Dorothea Ioannou is set to take up the helm at the managers of the American P&I Club as Joe Hughes stands down.

The early months of 2022 have shown no improvement to supply chain disruption, with Clarksons Research cross-segment Deep Sea Cargo Vessel Port Congestion Index up to 31.5% in the year so far, compared with an average 30.8% in 2021.

Salvors have put together a plan to refloat the containership aground outside Baltimore Port, Ever Forward, according to an update from Evergreen.

Of four future scenarios for the containerised logistics sector published by McKinsey, the most optimistic may be dead on arrival.

Christian Burgauer has been appointed as the new Managing Director for Svitzer Argentina from the beginning of July.

Almost a year after the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal another Evergreen containership – the Ever Forward – has been grounded near Baltimore since Sunday.

The Alabama State Port Authority is set to improve infrastructure and intermodal access at the port of Mobile, the state’s only deepwater port, with $300m in federal funding.

The Port of Santos Brazil handled 1.3m teu in 2021, up 20.6% year-on-year.

ZIM is adding a second direct premium service between Asia and the US targeted at the e-commerce sector.

The queue of vessels outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is set to start growing again, according to a Sea-Intelligence report.