Maersk has announced the opening of a new, technology-driven Warehousing & Distribution (W&D) facility in Douala, Cameroon. Maersk’s new facility is located within the Douala Port Zone, which serves as a gateway to several markets within Central Africa. “With the rapid expansion of the middle-class population in the region, there is a growing demand for […]

According to the latest Global Port Tracker study released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates, imports to major container ports in the United States are likely to exceed two million TEUs for the second month in a row in September and remain there in October. “These are strong numbers and a sign […]

Marseille-based box line CMA CGM announced an update on its Asea Kenya service, offering a direct weekly call at Qingdao port. In particular, starting with the 2005-built container vessel Emmanuel P with an estimated time of arrival in Qingdao on 9 October, the Asea Kenya service will offer a direct weekly call at Qingdao and […]

In August, the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) handled 828,016 TEUs, a 3% increase over the same month the previous year. That was the port’s first year-on-year monthly increase in the last 13 months. Loaded imports totalled 433,224 TEUs in August 2023, a 7% increase over the previous year, loaded exports reached 124,988 TEUs, a […]

The Port of New York and New Jersey was the busiest port in the United States in July, moving 725,479 TEUs, the highest monthly total since October 2022, and taking the port’s year-through July total to 4,465,823 TEUs. The monthly result represents a 6.5% reduction from July 2022, when the port handled 776,167 TEUs. Moreover, […]

Port of Ningbo Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced a change in the Ningbo terminal on MD1 service with its vessels swapping from the current Ningbo Port Beilun Second Container Terminal NBSCT to Daxie International Terminal CMIT. The change will take effect from mid-September.

HHLA PLT Italy, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG’s Italian terminal in Trieste, welcomes the arrival of the container vessel line Ocean Network Express (ONE). More specifically, for the first time, the Singaporean container carrier calls at the city in the North Adriatic inaugurating the start of the new service, Adriatic Israel Butterfly (AIB). The AIB […]

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced that a six-year contract between the ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) had been ratified. According to a statement, the ratification of the contract will have a profoundly positive influence on the US economy, which is heavily reliant on the ports of Los Angeles and Long […]

German mainline operator Hapag-Lloyd is said to have failed to make the cut in preliminary bidding for the majority stake in South Korean carrier HMM. Reports from South Korea said that only the three local bidders, Harim Group-JKL Partners consortium and the logistics groups LX Group and Dongwon, have been shortlisted after preliminary bids closed […]