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A study by Navis, designed to track the perceptions, intentions and mindset of the global maritime industry, has found that the vast majority of the sector plans to increase investments in new technology within the next 12 months. Of 170 participants in the Navis Business Bellwether survey, over 90% of respondents expect their companies to increase technology spending in the ... Read More »

Konecranes has launched the newest iteration of its automated rubber-tyred gantry (ARTG) crane system, version 2.0. The new offering can be retrofit to most brownfield container terminals and fits most container stack envelopes while allowing truck handling to be automated with remote supervision. Several terminal operators including PT Prima Terminal Petikemas, a subsidiary of state-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia ... Read More »

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) reached US$1bn in revenue from port operations in the first nine months of the year as throughput rose by 5%. ICTSI handled 7.2m teu across all of it terminals while revenue from port operations increased 10% from US$918.3m. The company attributed its success to volume growth, new contracts with shipping lines and services and ... Read More »

Initial outcomes of a three-month technology pilot by GE Transportation to improve cargo flow at the Port of Long Beach have demonstrated efficiency improvements at the port. GE’s Port Optimizer showed advanced visibility of incoming cargo, offered over 14 days faster access to information, and improved turn times while increasing throughput which led to increased supply chain performance. Weston LaBar, ... Read More »

Maersk Container Industry (MCI) will launch a reefer digitalisation service in 2019, looking to provide reporting data to container operators wherever their reefers are located in the world. Named Sekstant Global Guidance, the system aims to enable new levels of automation and data collection, changing the way how operators can manage their reefer transport chain. According to the manufacturer, Sekstant ... Read More »

Members of the Ocean Alliance and Yang Ming along with DP World, Hutchison Ports, PSA International and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) and CargoSmart have agreed to form a consortium to develop an open digital platform based on blockchain technology. The platform, named the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), aims to establish a digital baseline connecting stakeholders including carriers, terminal ... Read More »

Textainer has ordered 1,000 PrimeLINE ONE refrigerated containers from Carrier Transicold and Singamas Container Holdings Limited, making it the first major container leasing company to acquire the new model. John Simmons, vice president of refrigerated containers at Textainer, said: “As a major supplier of refrigerated containers to shipping lines around the world, we have one of the industry’s youngest and fastest-growing reefer ... Read More »

APM Terminals (APMT) Bahrain, the only operator at Khalifa bin Salman Port (KBSP) has announced the initial public offering (IPO) of 20% of the company’s total issued share capital, beginning on November 8. Worth BHD11.8m (US$31m), the offer is comprised of 18m shares of the joint venture between APMT International (80%) and YBA Kanoo Holdings of Bahrain (20%), a regional ... Read More »

Yilport Holding has taken a 55% share in Puerto Quetzal to execute multi-purpose quay operations after signing a contract with the port authority. Puerto Quetzal, located 102 km from Guatemala City, is the first multi-purpose Guatemalan port on the Pacific Ocean and is able to accommodate vessels up to Panamax size. The terminal, in which general cargo, container, liquid cargo ... Read More »

Helsinki-based Containerships is to introduce a second weekly service from Gdynia, Poland, to Hutchison Ports London Thamesport, the carrier’s second direct service to and from the southern part of the UK. The service offers regular and fast connections with Poland, with improved service and transit times from Gdynia of 3-4 days and 4-6 days for the return journey. Mark Taylor, on ... Read More »