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The construction of a new rail-connected crossdocking terminal for forest products at the Port of Gothenburg is underway, with operations to begin in the first half of 2020. The Svea Terminal, which is being built on behalf of the Gothenburg Port Authority, will offer weather-protected transloading immediately beside the port’s roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) and container terminals. Export cargo such as ... Read More »

DP World Southampton’s new hybrid equipment that will cut the port’s emissions and reduce its carbon footprint has begun operations. The 12 new hybrid straddle carriers use 20% less fuel than standard machines and, according to DP World, are the most efficient on the market. The company invested in the equipment as part of its aim to make global supply ... Read More »

Analytics platform Xeneta has revealed a jump in long-term contracted rates for container ship operators during May, as 2018 rates expire and new contracts push the index upwards. According to the XSI Public Indices Report – based on crowd-sourced data covering over 160,000 port-to-port pairings– global rates leapt by 11.5% across the month, with US rates for imports climbing by ... Read More »

COSCO Shipping Ports Limited’s (CSP) Abu Dhabi Terminal at Khalifa Port has received two of the world’s largest mega-vessels within less than a month. When it arrived on May 5, 2019, the M.V COSCO Shipping Pisces was the largest ship ever to call at Khalifa Port however three weeks later the M.V COSCO Shipping Solar dethroned it with a capacity ... Read More »

Total Soft Bank Ltd (TSB), a maritime and port logistics software solution provider, and Globe Tracker, which specialises in IoT tracking and monitoring solutions for logistics assets, plan to integrate their solutions for the maritime industry. The aim is to provide real time reefer data visibility onboard vessels and in the cloud by integrating TSB’s solution for stowage planning Cloud ... Read More »

The Port of Savannah has partnered with the St Louis Regional Freightway to create a new connection between the St Louis region and a new US$220m rail terminal as part of the port’s US$3bn investment. The investment is a response to the port’s recent growth as, in 2017, it recorded a throughput of 4.3m teu and through the US$3bn investment ... Read More »

Hutchison Ports and Canadian National Railway (CN) have signed a long-term commercial agreement with the Québec Port Authority (QPA) to build and operate a new inland deep-water container terminal, known as project Laurentia. The C$775m (US$575m) project, which will be financed primarily through the joint investment of the three partners. The QPA also has ongoing discussions with the federal and ... Read More »

DP World Santos has inaugurated a new logistics warehouse that will be used for general loads storage in addition to storing and spawning containers. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, group chairman of DP World Group, said: “We are in operation in Brazil for more than six years and we remain excited and positive about the prospects for growth in our businesses ... Read More »

CMA CGM and MSC will join TradeLens, the blockchain-enabled digital shipping platform, jointly developed by Maersk and IBM. The pair will operate a blockchain node, participate in consensus to validate transactions, host data, and assume the critical role of acting as Trust Anchors, or validators, for the network. Both will be on the TradeLens Advisory Board which will include members ... Read More »

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has ordered 500 Star Cool integrated reefers from Maersk Container Industry (MCI). The Israeli carrier has offered advanced transport of fruit, meat, medicines and other frozen or refrigerated cargo to its customers for decades. In that time, it has developed technology to support the reefer transport process such as its ZIMonitor system which combines the latest ... Read More »