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Containership Transit Times, Not Simply Backlog Counts, Could Offer Clearer Picture of Shipping Crisis, Windward Says

portnews - May 23, 2022

Backlogs of ships waiting outside major ports across the world is perhaps the most visible sign of the on-going global container shipping crisis and...

Energy

A reality check on Europe’s latest energy proposals

portnews - May 20, 2022

A ‘double urgency’ The European Commission has responded to the global energy crisis caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine. It says there’s a ‘double urgency’...

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Supply chains are never returning to ‘normal’

portnews - May 19, 2022

The conventional wisdom at this time is that most of the world has moved on from the pandemic (except for China); therefore, supply chains...

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Is China’s COVID control causing congestion at ports? A completely wrong reading of data

portnews - May 10, 2022

Some Twitter users have been posting an image showing dots of different colors alongside China’s coastline, claiming they are ships waiting to dock and...

Companies

One in three Stena Line managers to be women in about half a year

portnews - May 9, 2022

Over a year ago, Stena Line set a goal of having one in three managers be women by the end of this year. Now,...

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China’s Xi urges officials to ‘resolutely fight’ those who question zero-Covid policy

portnews - May 8, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping headed a meeting of top leaders that emphasized the country should stick to its “dynamic zero-Covid” policy, and warned that...

Energy

Global emissions poised to spiral as coal makes a comeback

portnews - May 6, 2022

In 2021, the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose to their highest ever level of 36.3 billion tons, according to the International Energy Agency,...

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Ports Providing Financial Incentives for Green Vessels

portnews - May 6, 2022

Ports are increasingly taking steps to support the decarbonization of shipping. In addition to the initiatives looking at the formation of green shipping corridors,...

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Can Russia be totally removed from the trade equation?

portnews - May 6, 2022

The European Commission’s (EC) faced objections for its latest proposed sanctions, albeit with valid reasons EC’s latest set of sanctions about writing off Russian oil...

Energy