Tag: cargo handling

West P&I Club issued a notice regarding the transport of non-sanctioned cargoes to or from Russia subject to the US, EU and UK Regulations.

The cargo vessel carrying munitions, sought refuge in the Port of Vigo after some of its containers broke loose during the storm Eowyn.

CMA CGM announced the implementation of an Overweight Surcharge (OWS) for dry cargo from the Mediterranean to East Africa.

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has become the first container terminal in Malaysia to handle over 12.25 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in a single year in 2024.

The American P&I Club informs of concerns that have arisen regarding the loading of finished and unfinished steel products alongside break-bulk, containerized, and project cargoes in the same cargo hold of bulk carriers.

The Port of Long Beach is on track to reach a record-breaking 9.6 million containers by the end of 2024, surpassing its previous record from the pandemic year of 2021.

The ICCT has announced the launch of the FUMES 2 study (Fugitive and Unburned Methane Emissions from Ships Part 2).

The UK P&I Club has been aware of a number of incidents, involving coal cargoes from the East coast of the USA, which were emitting dangerously high levels of methane.

Pest-resistant container design took centre stage at a meeting between specialists from the global container shipping industry and biosecurity experts, aiming to address the $423 billion global challenge posed by invasive pests every year.

A Malaysian forklift operator was hospitalised after a shipping container toppled onto the forklift he was operating in Singapore.