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.

Italy’s CIPESS has approved € 206.8m for the first phase of Trieste’s Pier VIII container terminal, set to start operations by 2027.

RTE says terminal operators should be aware that the use of data loggers and telematics systems inside containers means “it’s safe to assume that somebody is seeing what’s happening with the container in your terminal”.

In September, a reefer container with 12 tonnes of Peruvian blueberries arrived at Tianjin Port, while South Korea approved a duty-free agreement for NZ exporters.

The Maritime Employers Association submitted a final offer to CUPE Local 375, with a 20% wage increase, demanding a response by 10 November.

Konecranes will set net-zero emission targets in line with the SBTi Net-Zero Standard, aiming to halve emissions by 2030 and achieve net-zero in the long term.

Carrier Transicold, in partnership with Net Feasa, has launched IoTPASS, a dry container telematics solution set for global release in Q4 2024.