CMA CGM has backed the production of 12,000 tonnes of biomethane, which is the equivalent to a year’s fuel consumption of two 1,400 teu LNG-powered ships on an intra-European service for a whole year. Biomethane is a renewable green gas produced in part by the methanation of European-sourced organic and plant waste. Rodolphe Saadé, chairman ...

Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) has launched its remote reefer container monitoring system, establishing round the clock automated remote management of refrigerated containers. The initiative allows for greater visibility and accuracy on container conditions such as temperature, humidity and CO2 level, aiming to enhance the terminal’s operat...

DCT Gdańsk, one of the largest container terminals in the Baltic, has reached the milestone of handling 15m teu since it first opened in 2007. The 15 m-container was owned and operated by COSCO Shipping and was loaded aboard COSCO Shipping Galaxy, which is one of the world’s largest ships with a 21,000 teu capacity. ...

Thermo King has launched its Container Fresh and Frozen (CFF) refrigeration solutions for containers, featuring improved temperature and humidity control, lower total cost of ownership and the industry-standard R-134A low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant. The CFF, which can reach and maintain box temperature between -30°C and 30°C, is als...

The Port of Melbourne and Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) recently welcomed the container vessel Soroe Maersk, which at almost 347 m, is the longest vessel to call at the port. The vessel was deployed to Sydney and Melbourne to load empty containers for repositioning back to Asia where there is a shortage. The ship, ...

A majority of Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) members, including the world’s largest shipping carriers, have adopted DCSA Track & Trace (T&T) standards and have committed to providing customers access to the standards-based API. Members who have adopted the DCSA T&T data model include major shipping lines MSC, ONE, CMA CGM...

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has acquired the remaining 25% stake in Krishnapatnam Port from Vishwasamudra Holdings, giving it 100% ownership of the hub on the east coast of India. The deal is worth Rs. 2,800 crore (US$380m), and with the 75% ownership acquired in October last year, implies an enterprise value of ...

DP World Southampton, which was awarded Freeport status by the UK government in March, has been given £40m (US$55m) infrastructure investment to meet growing customer demand. Through this investment, DP World aims to take the facility up to the “next level” as a premier international freight and logistics hub. Ernst Schulze, chief executive of DP ....

The final batch of ships that were delayed in transiting the Suez Canal by the grounding of the Ever Given completed their passage through the waterway on Saturday April 3, while numerous ports are now preparing to handle the backlog. As many as 422 vessels were stuck across the canal’s northern and southern entrances and ...

Container volumes dropped by 7% at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to 4.7m teu in the 2020-21 financial year despite a record March. The total container traffic handled in March 2021 stood at 527,792 teu, which is the highest container volume handled in a month since the inception of India’s leading container port. During the ...

MSC has reaffirmed its commitment to avoid considering the Northern Sea Route, including the Northeast and Northwest Passages on environmental grounds. According to the carrier, an expansion of Arctic shipping could increase the emissions of so-called black carbon – physical particles of unburned carbon which can settle on land or ice, as well as c...

Kalmar is set to deliver six AutoShuttles for use at the Port of Melbourne’s Webb Dock East as part of a capacity expansion programme at Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT). The new AutoShuttles will join the existing fleet of 11 and will be fully elected and tested prior to delivery, which is expected to be ...

Verizon is working with Nokia and Associated British Ports (ABP) to deploy a private 5G platform at the Port of Southampton to provide the hub with a secure low-latency private network connection. With this new contract the Port of Southampton will become the first UK mainland port with a private 5G network. According to the ...

Konecranes has received orders for Gottwald mobile harbour cranes (MHCs) from a terminal operator in Sicily as well as Nigeria’s Tincan Island Container Terminal Limited (TICT), which is run by Bolloré. Port terminal operator SERMI in Pozzallo, Sicily, has ordered an eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 MHC to improve its overall capacit...

China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) saw container throughput rise by 8% across its terminal portfolio to 120.5m teu last year, boosted by the global economic recovery in the second half of 2020, particularly at its overseas terminals. Volume growth from the group’s ports in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan was flat whereas overseas operation...

PSA Antwerp has been forced to implement a seven-day cargo opening rule for export containers for all Middle and Far East vessels in response to the Suez Canal re-opening. This means that PSA will not accept any export container more than seven days prior to a vessel’s confirmed ETA. In practice, this yard opening time ...

Software company Awake.AI is developing predictive models to optimise truck turnaround times at the ports of Valencia and Livorno as part of the EU-funded iNGENIOUS project, which aims to harness emerging supply chain technologies. Awake.AI will use its Awake platform to allow truck traffic information visualisation within the ports and to enable d...

APM Terminals (APMT) Gothenburg is to add a sustainable short-sea terminal to its offering, hoping to provide an environmentally friendly intra-European cargo option. The facility will be located at the Skandiahamnen western quay, which was recently renovated and reinforced. In addition to suitable storage and transloading facilities close to the q...

After six days the Ever Given is on the move, although the blockage of the Suez Canal means that container supply chains, which were already strained by port congestion and equipment shortages, will face disruption in the weeks and months ahead. Estimates of how long it will take to clear the current backlog of 300 ...

As of 15.00 local time on Monday, the Ever Given is fully afloat and sailing towards Great Bitter Lake section of the Suez Canal where it will undergo a full inspection. The outcome of that inspection will determine whether the ship can resume its scheduled service and decisions will be made regarding arrangements for cargo ...

Cargotec has agreed to sell leading terminal operating system (TOS) provider Navis to Accel-KKR, a Silicon Valley-based technology-focused investment firm for an enterprise value of €380m (US$450m). The Finnish company expects that the deal will have a positive impact of around €230m (US$270m) on its operating profit in 2021. A statement from Navis...

Bane NOR has ordered two brand new Kuenz semi-automated rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes to replace two existing 30 year-old cranes at Alnabru Intermodal Terminal, Norway. The new cranes are without cabins and will be operated by the terminal operator from a Remote Operating Statio (ROS), which will help improve the terminal’s productivity at a low...