The Valencia Port Authority reports its container throughput of the first 10 months of 2017 at the level of 4,043,251 TEU, which represents an increase of 1.73% y-o-y. The most part of it was handled by Valencia – 3,999,016 TEU, whereas the remaining volumes come from the smaller ports that fall within the Port Authority, […]
Four major Chinese ports have been found violating the anti-monopoly law: Shanghai International Port (Group) Co. Ltd., Tianjin Port (Group) Co. Ltd., Qingdao Port (Group) Co. Ltd. and Ningbo Zhoushan Port Co. Ltd. On 15 November 2017, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) held a press conference, where Meng Wei, an NDRC spokeswoman, told […]
The Hong Kong Task Force on Land Supply, a government-appointed committee, is considering the options to free land for housing. Among a number of solutions there are such exotic ones as relocating the Kwai Tsing container terminal and building homes on elevated platforms above the port, informs South China Morning Post. A public consultation will […]
The Federal State Enterprise “Rosmorport” has obtained a permission to construct the international sea terminal Pionersky for accommodation of cruise ships and ferries in Kaliningrad region, Russia, informs the press service of Rosmorport. The permission was given on Monday for coastal protection works, reclamation of two land plots of the 5.16 hectares total area, construction […]
Unifeeder, the largest European operator of feeder and shortsea container shipping services, has announced this week the appointment of Nils Smedegaard Andersen, former Group Chief Executive Officer of A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S, as new Chairman of the Board of Directors. At this post, he succeeds former Hapag-Lloyd CCO Jesper Præstensgaard who takes up the […]
The Port of Portland has announced that Swire Shipping will start a container service calling at the Port’s Terminal 6 since January 2018. The announcement follows the recent trade mission visit of the Oregon State’s Governor Kate Brown and the Port representatives to Hong Kong, where they met with Swire corporate executives. Located on the […]
The Russian Government has accepted The Strategy of the development of the Caspian Sea ports until year 2030, informs PortNews agency. The Strategy involves the development of the Russian Caspian transport hub and its integration in the world trade, with Iran, India and the Gulf countries in particular. Today, the Caspian ports – Astrakhan, Olya, […]
XVELA, part of Cargotec’s Kalmar, has signed a contract with Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE), the joint venture of the 3 Japanese shipping lines – K Line, NYK and MOL established in July 2017, to provide its collaborative stowage solution, informs Cargotec. The company highlights it as a significant step in realising the Cargotec […]
According to analysts at Alphaliner, the newbuilds recently ordered by MSC and CMA CGM could result in a larger capacity than the initially announced 22,000 TEU, reports The Loadstar. 9 vessels, which China State Shipbuilding Corporation will build for CMA CGM with delivery in 2020, and 11 vessels, which MSC ordered to Korea’s Samsung Heavy […]
Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), a facility of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) at the port of Rijeka in Croatia, has recently launched a rail service connecting AGCT with one of the country’s largest wood producers Cedar Ltd. to facilitate the export of beech wood products, informs ICTSI. The new intermodal service is arranged […]
