The number of containerships delayed at ports has started to improve, however 10.5% of the global fleet capacity remains unavailable.

After a two-month city-wide lockdown against Covid outbreaks, Shanghai is close to zero cases and will fully resume factory production and operations from 1 June.

The US has a new ‘Ports Czar’, officially Port and Supply Chain Envoy in the US Department of Transportation with Stephen Lyons, US Army General (Retired), succeeding John Porcari.

The British-Dutch biofuel producer Argent Energy is expanding its second-generation biodiesel production capacity in the Port of Amsterdam to provide sustainable shipping and road transport.

The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has released its ranking of Latin American ports in 2021 with Panama Caribbean Coast port area leading from a list of 102 terminals.

New research into container port performance last year has thrown into relief recent efficiency gains achieved by Middle East ports, with four facilities in the region positioned in the global top five.

Egypt expects Suez Canal revenues to hit $7bn in the 2021-22 financial year, ending on June 30, up 27% from $5.5bn in the last year, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said on Saturday.

Crowley has inaugurated an LNG loading facility in Puerto Rico.

Affected by the bad weather in early May, container volume for eight major Chinese ports declined by 0.4% year-on-year.

Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group has signed an agreement with independent logistics service provider Alexander Global Logistics (AGL), for the distribution of pulp and paper products in the Middle East.