Port congestion in the US has shifted eastwards with more vessels now waiting at New York and Houston ports than Los Angeles and Long Beach.

The UK government should embrace the maritime industry as a means to meet targets on ‘levelling-up’, decarbonisation and economic growth, according to Peel Ports.

China’s Rainbow Industries and Kalmar, a part of Cargotec, have entered into an agreement that Kalmar will transfer heavy cranes’ related intellectual properties and assets to Rainbow.

Recent regulatory changes to promote cabotage in Brazil present a great opportunity to create cleaner maritime infrastructure, according to IICT.

The port of Antwerp-Bruges reported a 1.3% increase in overall cargo volumes in the first six months of 2022, but with a drop in container throughput.

ConexBird will trial its container physical condition measuring system on three cranes at Jebel Ali in a deal with DP World.

A weaker Chinese economy in the first half of 2022 brought a 3.2% drop in iron ore imports and 8.7% drop in steel production as of May.

Korean shipping company HMM has set out plans to invest more than KRW15trn ($11.47bn) through to 2026 with two-thirds earmarked for ships, terminals and logistics facilities.

US West Coast port congestion has been a boon for Florida terminals as cargo switched to moving direct from Asia to the East Coast, and ports are investing in what they believe is long-lasting re-alignment of trade.

Container volume at eight major Chinese ports was up 6.3% year-on-year in June.