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The Alliance lines (Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, Ocean Network Express and Yang Ming) will have deployment on at least three sailings of the Asia-North Europe FE4 service in the medium/small-sized capacity region, according to alliance sources. With high foc...

Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), has reported container growth of 8% in 2020 as it maintains its role as a large-scale container transhipment hub port. The total container volumes handled in 2020 reached 9.8 million TEU, representing a so...

Sepangar Bay Port, on the northwestern tip of Borneo, has its sights set on becoming the transhipment hub of choice for Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines region. The port welcomed the arrival of four units of rubber tyred gantry cranes in M...

Port Réunion, long overlooked in the Indian Ocean, is pitching itself as a risk-free gateway. The port boasts of the quality and safety that comes with being located in a French overseas department.

It isn’t just humans who are avoiding contact with each other during the pandemic: Pre-Covid, 80% of containers were moved contacted, with the remaining 20% moving contactless. These proportions are now reversed, said Aparna Jayadevan, Group QHSE man...

Some Asian ports, such as the one at Tianjin, have embraced advanced technology. Next year, Tianjin will pilot full automation of side-landing in operation at its TSCT facility and will launch three yard automation processes which involve RMG retrofi...

As the severe congestion at the port complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach shows no sign of abating, there are indications that some operators are looking to alternatives

South Korea's Sinokor Merchant Marine, together with its subsidiary Heung-A Line, are to combine their South Korea-Japan and South Korea-China services, in a move the companies have confirmed will reduce service duplication. As a result, the two i...

The 2M Alliance lines, Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC), have confirmed an enhancement to their TA2/NEUATL2 service with a new rotation, which will come from adding calls at Felixstowe and Charleston, and ending the present call at Liverpo...

Guam will be the recipient of money from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s America’s Marine Highway Program, which encourages the use of the country’s navigable waterways for the movement of freight and people.

Pricing of transportation has reached stratospheric heights. All-in rates from Asia to the U.S. West Coast reached US$20,582 per 40-foot containers in mid-September, said freight pricing portal Freightos

India is keen to strengthen its presence in the Indian Ocean by building ports in the region, including in Sri Lanka. The move is driven to boost the country’s maritime trade but also because of security concerns, given India’s unease over China’s gr...

Moving cargo across the Caspian Sea has become a whole lot easier, attendees at a recent webinar were told. The webinar, Digital Integration between Ports in the Caspian Sea: A success story in Ports of Aktau and Baku webinar was held by Transport...

Ports across the Pacific, including the Port of Avatiu Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, are taking steps to combat climate change. The Cook Islands Ports Authority is considering installing solar panels on its ship terminal, its CEO told a recent webin...

Ports in Florida are seeing increased cargo volumes, including from Asia, which an industry body attributes to supply chain disruptions and ongoing congestion issues at U.S. West Coast ports.