Liebherr Container Cranes has secured the contract to supply four ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and 12 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to the Port of Duqm in Oman, with delivery scheduled for late 2022. The greenfield port development is part of the SEZAD project (Special Economic Zone of Authority at Duqm), centrally located overlooking the Arabian...

A new Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) effort will look to identify data constraints that impede the flow of ocean cargo and add to supply chain inefficiencies. Spearheaded by Commissioner Carl Bentzel, the project hopes to pinpoint how data can contribute to the long-term reliability of the domestic cargo delivery system. The initiative will prop...

K Line Container Service (Thailand) Ltd. (KCST) and Bangkok Cold Storage Service Ltd (BCS) are set to establish new col and dry warehouses in the Bang Na district near Bangkok. The planned construction site is located about 30 km from downtown Bangkok, 35 km from Bangkok Port, 100 km from Laem Chabang Port and 23 ...

The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have delayed the consideration of the container dwell fee directed at ocean carriers until November 22, citing an improvement in import container clearance from the docks. Since the fee was announced on October 25, the twin ports have seen a decline of 26% combined in aging cargo ...

DP World’s Cargoes team has revealed its new category, Ports and Terminals solutions, at the Cargoes Digital Trade Flow event in Dubai. Cargoes Ports and Terminals solutions will focus on four key sub-categories: IOT+, AVA+, GC+, and TOS+ that will house different products. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, group chairman and CEO of DP World, said: ...

Container volumes at the Port of Long Beach declined by 2% to 789,716 teu in October as capacity limits hamper cargo flow at the port. Imports decreased 4% to 385,000 teu, with empties also down by 2% to 282,502 teu, whilst exports increased almost 7% to 122,214 teu. Mario Cordero, executive director at Port of ...

Maersk has proposed a joint venture with Grindrod in South Africa, as it looks to improve its offering of logistics solutions, hoping to enable customers to access end-to-end supply chain solutions. Through the potential agreement, the logistics activities of Grindrod Intermodal business and the ocean activities of Ocean Africa Container Lines (OAC...

The average waiting time for a port call has increased by 59% in the first nine months of this year, compared with the same period in 2019, according to MSC. The Geneva-based company’s fleet has lost an additional 5,565 days stuck at anchor in the same period. MSC has increased its ocean fleet capacity by ...

Cargo theft incidents have increased by more than 25% since the pandemic began and are continuing to rise ahead of the holiday season, according to visibility solutions provider Overhaul. Thefts of consumer electronics and tech as a whole – laptops, gaming systems and other hot commodities – have spiked as ports struggle with ongoing supply ...

Hapag-Lloyd has named Donya-Florence Amer as its new chief information officer, with Amer set to become the first woman to serve on its executive board in its 175-year history when she assumes the role in February 2022. Amer, who started her professional career in 1999 at IBM, has played leadership roles at Bosch since 2017, ...

Thermo King has launched the new SG-3500 generator set for reefers, which is designed to deliver a reliable and cost-efficient source of power. The SG-3500 is NRMM, EPA and 7-year CARB compliant and includes a high-performance engine that has been tested to run consistently between temperature ranges of -40°C and +50°C. Terence O’Shea, genset produ...

Paceco Group has delivered three ship-to-shore (STS) Portainer cranes to Yilport Gävle terminal, as part of the Swedish facility’s final expansion phase. The units were manufactured at Mitsui E&S Machinery’s Oita (Japan) facility before a technical service team from the Japanese company and Paceco Momentum took care of the electrical connection...

The CMA CGM Group has entered into a long-term partnership with ENGIE, a global player in the field of renewables and energy solutions, focused on the production of and distribution of synthetic methane and liquefied biomethane (BioLNG). The two companies are investing in research and development with their industrial partners with the aim to find...

Maersk North America’s warehousing and distribution (WnD) business has signed an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) to accelerate the company’s supply chain solutions and expand its capabilities through research across North America. Senior researchers from MIT CTL will tea...

APM Terminals (APMT) and ENNA have signed a 50-year concession agreement for a new container terminal, Rijeka Gateway, on the North Adriatic coast of Croatia. With the design, construction and operation of the joint venture terminal formalised, the state-of-the-art facility will be jointly developed and operated by the two companies. Morten Engelst...

Eurotransit has ordered two rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes for its new intermodal terminal under construction in Dostyk, near the border between Kazakhstan and China. The order was booked in August 2021 and the cranes will be delivered in Q4 2022. The units on order will tranship containers on trains running between Kazakhstan and China. Erlan .....

Peel Ports Group has committed to becoming a net zero port operator by 2040, which is 10 years ahead of the UK government’s national decarbonising targets. The operator, which runs the Port of Liverpool, Clydeport and London Medway amongst others, is the first major port group to convey such ambitious plans towards tackling climate change. ...

The Chilean Ministry of Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge to work together to make green hydrogen flows between Chile and Europe a reality. Signed at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, the MoU details the different parties’ interests in collaborating on setting up a corridor between their ...

A giant scaling up of finance for research and development (R&D) is necessary to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to report by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and engineering consultancy Ricardo. To ensure shipping can achieve its ‘4th propulsion revolution’ the study highlights the need for a major scaling up of fin...

Cargotec and Konecranes have announced the planned operating model and leadership team for their future company, with the merger expected to take place by the end of the first half of 2022. Aiming to be offer a customer-centric model, the company will consist of four independent businesses each serving one clear customer segment: industrial, mariti...

CMA CGM Group has agreed to acquire a 90% stake in the Fenix Marine Services (FMS) terminal in Los Angeles, currently held by EQT Infrastructure III, based on an enterprise value of US$2.3bn. Currently holding a 10% stake in the terminal, the French company will become sole owner of the FMS facility post transaction closing. ...

DP World has signed a strategic alliance with the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) which will invest US$7.5bn over the long term into Indonesia’s maritime and port sector. The partnership aims to improve the operation of ports, reduce logistics costs, and advance national competitiveness. DP World group chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem...

More than 10 countries including Denmark, the Marshall Islands and the US have signed a declaration at COP 26 calling on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to adopt a zero-emission target for shipping in 2050 as well as ambitious intermediary targets in 2030 and 2040. The states called for emissions from international shipping to peak .....

A.P. Moller – Maersk delivered record earnings in Q3 2021 as operating profit grew almost five times to US$5.9bn and EBITDA tripled to US$6.9bn, as shipping lines continue to financially thrive during the supply chain disruption. Revenue grew 68% to US$16.6bn Q2 while return on invested capital (ROIC) increased to 35% for the past 12 ...