Maersk Line has estimated that 10 weeks of dockworkers conflict in Spanish ports in February-March 2017 resulted in EUR 12 mln of direct operating costs for the company, not including the loss of customers caused by the crisis, informs Spain’s El País quoting the company’s official statement submitted to the country’s government. Once Spanish stevedores […]
The Port of Rotterdam’s Additive Manufacturing Fieldlab (RAMLAB) and its software partner Autodesk have successfully produced the first 3D-printed pilot component for the maritime industry, informs Autodesk. A ship’s propeller was made using a hybrid manufacturing process combining wire and arc additive manufacturing, with the help of industrial robotic arms, with subtractive machining and grinding […]
French shipping group CMA CGM and Indian port developer Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) yesterday signed a joint venture agreement to operate a new container terminal (CT4) at Mundra Port, in the Indian state of Gujarat, CMA CGM reports. The agreement implies a joint running of the facility by APSEZ and CMA CGM’s […]
The port of Algeciras handled 1 mln TEU in the first quarter of 2017, informs the Port Authority’s press service. The total throughput of Algeciras decreased by 8%, to 23.7 mln tonnes, mostly due to a 10.9% drop in general cargo which makes up over 60% of the port’s traffic (15 mln tonnes). At the […]
Ferrol Container Terminal, Spain, owned by Yilport Holding, has marked its start of operations by receiving the first vessel call earlier this month, informs Yilport. The container vessel Enforcer of the British shipping line MacAndrews specializing in Intra-European multimodal logistics (part of CMA CGM) berthed at the terminal to discharge 90 empty containers and to […]
Today at its Board of Directors’ meeting, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), Greece’s body responsible for the state assets privatization, has determined the winner of the tender for the concession of Thessaloniki port. It is the consortium formed by Terminal Link (port operating subsidiary of French shipping line CMA CGM), German private equity […]
Philippines-based port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), in partnership with the Philippine Department of Transportation have inaugurated the development of the country´s first container Ro-Ro barge terminal in Tanza, in the province of Cavite, reported ICTSI last Friday. Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT) will be developed in line with the government’s national transport plan […]
Global port operator DP World will enter Yuzhny port (Ukraine, Odessa region) by the end of 2017, said Volodymyr Omelyan, the Minister of infrastructure of Ukraine at the meeting with representatives of P&O Maritime FZE, a subsidiary of DP World, earlier this week, informs press service of the Ministry. The meeting was also attended by […]
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will deliver AutoRTG System to Dublin Ferryport Terminals (DFT), beginning in the second quarter of 2017, Kalmar announces in today’s press release. The order extending the relationship of over 20 years between the two companies, was booked in Q4 2016. DFT is part of the container and terminal division of Irish […]
Petrolesport terminal (PLP), located in the port of St. Petersburg and owned by the leading Russian container terminal operator Global Ports, plans to invest RUR 4.2 bln (USD 75 mln) into the expansion of its container, Ro-Ro and general cargo facilities. Most of the investment (97.2%) will be covered from the company’s own capital, TASS news […]
