Ports & Logistics
Vancouver USA receives longest wind blades
(Posted on 31/07/20)The Port of Vancouver USA received a shipment of wind turbine components on July 22 that included the longest wind turbine blades ever to enter the West Coast of the U.S. and transported across North America, to-date. The delivery is a joint effort between the turbine manufacturer Goldwind Americas and the wind project owner Potentia...
Cargo Wagon and Nexxiot partner up
(Posted on 22/07/20)Nexxiot and Slovakian based lessor Cargo Wagon team up regarding the digital rail cargo transformation to provide new and innovative services for their customers. As of May 2020, Nexxiot started equipping the fleet of Cargo Wagon with its IoT sensors that enable global digital monitoring. The first upgraded 1,200 digital wagons...
Seaway tugboat arrives in Massena, New York
(Posted on 22/07/20)The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) announced the arrival today of its new tugboat, the SEAWAY GUARDIAN, in Massena, New York. The vessel has been on a three-week journey through the Gulf of Mexico, around Florida, and up the Atlantic seaboard from the Gulf Island Shipyards...
Dunkerque-Port increases decarbonisation commitment
(Posted on 16/07/20)Dunkerque-Port has joined the “Getting to Zero” Coalition, in order to support the decarbonisation of the shipping industry by working in conjunction with companies from the shipping, energy, infrastructure and finance sectors.France's third-ranking port, Dunkerque-Port is well known as a port handling heavy bulk cargoes...
MoU to develop Malaysian Biohub Port
(Posted on 16/07/20)Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM), Regal Lands Sdn. Bhd. (REGAL), Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad (BPHB) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have started a cooperation to study on the development of the Biohub Industrial Port and Industrial Estate in Sarawak at Bintulu, Malaysia. On July 7th 2020, Mr. Naser Jaafar of AIM, Mr. Wong Pak...
First signs of recovery in Antwerp
(Posted on 10/07/20)Total throughput at the Port of Antwerp fell by 4.9% in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2019. After a strong first quarter, the port experienced a decline in the transhipment of all flows of goods, with the exception of the container sector. Despite the impact of the coronavirus crisis on global production...