As part of Port Technology International’s exclusive series with INFORM, Matthew Wittemeier, Director of Marketing and Sales at INFORM’s Terminal & Distribution Logistics Division, sat down with Carla Grifo, Global…
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with shipping line Hapag-Lloyd. Under the agreement, both parties will cooperate on efforts contributing to maritime…
MSC will launch a new service connecting the ScanBaltic to the US East Coast, starting end of March 2022. The weekly service will present a direct connection to the two regions, reducing transshipment for customers and…
CMA CGM Group and Shanghai International Port Group Co. (SIPG) have successfully achieved the LNG bunkering of CMA CGM SYMI, a 15,000 TEU Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) LNG-powered containership. The vessel, deployed on the…
Residents in China’s third largest city have been ordered to stay home following a spike in COVID-19 cases, sparking fears of congestion. China is facing its latest wave of COVID-19 outbreaks as cases have surged…
The Ever Forward container ship has run aground in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore. The news comes a year after the Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal for six days. The Ever Given was successfully refloated at 15:00 29…
The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA S.A.) has announced its highest level of profitability in port history in its financial results. The PPA S.A. reported an after-tax profit of €36.8 million ($40.4 million) in 2021, a 39.4…
Maersk announced its ME4 Westbound service (Middle-East to Europe) is to call at King Abdullah Port. Effective 13th March 2022, Maersk aims to serve its customers better by bringing an ocean service closer to its…
Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has broken its own record for the most containers handled on a single ship for the third time in two months. The latest benchmark was set when a total of 27,961 TEU were handled on the…
Free shore-based power is available at Maaskade in Rotterdam for large inland vessels that participate in a trial with shore-based power from a battery system. Skoon Energy has installed a battery system on behalf of the…
Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) flagship operation at the Port of Manila, recently took delivery of eight new Mitsui hybrid rubber tired gantry…
Colombo Port in Sri Lanka has processed 7.25 million TEU in 2021, a near 6 per cent growth on 2020 levels. The growth of the nation’s main port has now moved Colombo to the 22nd largest port in the world, according to…
