Port Houston exports continue to grow

The HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder is facing congestion due to ship delays, crane replacement work, weather challenges, and export container volumes.

An unprecedented recovery in box building activity has taken place this year. Disruptions in global supply chains have led ocean carriers and leasing companies to order significantly more containers. Output this year could exceed 2021 when a total of 6.68m TEU was produced.

Identec Solutions’ Reefer Runner now uses 5G for enhanced remote monitoring of reefer containers on European barges, improving connectivity and data transfer.

Asyaport became Türkiye’s first port to provide shore power to container vessels, with MSC Oscar being the first to use the new system.

Hapag-Lloyd has teamed up with HERE Technologies to expand its Live Position container tracking, adding ETA predictions for its entire fleet by early next year.

The Texas Transportation Commission approved US$ 400m in loans for two ship channel improvements near Beaumont and Brownsville.