AJOT Newsroom | April 19, 2021 | Ports & Terminals
Finally, the world is showing signs of steady economic recovery after last year’s pandemic-induced decline. The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) announced last month that the global economy is now expected to grow by 4.7% in 2021. The World Trade Organization (WTO) also estimates that world merchandise trade will increase by 8% in volume this year.
• Between 6 and 16 April, the docks of the port area have assumed the loading and unloading operations of 10 vessels detained in the Suez Canal with complete normality • Aurelio Martínez, president of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has highlighted "the coordination of the professionals and actors of the port community to take on this additional workload" • He assures that the measures implemented in the Contingency Plan after the meeting of the Guarantee Mark have shown the "effectiveness and efficiency of the companies operating in the Port" • The docks of Valenciaport recover their normal rhythm of activity after taking on all the ships delayed in their operations due to the Suez Canal incident
AJOT Newsroom | April 16, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals
Port of South Louisiana has announced that the construction of a six-track rail yard in St. Charles Parish is now complete.
AJOT Newsroom | April 16, 2021 | Maritime | Technology | Ports & Terminals
Crowley Shipping and Shell Trading (US) Company (“STUSCO”) recently initiated use of low carbon biofuel to power the Crowley tugboat Veteran, a ship assist and escort tug serving the Bay of San Francisco.
AJOT Newsroom | April 15, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
Port Manatee’s vibrant containerized cargo trade keeps soaring to record heights, with the number of container units crossing port docks in the six months ended March 31 rising nearly 74 percent over the comparable year-earlier period.
The Port of Savannah handled an all-time record of nearly 500,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in March, an increase of more than 48 percent, or 162,275 TEUs, compared to the same month in 2020.
Valenciaport is the driving force behind economic activity, facilitating the export activity of companies. Cargo TEUs grew by 24.38% in March (accumulating 8 consecutive months with positive figures) and unloading TEUs by 31.82%
AJOT Newsroom | April 15, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Goods are being transported by new sustainable services to and from Stockholm Norvik Port. Fully loaded goods trains now run weekly between southern Sweden and Stockholm Norvik Port. These trains carry goods previously transported on the congested road network.
AJOT Newsroom | April 15, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that it will postpone price increases on canal transit fees which were due to come into effect tomorrow.
Five Hapag-Lloyd container ships to be converted to US registry under the federal Maritime Security Program
It was the strongest March in the Port’s 114-year history, its busiest first quarter and by far the largest monthly year-over-year increase.
The Port of Virginia in March set a new record for monthly TEU volume (twenty-foot equivalent unit) having handled nearly 280,000 TEUs and processing the volume with fluidity.
AJOT Newsroom | April 14, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
New deep-water berth and tallest low profile cranes will be in place for larger ships to serve New England
AJOT Newsroom | April 14, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway
The Panama Design Center (PDC) is welcoming new residents, as Svitzer Americas opens its new regional headquarters in Panama City as part of the company's ambition to move even closer to its customers and operations, and further strengthen its position in the region.
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