Morning Watch

Wednesday 21 October13

• Port Strategy·18:00Ports & containersMarkets & finance

  Port of Antwerp-Bruges bounces back (opens Port Strategy)

  Container throughput recovered in the third quarter following a disrupted start to 2026, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges reports.

• FreightWaves·17:57Ports & containersTechnology

  Phillips Connect moves trailer sensor alerts into the yard (opens FreightWaves)

  Phillips Connect launched two smart trailer products Sunday at the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition in Charlotte, North Carolina. Insights reads trailer sensor data to diagnose tire and lighting problems.

• Offshore Energy·17:34Fuel & energyPorts & containers

  Over 500 piles lay the foundation for Poland’s floating LNG terminal (Gallery) (opens Offshore Energy)

  Poland has hit a new milestone in its energy independence journey, completing the foundational piling for the new FSRU terminal in Gdańsk.

• AJOT·16:00Ports & containers

  Advanced Polymer Coatings expands maritime team with new hires in Middle East and Europe (opens AJOT)

  Ohio manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) is strengthening its maritime team with two new hires in the Middle East and Europe.

• AJOT·16:00Ports & containers

  AVS+ targets fragmented vessel procurement with centralized fleet management platform (opens AJOT)

  AVS Global Ship Supply has developed AVS +.

• AJOT·15:53Ports & containers

  Where cold chain excursions hide: Watching the handoffs from receiving dock to freezer (opens AJOT)

  What Is Cold Chain Monitoring, and Why Do the Handoffs Matter?

• AJOT·15:37Ports & containers

  Taylor International opens continental distribution center in Colón, Panama (opens AJOT)

  For customers, the benefit is uptime. Panama connects the world’s major shipping routes, and from Colon, Taylor can ship parts and equipment faster, shorten delivery times and respond quickly to service needs.

• AJOT·15:29Ports & containersMarkets & finance

  Davies Turner expands UK property footprint with major Heathrow logistics hub acquisition (opens AJOT)

  The newly completed logistics hub will become the new headquarters of Davies Turner Air Cargo and represents one of the most significant property investments in the company's recent history.

• AJOT·15:26Ports & containersTechnology

  Tideworks appoints new leaders to accelerate terminal technology modernization (opens AJOT)

  New leaders bring extensive experience across terminal technology, systems integration, extensible architecture and global market development.

• AJOT·15:20Ports & containersFuel & energy

  Blue Water Shipping opens Johor Bahru office to strengthen project logistics support in Malaysia (opens AJOT)

  The new office connects local project support with Blue Water’s specialist teams in Singapore, expanding its capacity to serve FPSO, oil and gas, mining and data centre projects...

• AJOT·15:18Ports & containers

  The Cathay Group releases traffic figures for September 2026 (opens AJOT)

  Cathay Pacific carried 12% more passengers in September 2026 compared with September 2025, while Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs) increased by 9%. In the first nine months of 2026, the number of passengers carried increased by 14% compared with the same period for 2025.

• Port Strategy·10:42Ports & containersTechnology

  Barcode scanner flaw exposes warehouse cyber risks (opens Port Strategy)

  Kaspersky researchers have identified a wireless barcode scanner vulnerability that could enable unauthorised access to warehouse networks and systems

• Port Strategy·10:39Ports & containers

  McLaughlin & Harvey secures Dover port framework (opens Port Strategy)

  McLaughlin & Harvey wins two places on Dover’s contractor framework, supporting future marine infrastructure and building upgrades through 2032