A.P. Moller - Maersk and IBM will apply blockchain to the world's supply chain after successfully testing and gaining broad shipping and logistics industry participation in their new TradeLens system.

FEPORT and PEMA have agreed to start work on standards that could include terminal automation, but not everyone agrees on what to standardise, and where to start, writes Paul Avery.

According to figures released by the Yangtze River Navigational Affairs Administration, cargo volumes rose 8.2% in 2017 with 2.5 Bt of cargo transported.

In announcing its 2017 cargo results the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has highlighted its work to address infrastructure challenges from bigger ships and prepare the port for a digital future.

According to World Cargo News, Docks TheFuture has finished its first rounds of desk research on the Port of the Future concepts, assessing 50 out of 350 proposed projects, studies, strategic plans, among other sources. A first conclusion is that most of these initiatives have the potential to shape and strengthen the "Ports of the Future" concept by 2030.

According to World Cargo News, ZPMC has signed its first “one-stop”service agreement with SIPG, under which ZPMC will supply the Yangshan Phase IV automated terminal with 885 spare part items and SIPG will hold “zero inventory” of its own.