Ports

This page features all the latest news from ports around the world.

Ports

January 11, 2021

Large Fire at Port of Cork Brought Under Control

Firefighters have brought a large fire at the southern Irish port of Cork under control and no casualties were reported, the port authority, which recently...

January 7, 2021

APM Terminals sets all-time volume records in Denmark

Despite headwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions to global supply chains, APM Terminals secured an all-time high for container activity in Denmark during 2020....

January 4, 2021

Rotterdam: Arrangements for moderate increase in port tariffs extended

The three-year arrangement on port tariff increases that exists between the Port of Rotterdam Authority and the relevant market parties, represented by Deltalinqs and VRC,...

December 31, 2020

Iraq signs $2.6 billion deal with Daewoo to build first phase of Faw port

Iraq agreed to a $2.625 billion deal with South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction on Wednesday to build the first phase at its planned Faw...

December 31, 2020

Argentina’s grain port strike ends after 20 days, exports to resume gradually

Argentina’s port and grain union workers have ended a 20-day strike after an agreement was reached Dec. 29 following government intervention, lifting a major work...

December 29, 2020

DP World in talks to invest $190m in Angola port

Dubai-based DP World has been selected as the preferred bidder to enter into discussions with the Government of Angola for a 20-year concession and operation...

December 28, 2020

Argentina Calls Meeting to End Grains Ports Strike

Argentina is moving to resolve a ports strike that has bogged down agricultural exports from one of the world’s main bread baskets by calling a...

December 24, 2020

DP World to build new port in Senegal costing over $1 billion

Global port operator DP World has signed agreements with the government of Senegal to develop a deep-water port at Ndayane worth a total of $1.127...

December 24, 2020

Clogged U.K. Port Reopens in Chaos as Truckers Await Covid Tests

Vital trade and travel links between the U.K. and continental Europe slowly reopened after France eased border restrictions, but huge backlogs that could take days...

December 23, 2020

U.K. Warned That No-Deal Brexit Would Exacerbate Port Crisis

U.K. port snarl-ups would be exacerbated in a no-deal Brexit, shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd AG warned as vital ferry links to France remained closed for a...

December 23, 2020

Argentine soymeal exports stalled as wage strike reaches 13th day

Wage talks between Argentine port workers and soymeal manufacturers were stalled on Tuesday, with a labor strike going into its 13th day, bogging down agricultural...

December 22, 2020

Port Throughput Indices Recover In October

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 235 ports...

December 17, 2020

Britain’s Retail Industry Demands Probe of Disruption at Ports

Britain’s retailers and food manufacturers have called on lawmakers to urgently investigate ongoing disruption at UK ports, warning that delays were hurting their plans to...

December 17, 2020

COVID blamed for bottlenecks at world’s busiest ports – report

The Port of Felixstowe on England’s eastern coast has for months struggled to process thousands of shipping containers delivering vital goods for the pandemic-hit UK...