Vehicle handling at the Port of Gothenburg has been largely affected due to the Coved-19 pandemic but the port now reports that there are already signs of a recovery. Logent Ports and Terminals, which mainly handles transocean vehicle volumes, have also been able to broaden its customer offering.

DP World has announced the completion of its acquisition of a 51% stake in TIS Container Terminal in the Port of Yuzhny, Ukraine. This follows satisfaction of specific conditions including confirmation of regulatory approval from the relevant government authorities.

This project will be DP World's second partnership with TIS shareholders, the first being our very successful partnership in the P&O Maritime Ukraine which provides harbour towage services in the principal Black Sea ports in the Ukraine.

Analysis from SkyTruth and Global Fishing Watch shows ship tracks jumping thousands of miles from their true locations.

A US official told CNN that Iranian Navy and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels have spoofed merchant ship automatic identification systems to make themselves look like commercial shipping vessels.

Even Germany’s largest universal port is affected by the repercussions of the corona crisis. Seaborne cargo throughput in the first quarter of the year at 31.9 million tons was7.9 percent down on 2019. Container handling at 2.2 million TEUs was 6.6 percent lower.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance handled 247,675 TEUs in April 2020 as total container volumes declined 23.5% year-over-year.

Broward County’s Port Everglades is advancing USD1.6 billion in infrastructure improvements that are underway and expected to be completed in the next five years.

Economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact trade at the Port of Long Beach in April with fewer cargo containers moving through the second-busiest US seaport.

The Port of Virginia’s® April cargo volumes were down nearly 16 percent when compared with last year as the port and the shipping industry continue to deal with the effects of the ongoing pandemic on world trade.

S.C. Ports Authority worked three of the largest vessels to ever call on the Port of Charleston in April - the 13,200-TEU OOCL Chongqing, the 14,000-TEU Monaco Bridge and the 14,000-TEU APL Sentosa. S.C. Ports handled 176,152 TEUs at the Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals in April. The Port has handled 2 million TEUs thus far in fiscal year 2020, from July through April. 

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. continues its recent success in Canada with an order for one ship-to-shore (STS) container crane and one rail mounted gantry (RMG) crane for Termont Montreal Inc.