The Port of Gdansk has become one of the two Polish entities to receive funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), an EU financial instrument supporting the development of transport, energy and digital services, informs the Port Authority. The funding of EUR 19.9 mln was granted to the Port of Gdansk in the course of the […]
The CMA CGM Group completed the sale of its 90% equity interest in Global Gateway South terminal (GSS) at the port of Los Angeles, United States, informed the company on December 01, 2017. The stake was acquired by the infrastructure investment consortium – EQT Infrastructure III and its partner P5 Infrastructure – for an enterprise […]
APM Terminals (APMT) recedes from selling its port facilities at Pipavav and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in India, writes The Hindu BusinessLine quoting top executives at two local companies who participated in the bidding process. “We looked at the two facilities for a potential acquisition. But, APM Terminals decided to put it on hold,” […]
In Q3 2017, COSCO Shipping has overtaken Maersk Line by container liftings for the first time, becoming the world’s container carrier #1, informs Splash24/7 quoting the liner shipping research agency Alphaliner. The Chinese container giant COSCO Shipping, which merged with China Shipping in early 2016, reported 5.49 mln TEU of loaded volumes in the third […]
As from today, 29 November, all four container terminals at the port of Hamburg implement a time slot-booking system for trucks collecting or delivering containers, informs the port’s press service. With this initiative, Hamburg becomes the first German seaport to introduce such a system to optimize truck handling and avoid bottlenecks at the port. Now […]
The Russian Federal State Enterprise “Rosmorport” announced the general contractor for the construction of the international sea terminal Pionersky to accommodate cruise ships and ferries in Kaliningrad region, Russia, informs Rosmorport’s press service. Bolwerk LLC, a Russian company headquartered in Samara, has won the tender announced by Rosmorport at the end of October. Bolwerk is […]
Tensions are growing at Yilport’s port development project at Puerto Bolivar, Ecuador. Patricia Henríquez, the deputy of the El Oro province, where the port is located, has sent an official request last week to the Ministry of Transport and Public Works, the Internal Revenue Service, the Port Authority and Yilport Ecuador asking to report on […]
The container throughput of the Australian ports grew by 3.7% to 7.2 mln TEU in 2016 – 2017, the highest volume ever recorded, states the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in its Container Stevedoring Monitoring report 2016-17. During this period, Sydney has overtaken Melbourne and become Australia’s largest container port. Over the past 10 […]
Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC), part of the ICTSI group and the container terminal operator at the port of Puerto Cortés in Honduras, has announced the progress in the extension of its facility. Having won the international bid for design, finance, construction, maintenance and operation of the specialized container and cargo terminal in the Republic of […]
FESCO Transportation Group, a leading Russian container logistics company, has completed the delivery of 5 tunnel-boring machines from Shanghai to Moscow via the Northern Sea Route, informs the company’s press service. The equipment was produced by China Railway Construction Corporation Limited and will be used to construct stations of a new line of Moscow metro. […]
