Last week, the Port Authority of Valencia (Valenciaport) presented its Smart Port strategy at the “Smart Ports & Supply Chain Technologies” conference in Rotterdam. The event was organized by Port Technology (PTI) on 2-3 October and addressed such key topics as digitization of ports; intelligent supply chain; data exchange and integration; collaboration and standardization. According […]
The port of Buenos Aires, Argentina’s main container gateway, is developing to meet the challenges of today’s shipping industry: larger vessels, bigger call sizes, consolidation among the players. The Port Authority – La Administracion General de Puertos (AGP) – plans to deepen the access channel, to change the port’s current layout consisting of finger piers […]
The Russian state-owned oil transporting company Transneft has consolidated 60.62% of shares in Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP). According to the company’s press service, Transneft has closed the deal by acquiring 50% of Novoport Holding from Summa Group for USD 750 mln. Novoport Holding is a joint venture, where Transneft and Summa owned 50% each, and […]
The construction of the new container terminal at the Walvis Bay port in Namibia is 85% finalized with the full completion scheduled for June 2019, says the statement of African Development Bank Group. Supported by a loan of ZAR 2,982 mln (about USD 300 mln) from the African Development Bank, which accounts for 87.6 % […]
Following the topic of the vital role that IT technology plays in the modern ports’ life, which was stressed by the recent cyber-attacks on the ports of Barcelona and San Diego, we cannot pass by the situation at Felixstowe and the vast consequences it is provoking in other UK and European ports. In mid-June, the […]
On 1 October 2018, Vladivostok Sea Commercial Port (VSCP) received two new Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes for its container terminal, informs the port’s press service. The cranes were acquired within the investment program of modernisation of the port’s operational facilities and are scheduled to be put into operation on 24 December 2018. VSCP is located on the […]
Two years ago, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) amended the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) introducing the requirement to verify the gross mass of a full container prior its loading on board the vessel. This measure was implemented to prevent cases of container weight misdeclaration, which leads to incorrect vessel […]
Cyber security is becoming one of the primary issues for ports. In June 2017, A.P. Moller-Maersk fell victim of a global cyber-attack named Petya, which affected all Maersk business units, including container shipping, port and tug boat operations, as well as oil and gas production, drilling services, and oil tankers. The incident costed the company […]
