YICT moves inland

AIPH has signed a 30-year deal with the Tanzania Ports Authority to manage Dar es Salaam’s Container Terminal 2, which handled 820,000 TEU in 2023.

Partnership will see chassis produced in Vietnam for the US market, avoiding tariffs in the process.

Optimisation software will play a key role in the ambitious project to implement a central system for internal container logistics at the Port of Rotterdam.

Switzerland’s Hupac will use data from its Nexiot rail car monitoring system to automate route planning and traffic management.

The City is spending $100M on initiatives to overhaul its ageing freight distribution systems, with a focus on barge and rail transport, improved distribution centres and clean trucks.

The country is turning to the private sector as it makes a bid to catch up with rival ports vying for West African cargo volumes