Smurfit Westrock’s large-scale corrugated packaging facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, is being positioned by the company as a benchmark for next-generation industrial automation, with leadership describing it as a “superplant” due to its scale, efficiency and advanced production systems.  The term, initially used informally during the site’s groundbreaking in June 2024 under WestRock before the formation of Smurfit Westrock, now designates a small number of strategically important facilities designed to serve entire high-demand regions rather than relying on multiple smaller plants.  The 595,000-square-foot facility, which represents a...

Incat Crowther has been selected to design a fleet of 10 crew transfer vessels (CTVs) commissioned by Singapore-based Fast Offshore Supply...

North Star has secured a new set of long-term contracts covering 17 emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRVs), strengthening its...

The Crown Estate has launched the third and final round of its Supply Chain Accelerator programme, making an additional £15m ($20.3m) available to support...

The maritime sector’s ambition to build smarter, more connected vessels is accelerating, but the results are falling short of expectations,...

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India’s biggest private ports and logistics operator, is taking a bigger step into offshore markets...

One of container shipping’s most recognised analysts, Lars Jensen, is preparing for a major field expedition across Africa aimed at identifying future logistics opportunities across the...

CMA CGM has signed an agreement to invest Ksh106bn (approximately $820m) in the modernisation and expansion of two key terminals at the Port...

The dispute between Diana Shipping and Genco Shipping & Trading is becoming increasingly public and far more direct, with both...

The agri-commodities panel at Geneva Dry last month offered a clear-eyed view of how the ongoing Middle East conflict and disruption around...