Japanese carriers fined US$2.325M
NewsThe US Federal Maritime Commission has fined K Line and NYK Line US$1.1M and US$1.225M respectively for alleged violations of the US Shippin...
New K Line ro-ro move
NewsThe Japanese carrier has set up a dedicated ro-ro affiliate to attract more non-automobile rolling cargo business...
Toyota AGVs up for gold award
NewsToyota's container AGV has been selected for METI's Good Design 2012 gold award...
MOL introduces "cold ironing" alternative
NewsInstead of installing shore power, why not install clean hybrid power on the ship?...
Japan to create two hub ports
NewsJapan is to create two mega-ports - designated International Strategic Freight Ports (ISFP) - which will receive priority funding to ensure ...
Hanshin ports seek hub status
NewsJapan’s Hanshin ports - Osaka, Kobe, Sakai Semboku and Amagasaki Nishinomiya Ashiya - have asked the central government to designate them ...
Car terminals for NYK
NewsJapan’s NYK Line plans to build and expand car export terminals in India and China, the world’s two most populous and fastestgrowing cou...
Solar-powered car carrier
NewsWhat is touted as the world’s first ship to be powered with assistance of solar power has been put into service by NYK Line...
Shibushi in the spring
NewsA new multi-purpose terminal being built at the Japanese port of Shibushi will open next spring, according to Akira Hagi, a spokesman for th...
Hakata C2 set to open
NewsThe C2 Container Terminal at Japan’s Hakata port, which will have a 350m berth with a depth alongside of 15m, will be put into operation i...
Japanese try out rail
NewsIn a bid to enhance their competitiveness, Japan’s Tokyo, Yokohama and Kawasaki ports are carrying out trial transhipments of internationa...
TPT goes private
NewsState-run Tokyo Port Terminal Public Corp has changed its name to Tokyo Port Terminal Co (TPT) after becoming the first Japanese port operat...
Tokyo’s big plans
NewsThe Port of Tokyo plans to build a three-berth container terminal with a 16m draft to accommodate ships of 8,000 TEU and more deployed in lo...
Three Osaka Bay ports to merge
NewsThe Japanese government is going ahead with plans to merge the central ports of Osaka, Kobe and Amagasaki-Nishinomiya-Ashiya into a superpor...
Hakata adds box berth
NewsA second container berth will open at Island City Container Terminal at the Japanese port of Hakata in spring 2008 to handle ultra-large shi...