World News – Page 48
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NewsOCEAN Launched
Hutchison Ports, via its UK Port of Felixstowe operation, has launched a new online platform for providing fast and accurate real-time information to its customers.
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NewsWärtsiliä To Take ABP Ports Digital
Associated British Ports (ABP) has a signed a five-year framework contract with Wärtsilä Voyage to digitalise operations at the company’s 21 ports.
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NewsLive FLOW in US
The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) is now sharing data with partners of its Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) programme, an initiative designed to address supply chain challenges.
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NewsGSBN in LatAm
Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) has confirmed that its Cargo Release application is now available in Mexico and Panama, as part of a roll-out across Latin America.
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NewsAutonomous ADP
AD Ports Group has kicked off a proof-of-concept exercise with Aidrivers to explore the potential for the deployment of autonomous transport solutions at its ports and terminals.
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News5g Tests Commence In Bristol
A range of advanced 5G-related tests have been occurring at the UK Port of Bristol. The benefits of a 5G network allow the transfer of greater volumes of data at much lower latency, thereby helping to develop new uses for intelligent, interconnected and digitally enabled devices.
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NewsPsa Moves To Digitally Transform Trucking Sector
PSA Singapore has confirmed the development and launch of over 50 application programming interfaces (APIs) to support digital transformation of the trucking industry in Singapore.
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NewsMiami Grant
The Port of Miami has been awarded a US$16 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant which will be used to help implement the port’s intermodal rail expansion.
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NewsGate 9 in Jeddah
The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) has officially launched the new Gate 9 expansion at Jeddah Islamic Port.
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NewsAPM Invests
APM Terminals, the port operating arm of AP Moller Maersk and affiliate to Maersk Line, has confirmed that it is developing a new, one kilometre-long berth line at its East Port Said, Egypt facility, at a cost of US$500 million.
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NewsHutchison Adds Two Concessions in Egypt
Hutchison Ports has signed two new concessions for container terminals with the Egyptian Government, one in Ain Sokhna Port and the other in El Dekheila Port.
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NewsSimandou Ore Project: From Stop To Start Again!
A deal has been concluded that will get work moving again to unlock the world’s largest untapped iron ore deposits at Simandou, Guinea.
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NewsJapan Funds Cambodia Container Terminal
Japan has recently agreed a US$300 million loan to develop a new container terminal at the Port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
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NewsTil Spending Spree Rolls Into Rotterdam
Terminal Investments Limited (TIL), the terminal division of MSC, is continuing its spending spree on securing new container terminal capacity with the announcement of the development of a new mega-terminal in Rotterdam in conjunction with Hutchison Ports, which will eventually offer a capacity of up to seven million TEU per annum.
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NewsVOC Port Award
The V.O. Chidambaranar (VOC) Port Authority has confirmed a new concession agreement has been signed with Tuticorin International Container Terminal Private Limited (TICTPL) to convert Thoothukudi Port’s Berth No 9 into a 600,000TEU/yr container terminal.
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NewsAPM Divests GPI
APM Terminals (APMT) has entered into an agreement to sell its 30.75 per cent shareholding in Global Ports Investments (GPI), the Russian ports business, to its long-established partner Delo Group.
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NewsRTGs for GPA
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is buying a further 12 Konecranes Rubber-Tyred Gantries (RTGs) for the Port of Savannah, GA.
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NewsHub to fuel service changes?
The new hub port of Chancay could open the door to substantial changes on how liner operators serve WCSA. Rob Ward unveils the thinking
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NewsAPMT takes a slice of EAS
News that APM Terminals is taking over 30 per cent of a failed shipyard in Suape came as a big surprise. Rob Ward looks at the implications
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NewsSTS10 When?
STS10, the planned new Santos mega-terminal, will not now be offered for concession until after the privatisation of the Santos Port Authority with the whole process subject to the outcome of Brazil’s upcoming presidential elections for which the first round of voting is scheduled to take place in early October.
