Port News.

The Port of Savannah is up to eight days faster for India cargo moving to inland markets such as Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas, compared to West Coast ports. Six weekly vessel services provide direct connections between Savannah and India, while a total of ten services connect Savannah to the Indian Subcontinent. Twelve ocean carriers serve ... […]

The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China’s western regions to global markets, has expanded its reach to 555 ports in 127 countries and regions. With an operational hub based in Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, this trade corridor connects global ports via railways, sea routes and highways through southern Chinese provincial ... […]

Incident in Ship Channel 17 Jan 2025, Houston, United States Around 8pm yesterday evening (16 January), a tow maneuvering 2 barges off Texas International Terminals struck at least one power pole near the Pelican Island Bridge. READ MORE Smit Towage industrial action 17 Jan 2025, Gladstone, Australia Members of the Australian Maritime Officers Union employed ... […]

Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Port of Rotterdam are calling on the European Commission to make large-scale investments in the competitiveness of industry in Europe. This comes ahead of the publication of the Competitiveness Compass and the Clean Industrial Deal. ‘Europe’s strategic autonomy, energy transition and prosperity is at stake’. As energy, logistics and industrial clusters, ... […]

Efforts to promote the Middle Corridor route by APM Terminals Poti, Georgia are paying off. The team say “significant improvements” have been made in identifying bottlenecks on the strategically important route to create solutions for customers. The progress made over the past 18 months includes rocketing efficiency measures at APM Terminals Poti which created increased ... […]

The Longkou port in China’s Shandong province has discharged Russian crude barrels from a sanctioned ship, which was with an exemption, on Jan. 15 for the first time since the Shandong Port Group announced to blacklist carriers under US sanctions for more than a week, three Shandong-based sources told S&P Global Commodity Insights on Jan. ... […]

Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) business unit at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia, has been added to the port rotation of the recently launched Bora Med service by CMA CGM Short Sea Lines. The new service, which commenced last 23 December in Antalya, establishes a sustainable maritime link ... […]

New P&I cover certificate requirement 16 Jan 2025, Turkey Turkey’s General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has announced new conditions of P&I cover certificate requirement for vessels in Turkish Straits and ports. READ MORE Submarine outfall maintenance works off Black Point Power Station 16 Jan 2025, Hong Kong For approximately one month, submarine outfall maintenance works ... […]

Oil products inventories at the UAE’s Port of Fujairah rose 4.9% in the week ended Jan. 13, led by increases in middle distillates such as jet fuel, gasoil and diesel, according to Fujairah Oil Industry Zone data published Jan. 15. The total increased to 18.469 million barrels, a three-week high, and the second consecutive weekly ... […]

Singapore’s annual vessel arrival tonnage, total tonnage of ships under the Singapore flag, container throughput, total bunker sales, and sales of alternative bunker fuels, reached new highs in 2024. Cargo throughput handled at the port of Singapore also increased in 2024. These were among some of the announcements by Mr Murali Pillai, Minister of State ... […]