AJOT | December 11, 2024 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals
Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) has taken a big step towards more community-friendly operations by installing white noise reversing alarms on two of its rail-mounted gantry cranes (RMG). The RMGs, selected for their proximity to residential areas, now feature an advanced alarm system that reduces noise pollution.
AJOT | December 11, 2024 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech
Kalmar has agreed to supply Spanish terminal operator Boluda Corporación Marítima (Boluda) with four Kalmar Gloria reachstackers and two Kalmar Eco reachstackers. The order was booked in Kalmar’s Q4 2024 order intake. Delivery will take place in phases, with two units delivered during Q4 2024 and the remaining units during Q2 and Q3 2025.
Today, San Antonio International Airport (SAT), one of the fastest-growing medium-sized airports in the United States, celebrated the groundbreaking of a new terminal. The terminal will accommodate SAT and the San Antonio region’s continued rapid growth and expansion.
AJOT | December 10, 2024 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
The Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) honored Allen Clifford, Executive Vice President, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc. with the 2024 Connie Award. The record-breaking event took place in front of nearly 600 transportation industry experts gathered at the Marriott Newark Liberty Airport Hotel on Monday, December 9.
South Carolina Ports awarded $260,000 to 94 South Carolina nonprofits and organizations through its Community Giving program for fiscal year 2025. This year’s award was the highest amount donated in the program’s 11-year history, supporting organizations that work to provide food security, familial support, environmental awareness, and education.
With the upcoming dissolution of the 2M Alliance in early 2025, JAXPORT is maintaining and growing its global container services through strategic partnerships with the world's top ocean carriers. New and modified service routes through JAXPORT will provide expanded global connectivity and access to new and emerging markets.
In this installment of our Supply Chain Insight video series, Port of Long Beach Chief Operating Officer Dr. Noel Hacegaba speaks with Jessica Dankert, Vice President for Supply Chain at the Retail Industry Leaders Association about the state of the retail business, and how it plans on weathering tariffs proposed by the incoming administration.
AJOT | December 10, 2024 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech
Kalmar has supplied APM Terminals with a Kalmar electric reach-stacker to be piloted at Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT). The order, booked in Kalmar’s Q3 2023 order intake, marks a significant step in both companies' commitment to advancing the electrification of terminal operations.
AJOT | December 10, 2024 | Maritime | Bulk | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Signaling a major turning point in the Port of Brownsville’s 88-year history, the Brownsville Navigation District (BND) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) held a groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 2 of the Brazos Island Harbor (BIH) Channel Improvement Project.
AJOT | December 09, 2024 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Contecon Guayaquil (CGSA), Ecuador’s main port and subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), has signed a new commercial agreement for the Asia-South America (ASA) service, further strengthening Contecon Guayaquil’s connectivity with the Asian market.
AJOT | December 06, 2024 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
The use of bio-based raw materials is a sustainable way for Outokumpu to reduce direct emissions in the steel production process. In the new plant, biocarbon is produced from secondary wood raw materials using an innovative high-temperature process.
The compounding causes – technological difficulties, a labor shortage, and lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy – couldn’t be fixed by any single entity at the port. It led Rooney, then the manager of port security, to propose something unprecedented for that time: truly linking the supply chain in ways it never had been before.
AJOT | December 05, 2024 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech
The company started its operations in Maranhão, where two tugboats were deployed to serve the Ports of Itaqui, Ponta da Madeira, and Alumar.
Luka Koper in the Port of Koper, Slovenia, has ordered four Konecranes electric Rubber-Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes to replace old RTGs in its container yard.
AJOT | December 05, 2024 | Ports & Terminals
AJOT | December 04, 2024 | Green Shipping | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech
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