Port Planning News

  12 Jun 2017
PTI has released the latest edition of The Journal of the Ports and Terminals which has a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and automation for the first ever time

  7 hours ago
Ningbo Zhoushan Port has announced that in May the container throughput saw an increase of 27.2%

  1 day ago
India’s Port of Puducherry has set a launch date for cargo operations following the completion of dredging works

  2 days ago
The New Custom House in Dublin Port, Ireland, has commissioned a new, ‘state of the art’, mobile x-ray scanner costing US$1.86 million and part-funded by a grant of $837,000 from OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Agency

  3 days ago
Hutchison Ports has launched a new multi-lingual app to integrate waterside, yard and landside operations

  6 days ago
Ship owners and transport associations have in a statement to the EU stressed ship owners are better served by smart digital solutions to decrease the administrative burden they face.

  6 days ago
State-owned maritime and transport conglomerate China Merchants Group has signed a deal with Chinese provincial government to manage integrated operations at several Chinese ports

  6 days ago
The 350 acre APM Terminals Port Elizabeth facility, with an annual capacity of 2.3 million TEUs, is now undergoing a $200 million infrastructure investment program to prepare for the increase in ultra-large container ships into the global fleet...

  14 Jun 2017
COSCO Shipping has bought a stake in Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), which operates the world’s busiest port, as well as a stake in Valencia container terminal in Spain, according to Maritime Herald.

  14 Jun 2017
DP World has reportedly begun talks with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) regarding a port construction project with an estimated value of US$1 billion, according to Maritime Herald.

  14 Jun 2017
PTI is proud to publish the latest Journal of Ports and Terminals edition to its mobile and tablet app –Port Tech Journal – available to subscribers immediately

  13 Jun 2017
Los Angeles’s Mayor has committed the city-owned ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to publish a plan for zero-emissions trucks and yard equipment in coming months

  13 Jun 2017
The Port of Virginia has made a deal with Kalmar, part of Cargotec, for sixteen hybrid shuttle carriers with a value of approximately US$ 14.6 million and includes an option for a further 40 units

  13 Jun 2017
DHL Global Forwarding has launched an online platform called Ocean Secure that allows “deviceless” tracking of ocean freight shipments for better supply chain planning

  12 Jun 2017
Port of Hull’s operator, Associated British Ports (ABP) has said that feeder operator Unifeeder added a second container short sea route to the UK via the Baltics

  12 Jun 2017
Harbor Management Authority Tanzania (TPA) has hired China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to expand Tanzania’s main seaport Dar es Salaam under a US$154 million World Bank contract

  12 Jun 2017
Two men have died and one is missing after Panama-flagged bulk carrier Amber L collided with a fishing boat near Cochin Port then sailed off

  12 Jun 2017
AECOM has announced that it has been chosen by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) to provide detailed design services for the new Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. Container Terminal at the Port of Charleston, US

  09 Jun 2017
State-managed Everglades Port in the US has received approval to rapidly purchase three Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) container-handling gantries amid larger ship pressures

  09 Jun 2017
IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has met to discuss a wide array of rules targeting enhanced maritime safety, among them rules for safety regarding autonomous ships