Vancouver activates FTZ

Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s Tirranna will serve as a testbed for Oceanbird wind-assisted propulsion systems.

The profitability of further decarbonization efforts at US ports is uncertain due to funding reliance on grants and loans, with alternative fuel adoption also hindered by uncertainties in fuel pathways.

Ports on the east of the US face a triple challenge from the drought in Panama, the Suez Canal security issue, and the ILA’s determination to fight automation.

Most shipowners/operators have firm plans in place to decarbonise their activities, but they face choices and challenges when it comes to what propulsion system to opt for.

Ports America and NAWE say it is “quite frankly astonishing” that the FMC would seek to limit a marine terminal operator’s ability to charge demurrage in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

The American Association of Ports Authorities (AAPA) says there is no national security threat from Chinese cranes; China might consider the extent to which US software presents a risk at its own ports.