A new report launched today by the World Bank and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) shows that better digital collaboration between private and public entities across the maritime supply chain will result in significant efficiency gains, safer and more resilient supply chains, and lower emissions. Maritime transport carries over 90% of global ...

2020 was quite a special year for the Harbour Master’s Division of the Port of Rotterdam Authority. COVID-19 was a dominant factor in the port as well. Additional corona containment measures led to an increase in work pressure. Although employees had to perform considerably more tasks, work continuity was not compromised. In the port, one ...

Visser van Raalte (Vivar) has entered into a long-term lease with the Port of Rotterdam Authority for leasing commercial accommodation, an outdoor site, and a quay at the RDM Campus site in Rotterdam. The leased property is part of the ‘Grofsmederij’ (hammer mill). In the past few years, it was thoroughly renovated by the Port ...

A tropical low system in the Indian Ocean off Australia’s west coast was expected to develop into a tropical cyclone, Australia’s weather bureau said, forcing the country’s key iron ore exporting terminal to clear ships from harbour. The Pilbara Ports Authority said in a statement late on Wednesday it had begun clearing large vessels from ...

Freight traffic at Latvian ports declined 28 percent last year to roughly 45 million tons, the Transport Ministry informed on Tuesday. Riga remained the Baltic country’s leading port with 23.7 million tons reloaded in 2020. However, the port’s freight turnover contracted 27.7 percent from 2019. The port of Ventspils in northwestern Latvia reloaded 12.9 million ...