4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (175+ words) The US Port of Baltimore has opened an on-dock grain transloading facility at its Seagirt container terminal, cutting out an offsite container stuffing step and lowering handling and transport costs for agricultural exporters. The four-acre facility, developed by Ports America…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (483+ words) Maritime tech is consolidating at record speed, but the real test is whether bigger platforms remove fragmentation or simply create larger silos. The latest chapter from SplashTech’s new magazine. Maritime technology has entered its roll-up era. A sector once characterised…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (232+ words) The next containership size race could put fresh pressure on the world’s biggest container ports, with container analysts at Alphaliner arguing this week that vessels of around 27,500 teu are now technically and commercially plausible. The consultancy has revived a ‘gigamax…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (346+ words) For a decade the 24,000 teu megamax has looked like the natural ceiling for containership size. Analysts at Alphaliner now believe the industry could be ready to break through it. The consultancy has revived a concept it first floated in 2021 for…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (173+ words) Italy’s Port of Genoa has moved another step closer to removing one of its biggest constraints on future container growth, advancing construction of the new offshore breakwater designed to open the port to the world’s largest containerships. Work has started…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (198+ words) The Scottish Maritime Academy is investing £850,000 ($1.15m) in a new simulator complex aimed at expanding training for merchant seafarers and other maritime personnel. North East Scotland College, which operates the academy at Peterhead, has secured £600,000 from the Scottish Government’s Just Transition…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (364+ words) Shipping’s technology agenda is still being shaped too much by vendors and developers rather than the people who actually have to use the systems, according to Subhangshu Dutt, CEO of Singaporean shipowner OM Maritime. Ahead of Splash Singapore on September…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (301+ words) America’s port infrastructure is becoming increasingly exposed as commercial ships grow larger while risk assessment and response capabilities fail to keep pace, a sweeping US Coast Guard review has warned. The Ports and Waterways Safety Act Board of Inquiry, launched…...