The global Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of refrigerated container logistics to keep vital supplies of food and medicines, including vaccines, flowing around the world as nations locked down. While temperature-controlled goods have indeed kept flowing, the pandemic triggered an ongoing cascade of disruptions to the bigger container shipping system that so many perishable […]

The Port of Los Angeles has achieved an all-time record for container volumes in a single month, processing more than 1 million TEU in May, which represents an outstanding 74% increase compared with the same month last year. The Port of LA handled 1,012,048 TEU last month, which was the busiest month ever in the […]

Freight rates for container exports from the Port of Shanghai in Week 23 increased from the previous week on several trade routes, which do not include those to the west coast of North America and within Asia, according to the Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA). Spot rates for moving containers to Europe picked up […]

Kalmar has agreed with SAAM Group, the fourth-largest port operator in South America, to equip Chile’s San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI), a port operated by SAAM and SSA Marine, with 26 Ottawa T2 terminal tractors. The new machines are expected to be delivered during the fourth quarter of the current year and will be added […]

HMM has suffered a cyber attack, which has hit the company’s email outlook system in several areas. “The unidentified security breach was detected, which led to limited access to the e-mail outlook system in certain areas,” said HMM on 12 June. However, most of the damages have been restored with the company confirming that no […]

Unifeeder has launched a new service connecting the Hubport of Southampton to the Irish Sea and the ports of Cork, Belfast and Dublin. Unifeeder believes that the new service to the Irish Sea is further expanding the company’s presence in Northern Europe, and will allow them to provide an even more extensive outport coverage. The […]

Nigeria has announced a new project in order to protect its maritime domain and mitigate pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea. Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari launched the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also called the Deep Blue Project, in Lagos with a declaration that Nigeria now boasted better capability to control its […]

Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) was commissioned to improve terminal operations of the South Port Container Terminal (SPCT) in Port Sudan to upgrade its performance and increase its competitiveness in the region. The contract was awarded by the Sudanese Ministry of Transport on behalf of the Sea Ports Corporation of Sudan (SPC). The goal of the […]

CMA CGM has signed a five-year partnership agreement with the French government space agency, the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) to identify, design and develop solutions to serve shipping, logistics and the space industry. Under the agreement, CNES and CMA CGM’s experts will be focusing on a range of topics including smart ship routing, […]

Wärtsilä Voyage has completed an extensive upgrade of the Croatian National Vessel Traffic Management & Information System (VTMIS) with new Sea Traffic Management (STM) functionality. Completion of this project confirms what has become the first STM installation in the Adriatic Sea. The Croatian Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, is now able to test the […]