Maersk Line

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Good and bad news for Sri Lanka’s leading container port, Colombo. The facility ended the first half of 2024 with a 9.6% increase in transshipment cargo, due to double digit growth for the January to end of April period.

26th September 2024

Sri Lanka struggles

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

In early 2023 a major earthquake occurred in the region where the Turkish ports of Mersin and Iskenderun are located. AJ Keyes looks at what happened, the implications for these two ports and what has been learnt.

27th February 2024

Down but not out

27th February 2024

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

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The rapid escalation in container ship size presents challenges, especially in an era of strong inflation. More public sector support can facilitate going beyond doing the minimum and being ready to capitalise…

29th August 2023

More public sector Dollars

29th August 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

CMA CGM has closed a deal to acquire 49 per cent of Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP) Valencia Iberian Terminal, located at the Muelle Príncipe Felipe in the Port of Valencia.

26th July 2023

CMA CGM enters port of Valencia

26th July 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Polish ports are on the up, driving Baltic container volume overall. Conversely, the role of German ports in serving the Baltic is reducing, not least today due to the Russian situation. A J Keyes…

26th July 2023

In pole position

26th July 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

It will take decades before we see the end of marine oil-based fuels and the alternative fuels, particularly LNG, may not bring the benefits touted.

9th May 2023

The challenges facing the Greening of the shipping sector

9th May 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Straits of Gibraltar major ports of Algeciras and Tanger Med sit at the heart of Western Mediterranean transshipment activity. AJ Keyes looks at the influential liner strategies driving their evolution

15th November 2022

The pillars of Hercules

15th November 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

AJ Keyes charts the development approaches taken in Algeciras and Tanger-Med, the rationale behind them, and the potential for liner operators to mix and match between the two facilities

15th November 2022

Mix and match strategy

15th November 2022