Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has celebrated the maiden call of the Laura Maersk, the first container ship in the world to complete a voyage powered by Green Methanol. 

 

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Freeport East has received final Government approvals allowing it to move forward into the delivery phase. 

 

The development of the Freeport, which is expected to create up to 13,500 new jobs, will be boosted by £25 million in Government funding to support infrastructure enhancement. 

 

https://www.multimodal.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=242:freeport-east-receives-final-government-approval&catid=8:news&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-01-13-2023&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukindexphpoptioncomcontentviewarticleid242freeporteastreceivesfinalgovernmentapprovalcatid8news 

 

In a ground-breaking move, Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe is believed to be the first port in Europe to introduce autonomous terminal tractor units (ATs) into mixed traffic container terminal operations. The first two battery-powered units to enter service at the UK’s largest container port have been supplied by manufacturer Westwell. 

 

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Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe has launched OCEAN (Online Container Enquiry Analytics Notifications), a new online platform to provide fast and accurate real-time information for customers. 

 

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In April, Ningbo-Zhoushan port is expected to post a container throughput of over 3m teu, a new high for single month and an increase of 10% year-on-year. 

 

Amid the recent covid-outbreaks happened in Yangtze river delta, especially the wave in its neighboring port Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan port maintained smooth operation for container trucks transportation and provided more solutions including opening up new services, adding freight places and adjusting empty containers to effectively relieve the logistics pressure in Yangtze river delta region. 

 

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https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ports-logistics/ningbo-zhoushan-hits-record-container-volume-amid-shanghai-lockdown 

 

Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has passed the 100 million TEU mark since it handled its first container in the 1960s. 

 

The 100th million TEU was loaded at Berth 8, the port’s newest facility and one of four berths at the UK’S largest container port capable of handling the world’s largest container ships. 

 

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Dwell times at the major ports in and around the south China city of Shenzhen “remain disruptively high”, despite trending downward in recent days with the Port of Yantian at full capacity again, according to freight visibility platform Project44. 

 

It said the data suggests that disruptions related to China’s COVID-19 quarantine efforts could extend well into the year, impacting seasonal shipments as far out as Christmas. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/South-China-port-disruptions-%E2%80%98could-extend-to-Christmas%E2%80%99/79457.htm#.YOwJSehKiUk 

Shipper competition driving up ocean freight rates 

 

Rates will keep rising while there is more cargo than capacity to ship it, with some cargo owners on long-term contracts and high volumes benefitting from their scale and gaining a significant competitive advantage 

 

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Increased demand and worsening port congestion in Asia is forcing the east-west alliance carriers to temporarily adjust their liner service networks. 

 

With long waits for berths on the US west coast and at several North European ports, attempts by shipping lines to recover a vessel’s schedule are being thwarted. 

 

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https://theloadstar.com/port-congestion-and-rising-demand-forces-carriers-into-schedule-adjustments/