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SQE MARINE issued a new circular to inform that local authorities in Qingdao and Shanghai ports have announced tighter controls on ships with mechanical and electrical failures, resulting in some ships being detained consecutively following PSC inspections.

The Qingdao Port Automatic Terminal Phase II is closer to full operation after the two berths 107# and 108# passed the pre-acceptance inspection for port opening, on 8 July. 

Shipment management software solutions provider, CargoSmart, announced the execution of Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) Services Agreements with maritime industry operators CMA CGM, Cosco Shipping Lines, Cosco Shipping Ports, Hapag-Lloyd, Hutchison Ports, OOCL, Port of Qingdao, PSA International and Shanghai International Port Group.

Last week, the Ministry of Transport of Latvia and companies from the transport sector took part in the China International Logistics Week in Xi'an. One of the most important events was the International Logistics Exhibition 'China Western International Logistics Expo 2019, during which the Freeport of Riga signed a cooperation agreement with the Port of Qingdao in China. 

Ericsson and China Unicom, a mobile service provider, are developing a 5G smart harbor at the Port of Qingdao in China. This comes after a successful technical solution verification at the port of Qingdao, which found that up to 70% of labor costs can be saved when a harbor uses the 5G automation upgrade. The 5G connection included data traffic from over 30 high-definition cameras as well as control data for a programmable logic controller.

COSCO SHIPPING Ports and Qingdao Port International entered into the Transaction Agreement, pursuant to which COSCO SHIPPING Ports will makestrategic investment in QPI increasing their shareholding in the port to approximately 18.41% in total.

The world's largest iron ore cargo ship has arrived in east China's Qingdao Port

With aim to provide prompt and effective services for freight and passengers Four ports in east China's Shandong Province signed a strategic alliance with the largest port of the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Wednesday in Qingdao, Qingdao Port of Shandong announced in a press release.Aiming to build a shipping and logistics center in northeast Asia, the alliance is jointly formed by Shandong's Qingdao Port, Yantai Port, Rizhao Port, Weihai Port and the ROK's Port of Busan.The five ports agreed that they would mutually provide prompt and effective services for freight and passengers. They will also promote transit transport via the development of the Eurasian continental bridge, and boost the links between bonded areas in Shandong and Busan Free Trade Zone.With the agreement, the five ports will focus on the development of automobile freight transportation via sea and land, as well as the development of luxury cruises.The throughput capacity amounted to 925 million tonnes in 2010 by the four ports in Shandong. Busan Port is the largest one in ROK, which handled 14,183,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in 2010, 74 percent of the total in ROK.The five ports would utilize technologies involving low carbon emissions and information to reduce operational ...