Guam gets new HMC

The Port of Guam’s General Manager Rory J. Respicio says the port will ‘avoid Chinese options’ in the procurement of new cranes in line with U.S. security policies.

Singapore retained its position as the leader in Attractiveness and Competitiveness, overtaking Athens and Shanghai in Shipping Centers and Ports and Logistics.

Cracking of ammonia into hydrogen presents an additional application to help the industry shift to lower carbon feedstock.

The Port of Salalah has taken delivery of the first four cranes in a series of 10 super-post panamax STS cranes being manufactured by ZPMC. The remaining cranes will arrive at Oman’s largest container port in Q2 2024 with all units fully commissioned in the third quarter of the year.

As part of an Executive Order aimed at strengthening maritime cyber-security, the Biden Administration plans to invest over US$20B over the next five years in port infrastructure including funds for recreating the domestic port crane industry

Kalmar, which is part of Finland’s Cargotec group is to supply Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam with two fully electric and eight hybrid straddle carriers. The machines will be used in the company’s ECT Delta terminal and be delivered by the end of this year.