Chancay Port Terminal’s construction unfazed by exclusivity rights rollback, ANP says
NewsChancay port, nearing 70% completion, aims for inauguration in November with a $3.5 billion investment from Cosco Shipping....
Valenciaport posts 10% traffic growth in 2024
NewsValenciaport handled 784,095 containers in the first two months of the year, a growth of +9.97% compared to January-February 2023....
Spyder Netting wins ICHCA Safety Awards 2024
NewsA simple, easily deployed and reusable product developed by US-based Cross Currents88 and Norwegian ship owner G2 Ocean prevents stevedores ...
Benelux ports post box traffic declines
NewsRotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges, which are Europe’s two largest container ports, have both suffered declines in their throughputs for the fir...
Combilift moves into the offshore wind sector
NewsThe Ireland-based, international lifting equipment supplier has launched a new product, Combi-LC, to meet the load handling demands of large...
Evergreen remaining ‘cautious’ about 2023
NewsTaiwan’s Evergreen Marine remained upbeat about 2023 despite a weak performance in the first quarter of the year. Evergreen’s total reve...
Messina Line initiates new rail services
NewsItaly’s Ignazio Messina has started a breakbulk rail service between the Port of Ravenna and IML-Terminal Intermodale Messina in Segrate (...
St Lawrence Seaway traffic down 5%
NewsTotal cargo tonnage through the St Lawrence Seaway was down to 36Mt in 2022 as grain, iron ore, coal and general cargo all declined. ...
Record fruit shipments for Dover
NewsDecember saw the port’s general cargo terminal handle five vessel calls in seven days from Seatrade and GreenSea, in the run-up to Christm...
The London P&I Club releases secure stowage guidance for general and project cargo
NewsNew operational guidance for carrying and securing non-standardised cargo released in a bid to reduce stowage risks and the number of seriou...
Multipurpose vessel charter rates to languish
NewsCharter rates for multipurpose (MPV) ships, including both breakbulk and heavylift vessels, are not expected to recover back to pre-Covid-19...
New cargo handling floating crane designs
NewsShip designer Conoship International and crane builder KenzFigee have teamed up to offer two transhipment crane barge combinations for the d...
AiDrivers announces collaboration with Yagertec cranes
NewsAiDrivers has retrofitted its AI enabled autonomous control systems to a waste handling crane in China....
Reefer container chains under pressure
NewsThe outbreak of COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the shipping of perishable products, and this at the time of the peak harvesting an...
AAL helping charities
NewsAAL’s ‘Get Aboard’ initiative is all about supporting charities affected by the coronavirus and finding it difficult to move vital sup...