All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 30
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NewsRapid Loading
Stockholm Norvik Port has introduced a new automated container loader that it says…
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NewsSri Lanka struggles
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.
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NewsUpping the Intermodal Stakes
While serving local markets occurs via trucking, the need for efficient intermodal rail at North Atlantic ports is required to serve discretionary markets in Central Canada and the US Midwest.
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NewsInsider threats: IMO tool kit
International Maritime Organization (IMO) in association with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has taken the interesting step of introducing a new ‘tool kit’ designed to bolster the maritime sector’s ability to tackle ‘insider threats.’
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NewsNeighbourly Help
The African nation of Malawi looks is set to lease a terminal at the port of Nacal…
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NewsIndia Green Tugs
India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has unveiled the Green Tug Transition Program (GTTP)…
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NewsS.A. sour grapes?
APMT’s lawyers are busy nowadays fighting offensive and defensive actions but is right on their side or is it ‘lawfare?’ The Editor assesses the situation
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NewsOn-Dock is Go
A US$52 million infrastructure project to significantly improve on-dock rail capacity at the Pier 300 terminal in the…
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NewsGreen Gateway
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) has been awarded US$283 million from the federal government to support…
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NewsFuture Proof Tees
The Emerald Duchess has arrived on the River Tees, in the UK. The £23m dredger is…
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NewsWA State Funding
Washington state has awarded US$26.5 million to 11 ports to electrify operations, as part of the Port Electrification Grant Program…
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NewsPortland plots to enlist a private operator
The Port of Portland in Oregon has confirmed that it hopes to have a new third-party operator in place by early 2025.
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NewsDe-risking port logistics
Ian McRobbie, Programme Manager for Ports and Maritime Infrastructure at BMT*, drawing on extensive project experience highlights the merits of optimising bulk transshipment through ‘Climate-Smart’ simulation technology
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NewsTbilisi Deal
AD Ports Group (AD Ports) has confirmed the acquisition process for Tbilisi Dry Port, making the Group the…
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NewsDrug tsunami: counter measures
The drug problem in international trade is growing. Increased cooperation between all stakeholders has proven it can deliver results but arguably the wider application of new technology holds the greatest promise to reduce the scale of the problem over time
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NewsCharting West-Med port congestion
The Red-Sea attacks are approaching their first anniversary in early November and the maritime world has become used to the new situation of structural re-routings around Cape Good Hope. JP Verschuure, Director at Rebel, asks if the problems are reducing or whether supply chains are just as congested as in the Spring of this year?
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NewsChancay – high risk?
Significant new capacity is due on stream at the port of Chancay, Peru. For this to succeed as an investment it will require the alignment of several key factors. Andrew Penfold takes a look. What are the lessons for other southern port developments?
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NewsMore Capacity Required
Will there be sufficient container port capacity developed in the North Atlantic region moving forward? Are intermodal rail capabilities at the region’s ports effectively competing with facilities elsewhere? These two key questions are addressed by AJ Keyes
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NewsCamera Telematics rolls out multi-camera system at Rosslare
A fleet of 20 terminal tractors has been fitted with an advanced multi-camera system to mitigate risk and improve safety at Rosslare Europort, the primary Irish port serving mainland Europe.
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News…while DPW Southampton buys more Kalmar straddles
Kalmar has concluded an agreement with long-term customer DP World Southampton to supply another 14 hybrid straddle carriers.
