Tag: ports

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the Port Island Phase 2 development project at the port of Kobe with Kobe-Osaka International Port Corporation and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha.

Port cyber-attacks are now one of the biggest and most sophisticated threats facing port operators, notes Ed McNamara, CEO, Armada Risk Partners & Cleveland Ohio port insurance broker. 

A cargo ship named 'Sea Siddhee', which was en route from Mumbai to Gujarat's Hazira Port in Gujarat is still stuck on 24rd July, in the Arabian Sea near Palghar district in Maharashtra.

The Government of Canada has announced an investment of up to $38 million under the National Trade Corridors Fund to improve cargo movement at the Port of Argentia based in Newfoundland.

According to Vietnamese officials, on 14th July, a Wan Hai containership made contact with a bulker. While neither vessel appears to have sustained significant damage in the allision, a portion of the cargo handling equipment at the dry bulk terminal collapsed. 

On 5th July, two firefighters were confirmed dead after Grimaldi cargo ship caught fire in Port Newark. Multiple vehicles on the ship caught fire, then spread to the two floors above, according to officials.

Port of Nagoya, stopped the container operations, after a ransomware attack on its systems. According to Japanese media, a hacker group based in Russia has attacked the Port. 

The salvage operation to remove bow section of wrecked bulker OS 35 which begun on 3rd July, completed.  The two sections of the hulk have been removed, 10 months after the vessel hit an anchored gas carrier and sank off Gibraltar.

Port officials reports that the next step in the process to remove the wreck of the bulker OS 35 that sank at the end of August 2022 off Gibraltar is now underway. 

According to speakers on a joint webinar by the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) and Port Technology International, technological innovation must be supported by buy-in and staff training from all port users and stakeholders to promote safety.