Port of Singapore
This port held the top spot on the list until 2010. Still the largest publicly owned seaport, Singapore connects more than 123 countries and 600 ports from its spot on the southern end of the Malay Peninsula.
This port held the top spot on the list until 2010. Still the largest publicly owned seaport, Singapore connects more than 123 countries and 600 ports from its spot on the southern end of the Malay Peninsula.
The European Union is highlighting a broad range of initiatives agreed to at the closing of the three-day One Day Ocean Summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in his role leading the Council of the European Union. Port authorities and stakeholders around the world joined in at the
Tianjin serves as the maritime gateway of Beijing, connecting to multiple waterways via the Grand Canal. Although first used in the first century B.C., the port wasn’t developed until the Tang Dynasty’s reign in seventh century A.D.
The report alerted, “Delays are likely to continue well into 2022 as COVID breakouts continue throughout supply chains and consumers continue to buy at a healthy rate.” It added the pandemic has a continual impact on global trade given shipping rates skyrocketed, and congestions plus delays have become a
The world’s container carriers smashed records in 2021 leading to reports of dramatic profit increases and while the growth is expected to moderate in the year ahead, the companies are still forecast to show another year of record results. Maritime research consults Drewry released its outlook for 2022 forecasting
China ports are continuing to struggle with the pressures on the supply chain with the challenges being compounded both by the rush to get goods shipped before the Lunar New Year holiday and the growing number of cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Four of China’s largest
China State Shipbuilding Corporation received an order to build two of the world’s largest dual-fuel car carriers. Designed and developed by the Shanghai Ship Research and Design Institute, they report that the vessels will be versatile, incorporating new technologies and designs to maximize efficiency and meet future environmental considerations.
What were described as “seemingly interminable queues around the world” have taken out 11% of global containership capacity across 2021 while volumes grew at 7%. In normal times around 2% of containership capacity is tied up in waiting at ports. Using data from South Korean line HMM a slight
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) started the new year recognized as the world’s largest containership company by capacity. Data analysts and consultancy Alphaliner updated its ranking of the Top 100 and for the first time reflects MSC in the lead position ahead of Maersk by just 1,888 TEU, a small
The Suez Canal Authority reported record results for the number of transits of ships and revenues in 2021 saying that the operations were exceeding the overall growth rate for the shipping industry. Citing the success of its marketing and flexible approach to working with the industry, the SCA said