Container lines are adopting alternative routes to the Panama and Suez Canals to avoid charges say the Copenhagen-based SeaIntel Maritime Analysis. SeaIntel state that since October 2015 115 vessels deployed on Asia-USEC and Asia-north…
The advisory committee is, together with the board of trustees, the strategic advisory body of the PortXL accelerator program. PortXL is a mentorship driven open innovation program to accelerate tech startups from all over the world focusing on port related industries…
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has moved the bid submission for the Davao Sasa Port Modernization public-private partnership (PPP) project to March 28 from Feb. 26 to give interested firms more time to prepare their offers…
The Bomin Group, a physical supplier and trader of marine fuel oil, has announced the appointment of Shogo Miura, a new Business Development Manager in Japan. As the operation expands, Bomin is also moving to new offices in Tokyo. Miura…
The International Chamber of Shipping, as the Secretariat for the Shipowner Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO), co-ordinated employers’ representatives at the Ad Hoc Tripartite Maritime Committee on the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised)…
Vice President Biden commemorates 7th Anniversary of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act at Port of New Orleans; tours the port’s new Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal Vice President Joe Biden toured the Port’s new Mississippi River…
The Greek privatization fund TAIPED formally accepted the binding bid submitted by Cosco Pacific for the majority stake in Piraeus Port Authority (OLP), while the port company’s stock posted a significant increase on the Athens bourse in response…
Hapag-Lloyd has announced it has signed a cooperation agreement with XVELA’s Oakland based partner company XVELA to pilot test the new XVELA platform. With Cargotec in the process of acquiring the CAPSTAN stowage planning software used by Hapag-Lloyd…
In a history-making run, the largest container ship CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin will arrive in Seattle Monday, Feb. 29 after visits in Long Beach and Oakland, California. It will visit Long Beach Thursday bringing goods from China. Although the event is not public…
The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government authority charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising all aspects of Dubai’s maritime sector, has committed its full support for the Dubai Maritime Club, a not-for-profit initiative…
A joint study by UK P&I Club and Solis Marine Consultants found ‘human error’ and the breakdown of communications on the bridge is a major contributing factor in claims. Stuart Edmonston, Loss Prevention Director at UK P&I Club, and Captain John Simpson…
True to its annual tradition the port of Antwerp is organizing a trade mission to India in February this year. Port Authority chairman Marc Van Peel will be accompanied on his visit to Delhi and Mumbai by Pieter De Crem, the Belgian secretary of state for Foreign Trade…
DP World’s British container terminals are to offer container weighing services for UK exporters to determine the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) of each container ahead of new legislation coming into effect from the July 1, 2016. Both DP World…
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) introduced a new port security system valued at more than $53 million to safeguard customer cargo, port users, as well as Transnet’s own port assets, staff and contractors. Richard Vallihu, Chief Executive at TNPA…
The Ministry of Shipping, India will showcase all its investable opportunities to domestic and global investors in the first-ever Maritime India Summit (MIS) to be held in Mumbai from April 14-16, 2016. The 200 projects comprise 20 projects…
