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Port Technology International reports that DP World has shifted 500,000 TEUs across its Gulf road and rail network since March, signalling rising use of inland corridors by shippers and carriers.
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Port Technology International reports that DP World has shifted 500,000 TEUs across its Gulf road and rail network since March, signalling rising use of inland corridors by shippers and carriers.
SOHAR Port and Freezone reported 52 million metric tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2026, a 52 per cent increase on H1 2025, Port Technology International reported on 21 August 2026.
The Department for Transport has released a transparency data notice dated 21 August 2026 that names the organisations approved to provide port facility security officer training.
Crowley has announced a new weekly container loop connecting Port Houston with Santo Tomás de Castilla in Guatemala and Puerto Cortés in Honduras, with the first Houston call on 10 September 2026.
ParkerSteel has developed a new import and storage operation at the Port of Sheerness in partnership with Peel Ports Group, linking marine imports to its Canterbury processing base.
Port Technology International reports Cavotec will supply a MoorMaster NxG automated vacuum mooring system to Jawaharlal Nehru Port’s GTI terminal in a deal worth roughly €5 million, the first such deployment in India.
SIPG Energy has bunkered the 13,000-TEU CMA CGM OSIRIS with methanol at the Port of Shanghai, a move Port Technology International describes as a new record in the port’s effort to expand alternative fuel bunkering.
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