World News – Page 25
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NewsCutting edge thinking
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
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NewsDouble cone fenders for Dundee port
ShibataFenderTeam, working in collaboration with Graham Construction, has designed and supplied a new customised solution of double cone fenders to the Port of Dundee in the UK.
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NewsFundacion Valenciaport confirms support for the METEOR project
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.
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NewsNew generation mooring and shore power arrives in Sweden
Sweden’s first MoorMaster NxG vacuum mooring system has officially entered service at Port of Kapellskär, part of Ports of Stockholm.
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NewsKalmar Selected
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an agreement to supply Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) with 12…
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NewsNo standing still
It has been a challenging year for US South Atlantic ports. AJ Keyes looks at what has been going on and what ports in the region are doing moving into 2024
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NewsAll change at Brazil’s port ministry and tactics as well?
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 in South America’s largest port with 4.98 million TEU handled last year, up 3.2% on 2021) has been delayed for “further discussions”.
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NewsSantos also impacted by extreme weather events
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 port in South America.
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NewsItajai: The Wait Goes On
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 least two years.
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NewsJacksonville continues to look south.
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 result, access to 28 million inhabitants.
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NewsAustralia: Strategic Partnership
A new strategic partnership is targeting improvements to the cargo supply chain in Australia by narrowing the gap in container visibility and transparency.
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News1H 2023 China box volumes
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 highlights
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NewsPositive view of Durban pier 2
ICTSI sees major potential in DCT Pier 2 and has a clear view of how to unlock this
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NewsMSC – HHLA transaction on course to close 2nd quarter 2024
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 into Hamburg terminal operator HHLA looks to be right on track at the time of writing.
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NewsMSC Gate Deal
Eurogate and Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), the terminal operating company of the world’s largest container shipping line, MSC, have confirmed…
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NewsWind Award in NJ
A total of almost US$52.5 million from the Port Infrastructure Development Program has been awarded to the Port Authority of New York and…
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NewsNokia for Kingston
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) has selected Nokia to deploy a private wireless…
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NewsDiscussions initiated on a global network of port innovation hubs
The innovation hubs of the ports of Halifax, Hamburg and Valencia are in discussions about the creation of a global network of port innovation hubs.
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NewsConstanta PCS Study
An international tender for developing, designing and implementing a new Port Community System…
