Wärtsilä Voyage, part of Finnish technology company Wärtsilä, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the China Classification Society (CCS) and Tianjin Port to advance China’s…
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The Port of Tianjin, the largest port in Northern China, has announced that it will develop “the world’s first artificial intelligence zero-carbon terminal.” The post Port of Tianjin to build…
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Tianjin Port’s container terminal in northern China has become the first container terminal in the country to be automated using the locally developed Beidou (literally meaning big dipper) satellite technology.
The automation was demonstrated on 17 January 2021, with several unmanned electric container trucks passing through the automatic loading and unloading station in an orderly manner, before stopping at a predetermined location. Automated quay cranes then grabbed the containers from the...
https://container-news.com/tianjin-terminal-automates-with-beidou/
The majority of the main Chinese ports have reported a Year-on-Year container throughput increase from the beginning of the year through to October, despite the Covid-19 challenges which have slowed down the transportation movements worldwide.
In particular, the port of Tianjin has marked the largest TEU increase of 5.3%, Quingdao has seen a 3.2% box volume growth, while the ports of Ningbo & Zhoushan, Xiamen, Shenzhen and Guangzhou have seen more modest improvements below 2.5%, according to...
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International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) President Willie Adams said he was not surprised to learn Port of Beirut officials had been taken into custody in connection with Tuesday’s devastating warehouse explosion.
“Reports that the Lebanese government has put port authorities under house arrest while investigating the dubious storage of these explosive materials on the docks since 2014 and the likelihood that these deaths were preventable are deeply disturbing but not surprising...
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The northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin is set to boost its volumes following an agreement with COSCO to create a regional port hub.
Under the terms of the agreement, COSCO Shipping Lines will help to boost Tianjin’s container volumes by developing new routes, in order to realise Tianjin’s goal of being the hub port of Northeast Asia.
Both sides pledged to deepen their cooperation in green and smart port construction, governance, overseas project investments and international talent development...
https://container-news.com/tianjin-port-signs-strategic-co-operation-agreement-with-cosco/
Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL) is set to launch a new cargo service between China and India. Dubbed the China India Express (CIX), the new service will ..
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/boxship-world/pil-to-launch-new-china-india-cargo-service/
The port of Tianjin, a major link in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, saw its container throughput rise 8.1 percent year on year in 2019, according to the Tianjin Port Group Co., Ltd..
The port handled 17.3 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) last year thanks to Tianjin’s participation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development to foster regional growth since 2015.
Since four rail-sea freight routes were launched, Tianjin has also seen a year-on-year rise of 15.2 percent...
The port in northern China’s Tianjin Municipality saw 159.3 billion yuan (22.7 billion U.S. dollars) of seaborne trade with countries and regions participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the first half of this year.
Tianjin Customs data showed the trade volume grew 9.7 percent in H1 year on year, among which imports reached 52.15 billion yuan, up 27.9 percent year on year, the customs said Monday, August 11.
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MSC Gulsun, the world’s largest container vessel by carrying capacity, set sail from north China’s port city of Tianjin on Monday, July 8, heading for northwestern Europe.
With a maximum load of 224,986.4 tonnes, MSC Gulsun is capable of transporting 23,756 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), according to Jonathan Zhu, managing director of Greater China for the MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, the operator of the ship.
The vessel, 399.9 meters long and 61.5 meters wide, is scheduled to arrive...
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