The Port of Baltimore is set to deepen a second container berth to 50 ft at the Seagirt Marine Terminal as part of a US$32.7m project funded by the state and terminal operator Ports America Chesapeake. Governor Larry Hogan announced that the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) will receive a US$6.6m US Department of Transportation grant ... Read More »
Maersk has introduced an extended liability solution, Value Protect, as an alternative to cargo insurance with the aim to increase customers’ chance of receiving full compensation if damages occur in transit. Value Protect – valid when the cargo is in Maersk’s custody – covers cargo loss or damage in cases such as fire, accidents due to danger of the sea, ... Read More »
Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT), a subsidiary of PSA International (PSA), has set a record of 175 moves per hour while working on Hapag-Lloyd’s 9,954 teu capacity M.V Athenian. The facility accomplished this two months after it achieved 155 moves per hour and it has now surpassed PSA India’s previous record of 169 moves per hour, held by its terminal ... Read More »
The Medports association has set out its 2019 activity roadmap which includes the adoption of common key performance indicators and a “single window” cargo community system. The roadmap includes other objectives such as the extension of on-shore power supply for ships, a training programme developed by members’ training institutes and the launch of an association website next year. Medports was ... Read More »
The American Association of Port Authorities has criticised US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) policies requesting port authorities to build and incur the costs of CBP staffing facilities at ports. The AAPA said that the CBP should not be seeking ways to build new facilities while there continues to be a shortage of CBP officers for maritime activities. In a ... Read More »
The Ecuadorian government plans to build two bridges and a road in the port city of Guayaquil. The Southern viaduct project will link the port and south side of Guayaquil to the province of El Oro and the country’s south. The project includes an 855 m bridge over Estero Cobina, located near the port, and a 3,440 m bridge over the ... Read More »
The Stockholms Hamn AB Board of Directors has appointed Thomas Andersson as the new Ports of Stockholm Managing Director. Anderson is the current deputy managing director at Stockholm’s City Hall and has prior experience within the construction sector, commerce and the tourism industry. The previous managing director Johann Castwall will become executive director at the City of Stockholm development administration, Exploateringskontoret. According ... Read More »
Hamburg Süd has resumed its weekly direct service between Peru and the US East Coast in time for the forthcoming mango and grape season in South America. The service will be operational from November 2018 to February 2019, with a transit time of 11 days from the Port of Paita, Peru, to Philadelphia. According to the carrier, the fast transit ... Read More »
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has said that more multimodal funding is US ports’ top priority. In a statement to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, AAPA said that of the US$11bn in dedicated freight funding over five years provided by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) act, only US$1.13bn is multimodal eligible. Currently, US$200m of multimodal ... Read More »
Djibouti’s has the potential to become a transhipment hub due to its strategic location and an increase in its port capacity, a report by the Oxford Business Group (OBG) has claimed. Currently, the port mostly acts as an entry and exit point for cargo to its landlocked neighbour Ethiopia, handling roughly 95% of its imports, which has forced port infrastructure ... Read More »
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