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Ports & containers
The LoadstarPorts & containersMarkets & finance
Container spot freight rates on all three of the largest east-west trades – Asia-Europe, transpacific, and transatlantic – were on the rise this week.
Marine InsightPorts & containers
VOC Port is one of India's major ports and can handle 82 million tonnes of cargo a year, said its chairman, Sushanta Kumar Purohit.
Marine InsightPorts & containersSafety & incidents
A containership hit a container-handling crane while approaching its berth at Italy’s Port of Livorno on Wednesday, October 21,
AJOTPorts & containers
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (hereinafter, “the Company”) announces that it has revised its consolidated financial forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 2027 from the previously announced forecasts on August 4, 2026.
MarineLinkPorts & containers
Mammoet Canada Eastern Ltd., Port of Argentia Inc. and Argentia Capital Inc. (ACI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance plans for a floating dry dock and marine repair facility at the Port of Argentia in Newfoundland and Labrador…
AJOTPorts & containersFuel & energy
Africa produced 2.2 Mt in September 2026, up 10.6% on September 2025. Asia and Oceania produced 104.0 Mt, up 0.7%. The EU (27) produced 10.1 Mt, down 5.0%. Europe, Other produced 3.6 Mt, down 1.4%.
AJOTPorts & containersFuel & energy
Backed by Connection Capital LLP and Agathos Management LLP and manufactured by Tharsus, Cargostore’s LiftaLooTM addresses a longstanding gap in offshore welfare.
AJOTPorts & containersMarkets & finance
Partnership builds on Mammoet’s established presence at Port of Argentia and shared confidence in the growing market for ship repair and marine industrial services.
MarineLinkPorts & containers
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has launched Ocean Minerals Forward, a new industry education and communications initiative examining the potential of deep-sea mineral resources to strengthen U.S. critical mineral supply chains…
Marine InsightPorts & containers
The trials are part of India’s preparations to induct 26 carrier-based fighters under a ₹63,000 crore agreement signed with France.
AJOTPorts & containers
U.S. maritime industry leaders and waterfront employers gathered at NAWE’s 2026 Annual Meeting to address marine terminal operations, maritime security, supply chain coordination, workforce development and efforts to strengthen the U.S. maritime industrial base.
AJOTPorts & containersTechnology
The planned introduction of IoT tracking technology marks the next chapter in the partnership, further strengthening its digital foundation and opening new opportunities for transparency and efficiency.
AJOTPorts & containersFuel & energy
Since 2005, the Port has reduced diesel particulate matter emissions (DPM) by 90%, nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 72%, sulfur oxides (SOx) by 98% and greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 16%, while container volumes have increased 37%.
AJOTPorts & containers
The Northwest Seaport Alliance is gaining additional ocean capacity for U.S. agricultural exports as Evergreen returns to Tacoma, strengthening refrigerated cargo, rail and intermodal connections to global markets.
AJOTPorts & containers
Planned improvements include replacing deteriorated ties and correcting track surface and alignment defects.
The LoadstarPorts & containers
Dropping behind Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan in the global container port rankings, and seeing Malaysia’s Port Klang and Port of Tanjung Pelepas nip at its heels should serve as a wake-up call for Singapore, in a changing competitive landscape for box trades For Singapore, this is about more than…
AJOTPorts & containers
The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has awarded the port four grants to expand video surveillance, maintain security systems, install smart padlocks and purchase a mobile vehicle barrier system.
Port StrategyPorts & containersTechnology
PSA and Granite Asia have launched a US$50 million fund to scale AI, robotics and logistics technologies
Logistics Update AfricaPorts & containers
The LoadstarPorts & containersMarkets & finance
The container shipping orderbook has swelled to 46.5% of the active fleet, a post-2009 peak, as carriers race to secure ultra-large tonnage.
The LoadstarPorts & containersTechnology
Two sets of numbers have landed in the same week. On 19 October, data from Norway’s Centre for High North Logistics (CHNL) showed 104 ships had crossed Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) by 30 September, already more than in all of 2025.
FreightWavesPorts & containersTechnology
AI adoption across 13 supply chain functions averages 1.94 on a five-point scale. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi says companies are buying the tool before fixing the process.
The LoadstarPorts & containersMarkets & finance
Kuehne + Nagel attributed most of its third-quarter airfreight growth to market share gains, and expects to keep winning business into 2027 as a strong peak season gets under way.
Marine InsightPorts & containersFuel & energy
The Port of Los Angeles recorded its lowest emissions per container in 2025, with year-on-year declines across major pollutants.
The LoadstarPorts & containersMarkets & finance
Containership charter rates have climbed to their highest level in four years, despite falling fixtures, and a record orderbook pointing to a major influx of capacity in 2028. Braemar’s charter index is at 325.8, up 21% year on year and its highest level since autumn 2022.
Maritime JournalPorts & containers
There are three main challenges facing ports today, the host of this year’s British Ports Association (BPA) conference told 450 delegates in Dover – and with cohesion and determination, they could be overcome.
The LoadstarPorts & containersMarkets & finance
In a nutshell: With service restored in its European road network, DSV’s recovery is turning from an operations job into a sales job. The argument among the banks is less about whether profits rise than about how fast, and the road business is where their 2027 forecasts diverge most.
