China has retained its lead as the country best connected to others by sea, according to…
Author: Ships & Ports
Asian piracy incidents drop in first half of 2019
Asian piracy watchdog ReCAAP ISC has warned ship, particularly tug boat, owners to stay alert while…
DP World to slash 10% of its Australian workforce
Dubai-owned port operator DP World Australia revealed plans to slash more than 10 per cent of…
APM Terminals Callao rolls out Peru’s 1st digital customer platform
APM Terminals Callao has become the first Peruvian terminal to introduce a customer platform that logs,…
Lisbon to modernize operation at Alcantara port
The Alcantara container terminal in Lisbon announced this week plans to invest 122 million euros (137.4…
Shanghai eyes 10% growth in rail-sea container transport
Shanghai municipal government has announced plans to promote rail-sea transport to optimise local multi-modal transportation in…
Maersk opens new possibilities in shipping of perishable goods
Maersk, the global integrator of container logistics, completed its first successful shipment of mangoes from Nhava…
Macron names transport minister as new ecology minister
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed transport minister Elisabeth Borne as new ecology minister to replace Francois…
Germany accedes to ship recycling convention
Germany is the latest country to accede to IMO’s treaty for safe and environmentally-sound ship recycling…
U.S. releases MSC Gayane on $50m bond after seizing 20 tons of cocaine
U.S. authorities have released MSC Gayane, the ship caught with one billion dollars worth of cocaine…
Qatargas ships 3000th LNG cargo to Japan
Doha-based liquefied natural gas company Qatargas has set another milestone as it successfully delivered the 3,000th…
Nigerian arrested in India with N61.5m cocaine
A Nigerian suspected to be a member of an international drug cartel has been arrested by…