th April 2023

Tianjin port and Huawei to collaborate on digital twin development

4th April 2023

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Qinzhou Automated Container Terminal, China, operated by Beibu GulfPort…

8th February 2023

Qinzhou Advances

8th February 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

So, the tipping point has arrived, and a de-escalation is underway of container freight rates and of severe container congestion.

15th November 2022

Beyond the tipping point, what next?

15th November 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

A new 11.6 million TEU capacity container facility has been confirmed north of Yangshan in China.

15th November 2022

Mega Shanghai terminal development initiated…

15th November 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Rob Ward runs the rule over progress with the mammoth China-backed Chancay port project and the competitive implications

27th October 2022

Chancay takes shape

27th October 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Is there a seismic shift underway in the traditional rules of engagement? Will the world we know today be turned on its head and what are the priorities to survive in this…

15th September 2022

The World Turned On Its Head?

15th September 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Recent times have seen relatively small but distinct shifts in the balance of power among China’s containerports. A J Keyes charts these and puts northern China containerport development under the spotlight

31st July 2022

CHINA: BALANCE OF POWER

31st July 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

A J Keyes assesses the position of North China containerports against a background of economic uncertainty and reviews the performance and development strategies of the key players

31st July 2022

NORTHERN CHALLENGES

31st July 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

While container ships gain a lot of headlines for their queuing to access to ports in China, bulk vessels bringing grain and coal – key basic commodities that China cannot produce enough…

31st July 2022

Bulkers also bedevilled by berthing delays

31st July 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Europe is facing a container shortage as the impact of rising energy prices, the China lockdown and the Ukraine conflict continue to take their toll

10th May 2022

Linear supply chain risk

10th May 2022

ASIA

ASIA

East Asian ports are at the vanguard of container ship development.

3rd August 2016

Movers and shakers

3rd August 2016

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Supply chain efficiency needs balancing against the risks of running a port, explains Martin Rushmere

26th March 2016

Chain reactions

26th March 2016