Last week, Port.Today was invited to give a speech on the much-debated topic of the possible exit of Catalonia at the Propeller Club of Algeciras. The International Propeller Club of the United States was formed in New York in 1927 as a group of maritime professionals who met informally over lunch to discuss issues of the […]
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed an agreement to acquire Inver Port Services, a business unit of Inver Engineering in Australia, informs Kalmar’s press service. This investment supports Kalmar’s strategic aim to grow in services while strengthening and broadening Kalmar’s existing service capabilities throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. The acquisition deal will be […]
The work on the Ibom Deep Seaport (IDSP) on the southern coast of Nigeria has reached an advanced stage as call for expressions of interest is about to be issued to respective investors, said the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Housing and Special Duties, Mr. Akan Okon at the meeting of the Ministerial Project Development […]
The Port of Tilbury, owned by the UK-based multimodal ports operator Forth Ports, has submitted an application for a development consent order (DCO) to the Planning Inspectorate to build a new terminal adjacent to the current port, informs the Port’s press service. This has become the next step on the way to TILBURY2, a satellite of […]
The Suez Canal Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French company CMA CGM Group to operate the new container terminal at East Port Said Port, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) Mohab Mamish said yesterday, informs Egypt’s State Information Service. As we wrote earlier this […]
Following our recent publication on the troubles that the Turkish port operator Yilport Holding has lately encountered with its project in Ecuador while developing the terminal at Puerto Bolivar, we have received an official statement on the dispute, which was issued by Robert Yuksel YILDIRIM, the Chairman of YILPORT Holding and President & CEO of […]
The port of Antwerp plans to invest EUR 1.4 mln over the next 3 years in projects aimed at making port-generated freight traffic smoother and more efficient. The 7 private-sector projects that were selected for financial support on the basis of a Call for Proposals issued by the Port Authority in the beginning of 2017, […]
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will supply 12 Classic Straddle Carriers CSC 340 to First Container Terminal (FCT) in St. Petersburg, Russia, one of the key companies of Global Ports group. The order was booked into Cargotec’s 2017 fourth quarter order intake and delivery will take place during the Q4 2018. First Container Terminal is one […]
Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, the largest automated container terminal in the world, started its trial operations on 10 December 2017, informs China Daily. The facility was launched right according to the schedule announced earlier this year. Phase 4 of the Yangshan Port will have the capacity of 4 mln TEU once it […]
Over the past week-end, the first two LNG tankers – Russian Sovcomflot’s Christophe de Margerie and Greek Dynagas’ Boris Vilkitsky – were loaded at the port of Sabetta with the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced at the Yamal LNG plant and set off eastward heading towards the markets in Asia. Our first article […]
