Cubo Maritime & Port, an innovation-driven port and shipping hub operating in Latin America, created by Cubo Itaú, Hidrovias do Brasil, Port of Açu and Wilson Sons, announces a new international cooperation with Port Innovators Network (PIN). With ports based in Hamburg (Germany), Valencia (Spain) and Halifax (Canada), PIN promotes innovation in the global port ecosystem, connecting communities to set benchmarks and share ideas, project results, innovation experiences, methodologies and best practices. This is not the hub’s first international collaboration. In 2023, it partnered with port-maritime hub Pier71, from Singapore, ...

Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd (SPSB) affirmed its commitment to improve productivity, particularly container handling rate and will reestablish its window berthing system to better manage vessel arrivals. SPSB will further implement effective planning to provide ample time for forwarders to truck in containers to the port. These measures were highlighted during SPSB’s recent industry dialogue with logistics associations and business chambers to discuss the congestion at Sapangar Bay Container Port (SBCP). Key issues discussed included strategies to minimize berth waiting time for efficient vessel handling and berth allocation, upgrading of ...

The latest update of the Deloitte Access Economics Supply Chain Health Index (DAESCHI) suggests continuing and more pronounced pressure on the global supply chains that matter most to New Zealand’s economy, with associated impacts on inflation. As illustrated below, the recent spike in the DAESCHI is attributable to a sharp increase in the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI) (an input into the DAESCHI), which is a measure of sea freight rates across the most used trade routes from Shanghai to thirteen global regions, including New Zealand. The rapid increase in ...

The Port of Long Beach achieved its busiest June on record, driven by vibrant consumer spending, potential tariff increases and ongoing labor contract negotiations at seaports on the East and Gulf coasts. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 842,446 twenty-foot equivalent units in June, up 41.1% from the same month last year and surpassing the previous record set in June 2022 by 7,034 TEUs. Imports jumped 53% to 419,698 TEUs, exports rose 4% to 98,300 TEUs, and empty containers moving through the Port increased 42.1% to 324,448 TEUs. “We are recapturing ...

Immigration Check Post fully operational 17 Jul 2024 / Dhamra, India The Immigration Check Post (ICP) at Dhamra is now ready to fully function with all the equipment required for immigration available. READ MORE Marine soil investigation for proposed development Phase 2 17 Jul 2024 / Singapore Until 31 October, marine soil investigations works are being conducted off Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Container Terminal. READ MORE Source: GAC

Ports serve as the gateways through which China opens up to the outside world. As China continues to deepen reform across the board, a vast majority of ports in the country have flourished, from the north to the south, from the east to the west, and from border regions to inland areas. For instance, Alashankou Port in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region sees around 60 trains and 350 vehicles passing through on a daily basis. Thanks to the development of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (ILSTC), a trade ...

5G connectivity, speed, efficiency, optimization and real-time coordination are the keys to the success of the IMAGINE-B5G project. This initiative – which is part of the innovation strategy of the Port Authority of València (PAV) – has been developed by Telefónica, the company XRF, ETRAIR and coordinated by the PAV, the Valenciaport Foundation and the iTeam institute of the Polytechnic University of València. The project aims to develop a pilot using advanced 5G communications, such as network slicing and network apification that serves as an enabler of other technologies that ...

Hintco GmbH announces Fertiglobe as the successful bidder of the first H2Global pilot auction for renewable ammonia, funded by the German Government. The winning bidder, Fertiglobe, a strategic partnership between ADNOC and OCI, will start producing renewable ammonia destined for delivery in 2027 for a maximum contract value of EUR 397 million. The renewable ammonia will be delivered to the port of Rotterdam and sold by Hintco as standardized quantities in annual auctions. Supply of renewable ammonia will start at a potential 19,500 tons in 2027 subject to the start ...

Reduced tariff for pilot’s helicopter 16 Jul 2024 / Hammerfest Melkoya, Norway The tariff for pilot’s helicopter at Hammerfest Melkoya has been reduced from NOK 229,153 to NOK 203,293 per flight. Read more Marine soil investigation in West Jurong Channel 16 Jul 2024 / Singapore Marine soil investigations are underway in West Jurong Channel until 30 September. Read more Source: GAC

Advent eModal (AeM), the world’s largest port community system serving the intermodal supply chain, today announced the successful implementation of its eModal® Community Portal (eCP) at Florida International Terminal (FIT) at Port Everglades. This deployment introduces the advanced PreGate and Fee Manager applications into the comprehensive eCP system, enhancing port operations and intermodal logistics. “We are thrilled to see Florida International Terminal leverage our eModal platform following the successful implementation of our appointment systems at Port Everglades Terminal, LLC,” said Hilda M. Rodriguez, Customer Success Manager at Advent eModal. “This ...

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that four foreign flagged ship remained under detention in UK ports at the end of June after failing Paris MOU Port State Control (PSC) inspection. During June, there were ten new detentions of a foreign flagged vessel in a UK port. 1. In response to one of the recommendations of Lord Donaldson’s inquiry into the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) publishes details of the foreign flagged vessels detained in UK ports under the Paris MOU ...

If a crane is ultimately a giant mechanical arm, the team at Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico have pumped their mechanical muscles to the extreme by perfecting a manoeuvre rarely achieved anywhere in the world – and scoring a first for Mexico: quad lifts with a ship-to-shore crane. Pulling off quad lifts – the lifting of four containers at a time – is an uncommon and highly skilled accomplishment. It’s also not a task to be taken lightly. In port operations, where safety and speed are paramount, pushing the limits of ...

APM Terminals Mumbai (GTI), switched to 80% renewable electricity this month, with the commissioning of a 10.65 MW captive solar power plant through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) model with O2 Power. This latest switch to renewable electricity provides APM Terminals Mumbai with a significant advancement in its transition to becoming a renewable-energy powered container terminal. The captive solar plant will generate more than 21 GWh.of electricity per year, enough to power, among other things, the terminal’s quay cranes and reefers. A captive solar power plant is one that has ...

On July 5th, CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal surpassed 5 million TEUs in throughput. Since its opening in December 2018, the terminal has launched over 20 international routes, and connected to more than 60 ports. In 2024, six new routes boosted volume by over 35%, achieving 6.5 million safe man-hours. Already last year, the terminal implemented the first autonomous truck system in the Middle East with six trucks supporting container loading and unloading at Khalifa Port. The vehicles are equipped with an advanced traffic monitoring, driving guidance and 360-degree sensory system, ...

EV Maritime, New Zealand’s leading electric ferry design and technology company, announced today it has been commissioned by Angel Island Tiburon Ferry (AITF) to design an all-new hybrid electric vessel for the fleet. The progressive project, which will see the electrification of two existing vessels and the construction of a third new plug-in hybrid vessel, has been funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The hybrid vessel will be designed and engineered by EV Maritime with electrical integration provided by ZeroMar, a local company in the Bay Area. This ...