Ports & Terminals

Georgia Ports Empty Container Routing Changes

AJOT Newsroom | May 12, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Vietnam increasingly important as transport hub for Gebrüder Weiss

AJOT Newsroom | May 11, 2022 | Logistics | Ports & Terminals

Ten years of Gebrüder Weiss success story in Vietnam / Stable bridge between Europe and South-East Asia / Logistics hub Ho Chi Minh City for imports and exports

ICTSI makes weighty IT investments for Manila flagship

AJOT Newsroom | May 11, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has invested more than PhP900 million (USD20 million) in information technology (IT) for its flagship Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in the last 10 years.

CMA CGM and PSA to expand collaboration with new digital solutions to reduce carbon footprint

• Opt-E-Arrive digital solution will enable CMA CGM vessels to arrive just-in-time at berth at terminal, skipping the anchorage stop • An innovative solution set to reduce greenhouse gas emission through further optimisation of bunker consumption • Shared commitment between the CMA CGM Group and PSA to decarbonise shipping through the joint venture partnership in CPLT

Descartes releases report on global shipping crisis: Record import volumes but reduced port congestion in April

AJOT Newsroom | May 11, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, released its April report on the ongoing global shipping crisis and analysis for logistics and supply chain professionals.

Ports & Terminals

Stas Margaronis | May 11, 2022

AgTC urges ILWU and PMA: avoid West Coast port disruptions

The Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) is urging the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) to avoid even a minor disruption of West Coast terminal operations as the two sides begin negotiating a new labor agreement.

Rotterdam can supply Europe with 4.6 megatons of hydrogen by 2030

AJOT Newsroom | May 10, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

Seasystems wins yet another mooring contract

AJOT Newsroom | May 10, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Ports & Terminals

AJOT Newsroom | May 10, 2022

Today’s supply chain bottlenecks to yield three, big, long-term solutions

If necessity is the mother of invention, then the pandemic-induced supply chain breakdowns of the past two years are certain to yield new solutions for expediting world trade in the future. Short-term measures, such as ocean carriers adding capacity, diverting some cargo to less congested ports, and ports implementing 24/7 operations, will only help so much.

SC Ports handles record containers, makes progress on fluidity

AJOT Newsroom | May 10, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

South Carolina Ports continues to handle record cargo volumes while making significant progress with terminal and berth fluidity amid ongoing supply chain challenges.

Seroka says no major dislocation from Shanghai lockdown

Stas Margaronis | May 09, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

There has been no major dislocation of imports from China due to the COVID lockdown in Shanghai

Ports & Terminals

Stas Margaronis | May 09, 2022

PMA’S Mckenna hopeful about ILWU contract negotiations but admits nobody knows for sure

Jim McKenna, president and CEO Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), is hopeful that contract negotiations set to begin with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will avoid a work stoppage.

Ports & Terminals

AJOT Newsroom | May 06, 2022

U.S. ports set new record for imports

Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports set a new record this spring and are expected to see near-record volume this month as retailers bring in merchandise ahead of rising costs and further supply chain issues, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

AJOT Newsroom | May 05, 2022

Port of Wilmington handles 155-foot wind turbine blades

GT USA Wilmington welcomed the MV POTTERSGRACHT, a general cargo ship, with its load of 78 wind turbine blades. The blades, manufactured in Canada are destined for a GE project in West Virginia.