The Shanghai port has topped UNCTADs 2019 ranking of the worlds best-connected ports, released on 7 August. The Chinese port garnered a connectivity score of 134 points, followed by the ports of Singapore (124.63 points), Pusan (114.45 poin

The deep-water port of Nansha in Guangzhou has doubled the number of direct connections with North Europe and West Africa, following the arrival of the Elly Maersk on July 28. The vessel is deployed on the 2M alliances upgraded AE7/CONDOR s

Global container port throughput is forecast to rise from 784 million TEU in 2018 to 973 million TEU by 2023 based on the estimate that the worlds ports will collectively achieve average growth of 4.4 per cent per annum over this five-year

China saw an overall growth in cargo throughput at ports in the first half of 2019, according to official data released Sunday. Chinese cargo throughput at ports reached about 6.7 billion tonnes in the first six months, up by 4.5 percent co

MSC Gulsun, the worlds largest container ship by carrying capacity, arrived at the container wharf of Shenzhens Yantian Port in South Chinas Guangdong province on July 23. At 399.9 meters long and 61.5 meters wide, the ship is capable of ca

The ports of HPH Trust, witnessed a 1% decline in throughput for the first half of the year. A respectable growth in the number of boxes handled at Yantian International Container Terminal of 5% was dragged down by a 7% decline in throughpu

Ningbo Zhoushan port, Chinas busiest port, saw cargo throughput rise 5.5 percent year-on-year to 557.96 million tons in the first half of 2019. Meanwhile, the container throughput at the port in eastern Chinas Zhejiang province reached 13.9

Guangzhou plans to build the worlds first automated unmanned parallel container quay for the fourth phase construction of the Nansha area of Guangzhou Port by 2021. The fourth phase includes construction of four 100,000-metricton ship berth

The worlds largest cargo ship, the MSC Gulsun, sailed into Yangshan Deep-Water Port, the worlds largest automated container port, early Saturday. Built by South Koreas Samsung Heavy Industries for the Mediterranean Shipping Co, the vessel s

Ports in Guangxi in southern China and Jingtang port have halted custom declarations for all coal imports effective Monday, close on the heels of similar curbs at a northern port, stoking fears of wider restrictions for imported coal, marke

Eastern Chinas Rizhao port plans to charge higher storage fee for coke cargoes that have long been stored at the port, sources said, as a way to alleviate the shortage of storage places. The port authority would impose 1-2 yuan/t for coke s

A greater number of containers were handled at Taicang Port in East Chinas Jiangsu province, neighboring Shanghai, constantly reinforcing the ports leading position in foreign trade along the Yangtze River. Statistics from the port show a t

Container volume through the Port of Shanghai has increased 5.1 per cent year on year in the first half of this year, according to Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG). Looking at the monthly figures, Shanghai port handled 3.76 million

The year-on-year declines in box volumes at the Port of Hong Kong have gained a depressing certainty about them as June marked the 17th straight month that could not match its predecessor from a year ago. Last month throughput fell 11.3% to

MSC Gulsun, the worlds largest container ship by carrying capacity, arrived at Qingdao Port, Shandong province on Thursday, setting a new record for the ships berthed at the port. At 399.9 meters long and 61.5 meters wide, the ship is capab