AJOT Digital Edition #660

Late last year, a Rotterdam-based startup called TEUbooker launched a software platform designed to tackle a gap in logistics-related technology – more efficient transport of containers between seaport and inland terminal. It’s a system designed to help both carriers and shippers.

Stronger global economic growth is resulting in rising cargo volumes in United States coastal ports. Port of Vancouver USA and Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT) have multi-year expansion and infrastructure projects and Port of Hueneme is also improving infrastructure for its fresh produce from South and Central America. Del Monte Fresh Produce depends on the heavy lifting and raw muscle of their stevedoring operations to distribute temperature sensitive produce.

Federal Maritime Commission takes up issue

Navis LLC has been providing terminals with operating systems for almost three decades. But the Oakland, California-based company faces a brave new world these days, with new, fully automated terminals standing sometimes side-by-side with those that remain manually driven.