The port of Azov has seen heavy rain since Nov. 24, which has flooded the Black Sea port and prevented the loading of grain aboard coaster vessels, market participants said to S&P Global Commodity Insights Nov. 27. It is expected that some stock has also been damaged amid the sea and rainwater entering warehouses at the port, according to sources. “Not all terminals [at Azov] are expecting delays — ours was okay,” said one Russia-based trader who operates from the Azov port. “But there are quite of traders who are ...

The China-Mongolia border port of Erenhot recently registered a high record number of inbound and outbound freight vehicles, according to local authorities. As of Tuesday, the port in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region had handled 150,000 freight vehicles this year, up 50 percent year on year. As the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, Mongolia has more than 70 percent of daily necessities imported through Erenhot, said the local entry-exit border checkpoint. The land port has been providing green channels for agricultural and sideline products and commercial vehicles, ...

From 1 December, Ulrich Reuter will represent the Port of Rotterdam in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He thereby succeeds Wolfgang Hönemann who held the position for the past five years and recently retired. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia is an important hinterland region for the port of Rotterdam. The Port of Rotterdam Authority has agreements with several ports in North Rhine-Westphalia on optimising logistics connections, digitalisation and energy transition. Reuter has a background in publishing and politics. Among other things, he was a member of the state parliament ...

The Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility project team will update the public on the status of the Port of Long Beach project during a virtual community meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6. Click here to register. You can join this virtual meeting from a computer, phone and other mobile device. A recording of the meeting will be posted at www.polb.com/PierB for those unable to participate. Requests for translation must be received by Thursday, Nov. 30. Contact Veronica Morales at (562) 233-7980 or [email protected] for translation or assistance registering ...

Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), a joint venture between Malaysian based MMC Group and Hague based APM Terminals has been named as the award winner of the UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei (UNGCMYB) Forward Faster Sustainability Awards 2023, under the main Enterprise Category: “The Forward Faster Sustainability Award – Gender Equality”. PTP was also recognised under the Recognition Categories: “Partnership for the Goals Recognition” and “Pioneer Sustainable Development Action Recognition”. Held at the Park Royal Collection Kuala Lumpur on 24 November 2023, the sustainability award ceremony was officiated ...

Traffic suspended due to bad weather 28 Nov 2023, Dardanelles, Turkey Due to adverse weather, vessel traffic was suspended in both directions in the Dardanelles Strait at 15:15 hours local time today (28 November). Read More » Ship-related permits via TOOL 28 Nov 2023, Antwerp/Bruges, Belgium From 28 November 2023, you will now apply for Ship-Related Permits via TOOL, the application for applying, viewing and managing nautical permits. Read More » Increase of permissible draft 28 Nov 2023, New Mangalore, India The maximum draft for Berths No.15 & 16 is ...

On November 15, the world’s largest Q-MAX LNG carrier, the Al Dafna from Qatar, docked at the CNPC Tangshan LNG Receiving Terminal, becoming the 472nd LNG vessel to be received by the Tangshan terminal since its commencement and operation in 2013. Loaded with 260,000 cubic meters of LNG, the Al Dafna is to supply LNG to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region for this year’s winter season. At present, the total storage capacity of the LNG storage tank at the Tangshan receiving station remains high, and the high-load heating gas supply mode has ...

Lhyfe, a global pioneer in the production of renewable green hydrogen for transportation and industrial applications, announces that it has won the call for proposals (AMI) launched at the end of 2022 by Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port to develop a green hydrogen industrial production and distribution site in Montoir-de-Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique). This call for proposals, which was launched on 21 November 2022, concerned the provision of land located at the heart of the port’s industrial and logistics ecosystem, in Montoir-de-Bretagne, for a project to set up an industrial renewable hydrogen production activity. ...

DP World has cuts carbon emissions from its UAE operations by nearly 50% this year by accessing renewably produced power from the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). DEWA has issued more than 200,000 International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs) to DP World so far this year. These guarantee that the electricity consumed is generated from renewable sources, with each equivalent to 1 megawatt-hour of electricity. I-RECs from DEWA are generated by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. These power DP World’s UAE operations which include Jebel Ali Port, ...

If big shipping lines move to non-EU ports as a result of an environmental tax that will be introduced by the European Union next year “it will be close to impossible” to bring them back, maritime law expert Ann Fenech told The Malta Independent on Sunday. Expressing her disappointment that the European Commission is biding its time with regard to the effect that such a tax will have on the industry, Fenech said that in international shipping there is no such thing as “wait and see”. In shipping, time is ...

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of calendar adjusted volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 340 ports worldwide, representing over 80% of global volumes. The base point for the indices is January 2019 = 100. Drewry has developed a nowcasting model that uses vessel capacity and terminal duration data (derived from our proprietary AIS model) to make short-term predictions of port throughput. Drewry’s latest assessment – November 2023 The MoM rise in volumes in September 2023 across the majority of ...

A two-day blockade of the world’s largest coal port has triggered 109 arrests. Hundreds of activists swam or used kayaks to occupy the Newcastle port’s shipping lane in Australia, to protest against climate inaction. They claim the disruption prevented over half a million tonnes of coal from leaving the country. Australia is the world’s second biggest coal exporter and relies on the fossil fuel for its own electricity needs. Located roughly 170km (105 miles) from Sydney, the Port of Newcastle is the country’s most important terminal for coal shipments. An ...

Port operations restarting, nighttime curfew in force 27 Nov 2023, Sierra Leone A curfew is in force between 2100 and 0600 hours in Sierra Leone following an attempted coup d’etat. Read More » Berthing suspended due to storms and high seas 27 Nov 2023, Ceyhan & Iskenderun Bay, Turkey Following a weekend of foul weather in and around Ceyhan and Iskenderun Bay, conditions have improved a little but swells are still high. Read More » Establishment of Restricted Area north off the Avenue of Stars 27 Nov 2023, Hong Kong ...

Brazilian port logistics firm CLI plans to invest 600 million reais ($122.30 million) in its terminal, the largest in the country for sugar exports, at the Santos port in Sao Paulo state, an executive said. The investment, which must be formalized through a contract with the federal government, is expected to boost the capacity of the terminal by 20% to 19 million metric tons per year, said CLI Chief Operating Officer Marcos Pepe Bertoni. The investment will go toward infrastructure improvements, such as a new sugar warehouse and new enclosed ...

A functioning, more environmentally friendly supply chain requires all players to actively participate in the transition to sustainable transportation. How such a chain can be successfully implemented was demonstrated by the Port of Gothenburg, Stena Line, the Port of Kiel and the Port of Hamburg as organizers as well as many companies at the conference entitled “Green transport corridors – linking Europe and Scandinavia” in Gothenburg. “The shipping industry is currently under considerable pressure to accelerate the process of decarbonization. However, it cannot achieve this transformation single-handedly. The efforts towards ...