Karachi Port has completed dredging work deepening its navigation channel to 14 metres and East Wharf berths to 15.5 metres, enabling Noatum Ports Karachi Terminals to accommodate containerships up to 350 metres long and bulk vessels up to 120,000 metric tonnes.
The U.S. Coast Guard is closing Hawaii’s ports ahead of Tropical Storm Lala, which is forecast to strengthen into a rare Category 1 hurricane. Port condition Zulu takes effect Saturday morning, requiring vessels over 200 GT to depart unless granted special permission to remain.
A South Korean research team has built an AI navigation system that reroutes ships around weather conditions to keep exhaust plumes away from coastal communities.
