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Month: April 2018
APMT Elizabeth receives new STS cranes
APM Terminals Elizabeth in New Jersey, USA, took delivery of 4 STS cranes of the newest generation designed for operations on today’s largest container vessels, the port operator informs. The cranes reach 23 containers across the vessel beam and constitute part of the facility’s USD 200 mln infrastructure investment plan scheduled for completion this year. […]
Government to invest in UK port accessibility
This week, the UK government has published the Department for Transport’s report on port connectivity, entitled “Transport infrastructure for our global future: a study of England’s port connectivity”. The analysis aims at examining the current level of access to ports, the key transport and economic corridors serving ports, how port connectivity issues are managed and […]
Container traffic of Russian ports grows 12.6% in Q1 2018
Container throughput of Russian seaports in January-March 2018 continued growing: +12.6% to the same period of 2017. The ports overall handled 1.198 mln TEU, reports InfraNews agency quoting the data of the Russian Sea Commercial Ports Association. The first quarter last year also recorded a rather high increase over 2016: +11.8%. This demonstrates a gradual […]
VSC expands its rail offer with a new service to Uzbekistan
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), belonging to Russia’s leading container terminal operator Global Ports and operating one of the largest container facilities in the Russian Far East at the Vostochny port, has launched a container rail service to Uzbekistan. The pilot block train was formed at VSC using VSC’s own platform wagons. On 29 March 2018, […]
Kalmar launches AGV on Li-ion battery
Today, Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is introducing an innovative fully automated guided vehicle (AGV) for transporting containers between quayside and landside operations. The new FastCharge AGV will be officially launched at the TECH TOC Conference within the TOC Asia terminal operations conference taking place 24-25 April 2018 at the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. […]
Piraeus used by Chinese criminal firms to smuggle imports
The European Union and Italian authorities are investigating a large-scale tax fraud by Chinese criminal gangs importing goods via the port of Piraeus, South China Morning Post informs. The news comes as the port’s majority stakeholder, China’s state-run company Cosco Shipping Ports faces problems in the USA with the takeover of Orient Overseas International Lines […]
Antwerp joins forces to deal with barge congestion
The parties involved in container barge transport in the port of Antwerp signed yesterday a roadmap of structural measures to make this type of transportation more efficient and further develop it, the Antwerp Port Authority press service informs. The implementation plan includes concrete initiatives and structural solutions to allow for sustainable growth of the port […]
Philadelphia terminal operator to use Maersk-IBM blockchain solution
Holt Logistics has become the first independent port operator in the northeastern United States to adopt the global trade platform based on the blockchain technology developed by Maersk and IBM, informs Port Technology. The solution was launched last year and aims to provide transparency and promote the sharing of information between all players of a […]
Bendezu Port Equipment delivered GOTTWALD crane to Sevilla
Bendezu Port Equipment GmbH, an international trading company offering second-hand port equipment, has recently sold a mobile harbour crane GOTTWALD HMK 300 EG from Belgium to be operated in the port of Sevilla, Spain. The second-hand crane with a maximum lifting capacity of 100 tons and a maximum radius of 50m, has one remote controlled […]
