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Work on improvements to boost the capacity of the Suez Canal has started, a recent Expo Dubai seminar was told. Long term, what the Egyptian authorities want is for the Suez Canal to be more than just a money-generating waterway, but a business de...

The Panama Canal closed its fiscal year 2021 (FY’21) with a record-breaking annual tonnage of 516.7 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS), coming in 8.7% higher compared to the 2020 fiscal year (FY’20) and 10% above tonnage registered in FY’19, the wate...

Shippers appeared supportive of new measures currently being implemented at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to ease persistent congestion issues. The Long Beach Container Terminal, one of the most technologically advanced cargo facilities in...

California ports are looking government for help in the struggle to stem the mounting congestion that is slowing the flow of goods through their facilities. Containers wait to be moved in this photo of the Port of Long Beach in October 2021.

A recent survey says that the economies of Asia are recovering quickly, with China in the lead.

CMA CGM is ramping up its decarbonization efforts with the acquisition of LNG-propelled vessels within its fleet – five of the nine ultra-large 23,000 TEU ships on its order already deployed on the Asia-Europe trade – in a bid to reduce the line’s en...

Malaysia’s Port Klang is being held up as an example for ASEAN ports to determine whether they are ready for a post-Covid surge. As of July, Westports will do no more offline transactions, which fits well with the port’s plan for digitalization.

Attendees at a recent Transport Events webinar discussed how Africa’s ports can address the multiple challenges they face.

Ships docked at Port Louis at night. The Mauritian port authority is promoting its role as a transhipment hub.

U.S. ports, including the Port of Long Beach, are facing a relentless surge of imports. Railroads, truck traffic and warehouses are all experiencing a knock-on effect.

Major shipping companies have reaffirmed their commitment to avoid the Northern Sea Route (NSR) amid renewed debates on the merits of using the route on the back of recent events that continue to disrupt the global supply chain. Russia recently se...

A governmental task force on Guam is exploring how it’s position as the westernmost point in the United States could boost its share of the transhipment market in both shipping and air freight. Asia Pacific Airlines maintains a cargo hub at Guam’s A....

Shipping lines are boosting their reefer capacity with orders of thousands of new containers over the last few months, as demand for temperature-sensitive and perishable cargo continues to mount. Ocean Network Express (ONE) expanded its current re...

The shipping sector is expected to adopt electronic bills of lading (eBLs) to enhance the shipping documentation process as the industry gears up for digital transformation in the wake of the disruption brought by the coronavirus pandemic. Industr...

CMA CGM Group is putting up a new dedicated airfreight division to be called CMA CGM Air Cargo as it steps up the strategic development of its logistics business. In a statement, it said the company will initially acquire four 60-tonne-payload Air...