Baird MaritimeRegulation & policyPorts & containers
Logistics Update AfricaPorts & containers
WorldCargo NewsPorts & containers
On 22 October, Terberg Special Vehicles celebrated the production of its 50,000th vehicle, more than 50 years after building its first terminal tractor. The milestone was marked at three locations worldwide.
Ship & BunkerFuel & energyPorts & containers
The Latvian port has signed an MoU with two companies to explore green methanol production for export and marine fuel use.
The LoadstarPorts & containersMarkets & finance
CNBC reports: From AI companies financing data center projects to France’s heavily indebted government, credit markets are flashing warnings as investors grow warier of borrowing risks.
RivieraMarkets & financeFuel & energy
FreightWavesPorts & containersFuel & energy
Johannes Ariens sells everything from electric motorcycles to hydrogen semis. He says the industry is trying to skip a step, and that small fleets with medium-duty trucks should go first.
WorldCargo NewsPorts & containersMarkets & finance
Konecranes reported higher net sales in the third quarter of 2026, while order intake declined year-on-year. In Port Solutions, net sales and the comparable EBITA margin improved despite lower order intake.
The LoadstarPorts & containersTechnology
ZERO HEDGE reports: America’s largest banks are scrambling to defend themselves against a new and rapidly evolving security threat: artificial intelligence agents gaining access to customer accounts, sometimes behaving in ways that appear to go beyond what their human users originally authorized…
BunkerspotFuel & energyPorts & containers
The Freeport of Riga Authority, South Korean-based ECOMETHANOL Co. and Latvian company AE Risinājumi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the development of a green methanol production facility at the Port of Riga.
Splash247Ports & containers
Mining giant Rio Tinto has approved a $1.9bn investment in a major bauxite expansion in Australia’s Queensland state, including an upgrade of its export facilities to accommodate larger capesize bulk carriers.
BunkerspotFuel & energyMarkets & finance
Dry bulk carrier Safe Bulkers has announced it has taken delivery of its first dual-fuel methanol-powered Kamsarmax.
Ship & BunkerFuel & energyPorts & containers
The 1,700 TEU container ship design uses containerised battery units that can be handled like standard cargo containers.
WorldCargo NewsPorts & containers
Tuticorin International Container Terminal (TICT), a private container handling facility in South India, announced that it has electrified all its operational equipment, achieving green terminal status.
The LoadstarPorts & containersTechnology
AI is everywhere in logistics right now, but what does it actually mean for freight forwarding?
WorldCargo NewsPorts & containers
JB Hunt’s intermodal business continues to benefit from the rising price of diesel in the US, which is putting extreme pressure on the trucking industry.
Baird MaritimePorts & containers
WorldCargo NewsPorts & containers
Bunge and Associated British Ports (ABP) have handled more than 1m tonnes of grain and oilseeds through their joint agribulk operations at the Port of Immingham since the partnership began in 2022.
Seatrade MaritimeMarkets & financePorts & containers
Container ship newbuild deals drive the company’s hitting 217% of its annual order target in nine months
WorldCargo NewsPorts & containersTechnology
German terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has lowered its 2026 earnings forecast again, citing weaker-than-expected container volumes at its Hamburg terminals, strike-related disruption and the cost of ramping up further automation.
Seatrade MaritimeRegulation & policyPorts & containers
Proposed changes would allow direct, informal dialogue between regulators, ocean carriers, and shippers
Marine InsightPorts & containersTechnology
EDI, or Electronic Data Interchange, is the exchange of business information between stakeholders in port operations. Know more in this article.
Ship & BunkerFuel & energyPorts & containers
The port saw 477 bunker calls in September, almost similar to 476 calls recorded in August, but up from 431 calls in September 2025.
Logistics Update AfricaPorts & containers
Splash247Ports & containers
London-listed Taylor Maritime has agreed to sell its last owned bulk carrier for $15.1m, taking its fleet disposal programme to 56 vessels and putting total proceeds on course to reach almost $933m.
Manifold TimesFuel & energyPorts & containers
Following the naming ceremony, EPS says it intends to bunker green ammonia supplied by LOTTE Fine Chemical, Asia’s largest ammonia distributor, at its terminal in Ulsan.
Ship & BunkerFuel & energyMarkets & finance
Former Maersk Oil Trading head of market risk, Tue Jensen, has joined Burando Energies.
Manifold TimesFuel & energyPorts & containers
China’s top bunkering port positioning itself to handle annum bunkering volume of more than 10 million mt.
WorldCargo NewsPorts & containersMarkets & finance
In a panel discussion at TOC Americas in Cartagena this week executives described how investments in a new wave of port concessions in the Americas need to be matched by road and rail infrastructure on the landside, and concession contracts that provide greater certainty for investors.
The Maritime ExecutiveMarkets & financePorts & containers
More than any other sector, ocean freight has driven the surge in shipyard activity over the past year, according to BIMCO, and it has boosted the for...
Cyprus Shipping NewsCyprus & East MedPorts & containers
Expanded terminal areas, new rail connections and modernised quays are among the investments that have strengthened Gothenburg RoRo Terminal in
Cyprus Shipping NewsCyprus & East MedPorts & containers
Associated British Ports has made two key appointments at its container terminals strengthening its unitised operations at the ports of
Cyprus Shipping NewsCyprus & East MedPorts & containers
New joint Lloyd’s Register and British Ports Association paper sets out a practical readiness pathway for ports considering nuclear-powered vessels,
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