Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has been announced as one of the beneficiaries of the Department for Transport’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC).

Cavotec is to open a new office in Malaysia to create a stronger presence in the Asian market. Opening the new office is a key part of Cavotec’s strategy to further leverage its strong position in the fast-growing markets for electrification and automation of ports in Asia and around the world.

Double-digit gains continued in July at the Port of New York and New Jersey. Autos led the charge posting a stunning 79 percent increase from the previous year’s monthly figure.

Following the Government’s Written Ministerial Statement recently confirming a further extension to the implementation of certain post Brexit trade arrangements, the British Ports Association has suggested UK ports are expecting to be ready but that the wider logistics industry might need more time to prepare.

The Port of Virginia in August processed more than 307,000 TEUs making it the busiest August on record and the port’s second most productive month in its history. 

Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s subsidiary at the Port of Karachi, recently marked a milestone with the handling of its 10-millionth TEU since commencing operations in 2002. 

The Ever Ace, the world’s largest container ship, has made its maiden call at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. 

The peak shipping season started with a roar and lifted the Port of Long Beach to its strongest August on record.Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 807,704 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of container cargo last month, an 11.3% increase compared to August 2020.

Splice recently announced the launch of Yard Spot, its integrated yard management system application built on the foundation of Splice. The cloud-based application combines numerous sources of data in a common operating view to reduce turn-times, avoid detention fees, and increase productivity of container yards.

The HHLA intermodal subsidiary Metrans is expanding its network. The first foundations were laid for a new Metrans hub terminal on 9 September 2021 in the Hungarian town of Zalaegerszeg.

South Carolina Ports saw strong container volumes in August as retail imports continue to flow into the Port of Charleston.

Keeping ports functioning during a pandemic is vitally important. Ports ensure that medical supplies, food, fuel, raw materials and manufactured goods, as well as vital components for maintaining employment, continue to reach their intended destinations. In this context, Fundación Valenciaport, always attentive to the needs of the sector, has launched a new advisory service on the management of pandemics in ports whose main objective is to provide port managers with a global and precise vision of the situation so that they know exactly what they are facing and how to act in the event of the possible spread of infectious diseases in the port area. 

AD Ports Group and France-based CMA CGM Group have announced the signing of a 35-year concession agreement.

Belgium’s Goeyvaerts-R bvba (Goeyvaerts) has ordered two new eco-efficient Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour cranes for their growing rental fleet across ports in the Netherlands and Belgium. The order, booked in July, will be handed over in November 2021.

Navis recently announced that C. Steinweg’s Botlek Terminal has completed its implementation of Master Terminal. The implementation of the software is another step in C. Steinweg’s plan to roll out Master Terminal across its broader network of terminals in Rotterdam, South Holland, the largest and one of the most technologically advanced seaports in Europe.

The UK’s Q2 2021 port freight statistics from the Department for Transport released recently indicate positive signs of economic recovery despite ongoing pandemic impacts and new post-Brexit? processes with UK-EU traffic.