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Opinion: Port Automation and Cyber Risk

To stay ahead of competing ports and technological developments, automation has been heralded as inevitable. Major transshipment hubs and aspiring ports bet their future on automation, which raises the impact cyber risks could have in the long-run.

World's Largest Automated Terminal Begins Trials

Shanghai Yangshan Deep-Water Port's Phase IV container terminal started its trial operations last week. The 550-acre, $1.8bn facility is the latest expansion of the Port of Shanghai's complex on Yangshan Island, which has deeper water than the port operator’s mainland terminals.

Opinion: Fostering a New Era of Collaboration at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

It takes every link of the supply chain, working in concert, to meet the requirements of global shippers today.

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Asian Piracy Is at a 10-Year Low

There were no piracy incidents reported to ReCAAP ISC this month, and the period from January to October was the lowest over the last 10 years, reports the agency.

Far From the Farm Gate: Inside Australia's Animal Trade

In Australia's live export trade, the animals' journey from the farm gate can sometimes start with a journey by truck of over 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles).

U.S. Shale Has a Panama Canal Problem That Has No Easy Fix

It seemed at the time like a somewhat random, and amazingly fortuitous, coincidence.

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Maersk Lets Customers Track Containers With IoT

Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, is working to reshape supply chains through the internet of things.

Disappearances Are Rising in the Pacific

The U.K.-based charity Human Rights at Sea has published its latest investigative report into the increasing number of deaths and disappearances of crew and fisheries observers in the Pacific Ocean.

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Bellona: Electric Revolution Must Start on Land

At the COP23 climate conference in Bonn last month, Oslo-based environmental NGO Bellona held a forum on electrification of shipping. While most discussions at the summit centered on zero-emissions land transportation, Bellona held a discussion on what it would take to bring the shoreside electric revolution to the seas.

Autonomous Shipping Raises Legal Concerns

While the U.K. Shipping Register has included its first autonomous vessel, there are several gaps that need to be addressed before such technology becomes widespread and moves into the international domain.

Why Builders of Big L.A. Projects Are Making Concrete With Gravel and Sand Shipped From Canada

The 519 miles of L.A.'s freeway system. Dodger Stadium. City Hall. All built with concrete filled with rock and sand washed down from Southern California's iconic mountain ranges.

Piracy Increases in Straits of Malacca and Singapore

The number of piracy incidents against ships in Asia last month increased compared to the same period in 2016.

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