The first rail shuttle between China and the Netherlands is a fact, states press release of the Port of Rotterdam. The Chengdu-Tilburg-Rotterdam-Express crosses Kazakhstan and Moscow and reaches its destination ‘door-to-door’ in 15 days. The service is arranged by the Chinese rail operator CDiRS and its Dutch partner, RailPortbrabant, part of the GVT Group. The […]
Month: September 2016
Appeals from shipping lines rejected by Russian court
The appeals of major shipping lines have been rejected by the Moscow Arbitration Court. The appeals concern a verdict of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of Russia (FAS) claiming the carriers violated Russian competition law from 2012 to 2013 when setting surcharges on Russia – Far East services simultaneously and of the same amount. The process […]
Container port productivity shows no sign of improvement
The productivity at the top 30 global container ports increased by only 2% between the first half of 2014 and the same period of 2016, writes IHS Fairplay. The study carried out by CTI Consultancy is based on port call data from 74% of the world’s container fleet operators and ship tracking satellite data by […]
New CEO at APM Terminals
Morten Engelstoft is appointed APM Terminals CEO effective November 1, 2016 succeeding Kim Fejfer who has been at the post for the last 12 years, states the company’s press release. Since January, 2014 Morten Engelstoft has been Chief Executive of A.P. Moller Shipping Services and prior to that – COO at Maersk Line for over 6 […]
Russian container ports stabilize after a last year shock
The volume of containers handled by Russian ports has finally stabilized after the crisis of year 2015, when it collapsed by 26%. According to the data published by the Association of Russian sea ports, in January-August of 2016 the total container throughput has reached 2.6 mln TEU, which is just 0.7% below the last year’s […]
Container ports of Ukraine grow by 27.8%
The container throughput of Ukrainian ports have grown by 27.8% in January-August, 2016, up to 402.35 th. TEU. The biggest increase was demonstrated by import volumes, +33.2%, up to 199.61 th. TEU. Export cargo handling grew by 28.4% (180.68 th. TEU). Transit volumes dropped by 14.3% (20.63 th. TEU). Cabotage rocketed from 124 TEU in […]
TRANSTEC 2016
International exhibition and conference on Russian ports and shipping will take place on the 4-6th of October, 2016 in St.Petersburg, Russia. The program includes the following topics: Ports’ competition, creating conditions for investments into infrastracture, organizing port special economic zones and Free ports Innovative equipment and technologies for ports Providing design and engineering for ports’ […]
