A new daily rail service has been introduced at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. The new connection, the 36th daily rail service from the UK’s largest container port, runs to Maritime Transport’s newly opened East Midlands Gateway.

Two 16 metre-high straddle carriers recently tooktheir sea voyage from Shanghai. Destination: Sweden’s newest freight port, the Stockholm Norvik Port, which opens in 2020.

S.C. Ports Authority President and CEO Jim Newsome received the prestigious Roger Milliken Defender of Manufacturing Award for his enduring support of South Carolina’s manufacturing industry. 

DP World has been awarded a 30-year Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) concession by the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani), for the management and development of the Jeddah South Container Terminal at the multi-purpose Jeddah Islamic Port.

The Journal of Commerce (JOC) has named the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) the second most improved container port in North America for overall productivity.

The global maritime transport industry has submitted a proposal to form the world’s first collaborative shipping R&D programme to help eliminate CO2emissions from international shipping. 

The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s total container volumes from January through November 2019 reached 3,490,851 TEUs, a 1.2% increase from the same period last year. Imports fell 2.6% while exports grew 3.5%.

Cargo volume dropped 3.5% back in November at the Port of Long Beach as restrictive tariffs continued to drag on the national supply chain. Dockworkers moved 599,985 TEUs in November, 3.5% less than the same month the previous year.

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes Europe’s ambition as enshrined in the European Green Deal published back on 11 December, to become the world’s first climate neutral continent by 2050.