Tianjin and Guangzhou ports to launch direct container service

Tianjin Port Group and Guangzhou Port Group have inked an agreement to commence a direct route between the ports, to cut down on transhipments. This is part of Tianjin Port’s FAST (Freight, Accuracy, Saving, Team) scheme to expedite container shipments. Chinese liner operators, such as COSCO Shipping Lines’ intra-Asia arm Shanghai Pan Asia Shipping, Zhonggu […]

Russian terminal launches video monitoring of crane operations

Petrolesport (PLP), a Global Ports Group company located in the Big Port of St. Petersburg, has installed a video surveillance system on its ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes. The equipment will improve the crane operator’s visibility and increase the safety of container handling, according to an announcement. “Monitoring cargo movement with cameras will increase the safety […]

India and UK drive DP World’s container volumes growth

DP World has handled 19.7 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals in the second quarter of 2021, with gross box volumes increasing by 17.6% year-on-year on a reported basis. The UAE-headquartered global port operator said the performances of its terminals in India, Europe Australia and Americas were the main drivers for the […]

Containers continue to triumph

The container market continues to impress with record-breaking rates and ordering never seen before. Olivia Watkins, Head Cargo Analyst of VesselsValue, an online valuation and data provider, takes us through what has been happening with orders, transactions, values, rates and trade for the first half of 2021 and how these sky-high figures compare to previous […]

Wan Hai approves US$1 billion budget for more vessel acquisitions

Wan Hai Lines’ chairman has authorised a US$1 billion budget for “asset acquisition and disposal”, as the Taiwanese liner operator appears to prepare for fleet expansion. The budget authorisation was announced at a shareholders’ meeting on 20 July, chaired by Wan Hai’s general manager Tommy Hsieh and independent director Lai Rung-nian. Hsieh and Lai explained […]

WCA là gì – Liên minh hàng hóa thế giới (World Cargo Alliance)

WCA Advanceed Professionals

WCA (Liên minh hàng hóa thế giới – World Cargo Alliance) là mạng lưới giao nhận hàng hóa lớn nhất và mạnh nhất thế giới với thành viên là các freight forwarder độc lập. WCA có hơn hơn 7.313 văn phòng tại 191 quốc gia trên thế giới. Tổ chức này có chức năng cung cấp cho mỗi thành […]