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Fatal incident aboard Grimaldi PCTC

News24 Jun 2024

A crew member died during operations on the PCTC Grande Baltimora in Melbourne, with an investigation and support for the family underway....

Worker fatally injured at Chancay megaport project

News14 May 2024

A worker died in an accident during port construction in Chancay, Peru, prompting an investigation by Cosco Shipping Ports Chancay SA....

Unified Command starts Key bridge wreckage removal

News31 Mar 2024

The Unified Command commenced bridge wreckage removal on Saturday to eliminate debris from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse....

First salvage step is to open one-way traffic to Baltimore harbor, USACE says

News29 Mar 2024

The first step of what promises to be an extensive operation to unblock the Fort McHenry Channel is extracting the steel truss, according to...

764 tonnes of hazardous cargo identified on Dali, some containers breached, NTSB reveals

News28 Mar 2024

The NTSB has revealed that the Dali containership carried 56 containers totaling 764 tonnes of hazardous materials, with some containers bre...

Baltimore bridge collapse threatens vital US supply chains: cars, coal, wood, steel, and more

News27 Mar 2024

The disruption on US supply chains after Baltimore bridge collapse is expected to reverberate through key sectors such as wood, construction...

MPA Singapore: Dali passed port state inspections

News27 Mar 2024

MPA Singapore: The container vessel Dali passed two separate foreign port state inspections in June and September 2023....

Six presumed dead in aftermath of Baltimore bridge collapse

News27 Mar 2024

NTSB is leading the investigation into the collision and estimates that damage to the vessel and the bridge exceed USD 500,000....

Portico fined £200,000 plus costs following fatal accident

News8 Sep 2022

Portsmouth International Port’s stevedoring and logistics arm Portico Shipping has been fined after an employee was fatally crushed betwee...

Train collision at Herne intermodal yard

News10 Aug 2022

A block train hit parked wagons during shunting operations; there were no casualties...

Silo collapse in Beirut

News3 Aug 2022

The people of Beirut must wonder whether the nightmare will ever end...

MSC joins ICHCA

News17 Jun 2022

Dirk Van de Velde, MSC’s Chief EHSQ Officer, will take up a Board position at the independent NPO set up 70- years ago to improve the safe...

ZIM KINGSTON containers overboard; fire on deck

News24 Oct 2021

ZIM KINGSTON encountered heavy weather on Friday, 22 October sailing from Pusan to Vancouver, BC and reported that dozens of containers fell...

New initiative to improve safety of dangerous goods storage and transport

News15 Sep 2021

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by ICHCA International and the International Vessel Operators Dangerous Goods Associatio...

UK logistics operator fined £6.5M over death of 11-year-old boy

News2 Aug 2021

The court has upheld a prosecution brought against W H Malcolm by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) following a fatality at DIRFT in July, 2...

Ship knocks over crane in Kaohsiung

News3 Jun 2021

Video footage of the incident at 11.30 hours local time, June 3rd, shows the OOCL DURBAN hitting the boom of a container crane, causing it t...

Fatal incident aboard Grimaldi PCTC

Worker fatally injured at Chancay megaport project

Unified Command starts Key bridge wreckage removal

First salvage step is to open one-way traffic to Baltimore harbor, USACE says

764 tonnes of hazardous cargo identified on Dali, some containers breached, NTSB reveals

Baltimore bridge collapse threatens vital US supply chains: cars, coal, wood, steel, and more

MPA Singapore: Dali passed port state inspections

Six presumed dead in aftermath of Baltimore bridge collapse

Portico fined £200,000 plus costs following fatal accident

Train collision at Herne intermodal yard

Silo collapse in Beirut

MSC joins ICHCA

ZIM KINGSTON containers overboard; fire on deck

New initiative to improve safety of dangerous goods storage and transport

UK logistics operator fined £6.5M over death of 11-year-old boy

Ship knocks over crane in Kaohsiung

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Captain’s body found, four missing after ship sank near Taiwan

Konecranes reports higher profit, port solutions H1 order intake down 40%

NWSA calls for bids for Terminal 5 refrigerated container electrical upgrades

DP World Fremantle implements new weigh-in-motion system

Vessel detained in Haifa, seafarers abandoned in Yemen

Fatal incident aboard Grimaldi PCTC

Worker fatally injured at Chancay megaport project

Unified Command starts Key bridge wreckage removal

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Captain’s body found, four missing after ship sank near Taiwan

Konecranes reports higher profit, port solutions H1 order intake down 40%

NWSA calls for bids for Terminal 5 refrigerated container electrical upgrades

DP World Fremantle implements new weigh-in-motion system

Vessel detained in Haifa, seafarers abandoned in Yemen

Fire breaks out on Maersk container ship, one crew member dead

Cape Town Container Terminal takes delivery of 15 new terminal tractors

Fire on Maersk Frankfurt nearly out

Valenciaport’s container traffic up 14% in H1

Tanker capsizes near Manila claiming one life, cargo ship sinks off coast Taiwan