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Top 10: The busiest container ports in Asia

The vast majority of the largest and busiest container ports in the world are located in Asia. The continent is a crucial part of the global supply chain, which has been proven during the Covid-19 period with local lockdowns in Asian ports affecting heavily the global trade.

Below, you can find the top 10 busiest container ports in Asia, based on container volumes handled in 2020.

  1. Port of Shanghai, China – More than 43.5 million TEU in 2020

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Busan container terminal orders new Konecranes equipment

Busan New Container Terminal (BCNT) has ordered six Noell Sprinter Carriers from the port equipment manufacturing company Konecranes, to complement its existing fleet of 36 Sprinter Carriers.

Five of the machines on order were booked in June and one in September, while the order is estimated to be delivered to the North Korean port by June 2022.

BCNT ordered the Sprinter Carriers which are of the type NSC 424 E, to support a growing business as they play a critical role in transporting containers...

https://container-news.com/busan-container-terminal-orders-new-konecranes-equipment/

Ports of Busan and Barcelona strengthen logistics alliance

The ports of Barcelona and Busan have enhanced their logistics alliance, opening a new Korean logistics platform at the Logistics Activities Zone (ZAL) of the Spanish port.

The two partners have also signed an agreement for starting up the company that will manage and promote this platform.

In particular, the presidents of the two ports, Kang Joon suk (Busan) and Damià Calvet (Barcelona) have agreed to set up the company Business-to-Business (B2B) Logistics Busan & Barcelona hub S.L., which will...

https://container-news.com/ports-of-busan-and-barcelona-strengthen-logistics-alliance/

Busan to get more container storage as US West Coast congestion spills over

Busan is becoming increasingly congested and the lack of storage space for export-bound containers in South Korea’s main container port has made officials create temporary storage from the hinterland of the West Container Port in Busan New Port.

Outbound containers are usually moved into yards in the port to await loading. However, worsening congestion in the US West Coast ports has disrupted shipping schedules and high volumes of transhipped cargoes from China have meant a relentless arrival of...

https://container-news.com/busan-to-get-more-container-storage-as-us-west-coast-congestion-spills-over/

HMM given until 1 September to settle labour dispute – More than half company’s seafarers to move to MSC

HMM’s seafaring union has given the management a week’s grace to see if a compromise to the impasse in their salary increment expectations can be reached.

This is even as more than half of the flagship South Korean liner operator’s offshore manpower have tendered their resignations to the union. Of HMM’s approximate 600 seafarers, 317 have resigned and are inclined to take up employment with MSC, which is offering a salary that is 2.5 times higher than what the South Korean operator is paying.

The...

https://container-news.com/hmm-given-until-1-september-to-settle-labour-dispute-more-than-half-companys-seafarers-to-move-to-msc/

Tight shipping capacity sees carriers skip Busan

South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said that liner operators have been omitting calls to Busan, reportedly because Chinese shippers are more willing to pay higher freight charges.

Citing data from Busan Port Authority, the ministry said that from the beginning of this year to 10 July, 6,767 container ships entered the country’s busiest container port, a decrease of about 700 (9%) compared to the same period last year.

THE Alliance, comprising Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, Yang Ming and HMM, is...

https://container-news.com/tight-shipping-capacity-sees-carriers-skip-busan/

Barcelona and Busan join forces on new Catalan logistics hub

The port authorities of Barcelona and Busan have promoted a joint project to develop a new logistics centre in Barcelona.

The two parts have signed a cooperation agreement on 22 September, which establishes the participation of each of the parties in the joint venture as well as the operational direction of the logistics centre.

The Spanish and South Korean ports will create a joint venture which will be responsible for the management and operating processes of the logistics centre.

The president...

https://container-news.com/barcelona-and-busan-join-forces-on-new-catalan-logistics-hub/

BPA forms LNG bunkering JV with KOGAS

Busan Port Authority (BPA) has formed a joint venture with the government-backed LNG procurement agency Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), to supply LNG bunkers in Busan Port, with the long-term expectation that demand from container shipping will substantially increase.

BPA is among five South Korean organisations that signed JV agreements with KOGAS on 14 July 2020, with the JVs intended to be formed by October. The other organisations are steel group POSCO International, oil refiner S-Oil...

https://container-news.com/bpa-forms-lng-bunkering-jv-with-kogas/

Busan Port selects LASE safety technology

New system for detection of unremoved container cones by LASE at PNC Busan Port in South Korea

LASE unveils the new application LaseUCD – Unremoved Cone Detection, which detects whether container cones (twistlocks) are still connected to the container while being lifted up from terminal chassis by RMG or RTG cranes before they are moved into the yard. In addition the system also detects open doors of containers. After successful implementation at PNC Busan Port in South Korea, LASE has been...

https://container-news.com/busan-port-selects-lase-safety-technology/

Port of Busan ranked second globally due to its weekly cargo services

Busan Port Authority highlighted that its regular container cargo services increased five times to 268 during February 2018. The figure was based on the database q-from the global analysing institute, Alphaliner.

Specifically, the port Authority addressed that in 2015 the number of its weekly cargo services was 257, in 2016 was 268, whereas it declined in 2017 in 253 because of the bankruptcy in Hanjin Shipping.

Yet, it experienced an increase to 263 in 2018 and has fully covered as this year it...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-busan-ranked-second-globally-due-to-its-weekly-cargo-services/

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