Regions

The Port of Santos, in Brazil, has seen its best first quarter in history with a 15.4% jump in container volumes to surpass the 1m teu mark.

In the States COVID-19 has impacted maritime ports which find themselves at the intersection of the maelstrom of reduced economic activity, changes in work practices, and disrupted and rejigged supply chains.

CSSC Marine Power has inked contracts for the production of four engines and 24 generator sets with CSSC logistics service company.

The world’s largest containership, the 24,000 teu HMM Algeciras, has made its maiden voyage from the Chinese port of Qingdao.

Some 20 port authorities spanning four continents have signed a declaration pledging to keep ports open for seaborne trade during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The start of Ramadan last Thursday will not make much difference this year to recycling markets in countries which celebrate the religious month since ship recyclers remain in lockdown with little sign of any change until well into May at the...

Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation is to setting up a LNG transportation joint venture in Hong Kong and will invest in the construction for three LNG carriers.

Singapore-flagged vessels reported 31 scrubber malfunctions as of the end of February 2020.

Singapore, the world’s busiest port by shipping tonnage, has reported a high level of compliance with IMO 2020 regulation with just two vessels detained for using non-compliant fuel in the first quarter of the year.

The pandemic COVID-19 has affected negatively the ports of Mexico which saw their containers volumes fall by 7.8% at the end of the first quarter of this year.