MSC has introduced the electronic bill of lading (eBL) for its customers around the world, following a successful pilot phase, using a solution on an independent blockchain platform WAVE BL. WAVE BL is a blockchain-based system that uses distributed ledger technology to ensure that all parties involved in a cargo shipment booking can issue, transfe...
The China Indonesia Service jointly operated by Gold Star Line (GSL), Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has begun calling at DaChan Bay Terminals. The service, which features four vessels with a maximum capacity of 4,250 teu, will call at DaChan Bay in the West Shenzhen Port area every Sunday. The ...
Russia’s largest container handling facility Container Terminal Saint Petersburg (CTSP) has begun using the Solvo.KPI dashboard toolkit, aiming to raise terminal efficiency. The module, which incorporates 54 different metrics, works as an add-on to Solvo.TOS, the terminal operating system (TOS) running at CTSP, helping the operator to organise regu...
South Florida Container Terminal (SFCT) has begun to close in on the completion of its three-year modernisation project to prepare for future growth. The project focused on transforming the land into a more sustainable operation with new, electric rubber-tyre gantry (RTG) cranes and added cargo storage space using a densification model which allows...
The Port of Leixões has started its energy transition process as it aims to become the first port in Europe with zero emissions by 2035. Throughout this year, the Port Authority of Leixões (APDL) will present its Energy Transition Roadmap which should guide concrete actions aimed at making Leixões one of the first non-polluting ports. ...
The Port of Antwerp has recorded a slight growth in container throughput in the first quarter of 2021 despite the impact of the ongoing coronavirus crisis and Brexit. Container throughput grew 2% to 3.10m teu as January saw a continuation of the strong performance seen in autumn 2020, although a number of operational challenges hampered ...
CMA CGM Asia Pacific CEO Stéphane Courquin reflected on the pandemic and gave insight into CMA CGM’s opinions on sustainability and digitalisation at TOC Asia 2021. Speaking at a webinar during the event, Courquin noted how the COVID-19 pandemic made the limitations of just-in-time shipping and zero stockholding practices known. Manufacturers and s...
CIT Abidjan, a port in the Ivory Coast jointly operated by Bolloré Ports and APM Terminals, has ordered 36 fully electric terminal tractors from Gaussin, as well as 24 powerpacks and six 36-channel charging stations. The €9.9m (US$12m) order is the largest since the launch of the APM 75T HE tractors, which are designed to ...
Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) has prepared plans for further development of the rail terminal CCT Villach Süd, Austria, as facility operator Terminal Service Austria (TSA) intends to expand the intermodal terminal. CCT Villach Süd has great potential to participate in the increasing intra-European traffic and ferry port-hinterland traffic due to it...
The US is to work with member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to adopt a goal of achieving zero emissions from international shipping by 2050. US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry announced that the US will also look to adopt “ambitious measures” that will place the entire sector on the pathway ...
Inform has successfully integrated proven middleware Linker into its Syncrotess rail scheduler, an add-on solution to optimise train unloading and loading processes. As a result, all container terminals using a standard Navis N4 terminal operating system (TOS) can now quickly introduce Inform’s Syncrotess rail scheduler for faster deployment and re...
APM Terminals (APMT) Pipavav has secured a new weekly service from Port Pipavav to Jebel Ali, reconnecting Pipavav through Kandla, Chennai, Tuticorin and Cochin Ports. The PIC 2 service will arrive at Port Pipavav, India, every Wednesday and will help move import and export goods that include agricultural products, scrap material, biteumen, B.Meat,...
Ahead of President Biden’s climate summit, shipping organisations have called on world leaders to urgently examine the role of market-based measures (MBMs) to ensure ambitious decarbonisation targets are met across the entire global maritime sector. With the summit hosted by the US seen as a vital precursor to COP26 and the International Maritime O...
SeaCube Containers LLC will be the first intermodal equipment leasing company to incorporate Carrier Transicold’s Lynx Fleet solution into its fleet with an initial deployment of 2,000 PrimeLINE refrigerated units. The two companies have entered into a strategic refrigerated asset management systems platform engagement which aims to drive greater f...
Camco Technologies has been awarded the contract to design, install and support rail optical character recognition (OCR) technology at the Port of Koper in Slovenia. The rail portal, which is equipped with AI-embedded cameras, will feature the automated inventory and registration of container and rail wagon traffic entering or leaving the port. The...
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has postponed price increases on canal transit reservation system fees, which were due to come into effect on April 15, 2021, in light of industry concerns. A joint letter sent by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) and European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) ex...
Container volumes jumped by 113% at the Port of Los Angeles in March, with severe congestion at present marking a sharp contrast to the slowdown of trade at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The exceptional circumstances saw the port record the busiest first quarter in its history, with a 44% leap compared to 2020, ...
Hapag-Lloyd has ordered 150,000 teu of standard and reefer containers as boxes are turning slower, thus the shipping line needs more than the normal number of boxes to carry the same volume. The containers were ordered from China, with some of the boxes already having been delivered and integrated into Hapag-Lloyd’s existing fleet in the ...
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has seized the Ever Given and lodged a claim for US$916m from the ship’s Japanese owners to cover losses sustained during the six day blockage of the canal. Following a ruling in an Egyptian court the vessel was arrested, with the SCA declaring that the ship will be held until ...
The Federal Maritime Commission has granted K Line, part of Ocean Network Express (ONE), temporary relief from certain service contract and tariff filing requirements in wake of malicious cyberattack. The cyberattack severely inhibited K Line’s information systems, starting on March 18, 2021, and impacted the company’s ability to timely publish tar...
Experiences over the past year including the Brexit transition and the Suez Canal blockage could lead supply chains to reconsider the prioritising of efficiency and cost reduction over resilience, according to transport and logistics insurer TT Club. In its advisory capacity as a mitigator of risk and loss in the supply chain, the insurer is ...
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) will be removed from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices following scrutiny over the company’s commercial relationship with Myanmar’s military, who are alleged to have committed serious human rights abuses. After the military coup in February, a crackdown on protests has seen 700 people killed, drawing...
Hutchison Ports has further enhanced its deep-water berth capacity at the Port of Felixstowe with the completion of strengthening and dredging works to Berth 7 on Trinity Terminal. Berth 7, one of the port’s nine container berths, has been dredged from 15 m to 16.5 m below Chart Datum and the berth box widened form ...
New CEO of DP World Santos Fabio Siccherino intends to maintain the terminal’s drive to diversify cargo while beginning a new strategy to provide fully integrated supply chain logistics throughout Brazil for beneficial cargo owners (BCOs). Siccherino, who was appointed as of April 1 succeeding Dallas Hampton, is keen for the operator to handle mult...
Puertos del Estado, which executes Spain’s port policy, has concluded that the project of the New North Terminal of the Port of Valencia does not require a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) received two reports from Puertos del Estado, of which the legal note stated that the port’s current ...
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