NEWS
18/03
2022
Oceania ports are playing a vital role in global trade due to their strategic location in the South Pacific Ocean. Container News has created a list of the busiest container ports in the continent for 2021.
18/03
2022
The German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) have signed a strategic partnership deal committing to cooperate on efforts contributing to maritime decarbonisation.
17/03
2022
The number of containerships waiting off Qingdao, one of China’s biggest ports, is continuing to rise as the country doubles down on its COVID Zero policy, adding more delays to a strained global supply chain.
17/03
2022
With new Covid lockdowns in China becoming another major challenge for global supply chains already facing widespread dysfunctions, container lines operating to and from India are expecting a knock-on negative effect on the availability of empty equipment for the resurgent market.
17/03
2022
The French shipping group CMA CGM and the Chinese port operator Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) have achieved China’s first bonded LNG SIMOPS (simultaneous operations) bunkering with the 15,000 TEU CMA CGM Symi being refueled with LNG at Yangshan Port in Shanghai on 15 March.
17/03
2022
CMA CGM has announced the resumption of its reefer shipments in Nigerian ports with immediate effect.
16/03
2022
The Port Authority of #Thailand (PAT) is a state corporation of Thailand, responsible for the regulation and governance of the ports of Thailand, primarily the ports of #LaemChabang and #Bangkok Port, the country's two largest. PAT operates Thai ports in conjunction with public companies including #Hutchison Ports Thailand and PSA International.
16/03
2022
Container lines trading on Indian markets have been working urgently to bolster empty equipment levels, but are now becoming concerned about the impact of sailing disruptions fuelled by fresh Covid lockdowns in China.