Philippine terminal operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has announced that its subsidiary ICTSI Oregon Inc. and the Port of Portland, USA, have mutually agreed to end the 25-year lease agreement to operate the container facility at Terminal 6 as from 31 March 2017, reports The Philippine Star. Following approval by the US Port […]
APMT opens for business Lazaro Cardenas
On Monday, 27 February, APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico’s largest container terminal, welcomed its first official vessel, reports APM Terminals. The 9,600 TEU Maersk Salalah on the AC2 Transpacific service from Asia called the facility following the completion of its Phase 1. The new deep-water semi-automated Lázaro Cárdenas Terminal 2 (TEC2) project, representing an overall […]
Sovcomflot to be privatized
The privatization of 25% – 1 share of Russia’s Sovcomflot (SCF) will be realized through public offering at Moscow stock exchange, said yesterday Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin. TASS news agency also quotes his comment that a simultaneous listing at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is not planned. SCF is Russia’s largest shipping company […]
Spanish dockers to start the largest strike since 1980s
Spanish ports face severe disruptions during March, as dockworkers plan to protest government reforms to allow ports to hire non-unionised labour. The Spanish government has been under pressure since December 2014, when the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that the country’s current dock labour system breaches the EU legislation on the freedom of […]
Konecranes to deliver RTGs to Paraguay
Last week Konecranes signed an agreement with Terport S.A. (Terminales Portuarias S.A.) in Paraguay, South America to deliver 2 BOXHUNTER Rubber Tired Gantry cranes (RTGs), as announced by Konecranes’. The equipment is to be delivered in early 2018. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the deal. Terport S.A. is a multipurpose […]
New Kalmar straddle carriers for Southampton
8 brand new straddle carriers have arrived at DP World Southampton as part of an extensive investment and modernisation programme, reports the terminal operator. The new 1 over 2 Kalmar straddle carriers are more fuel efficient and can perform twin lifts giving the terminal the advantage of having more machines that are able to undertake […]
Moscow welcomes transport professionals at TransRussia-2017
The 22nd International Exhibition “TransRussia” will be held in Moscow, Russia on 18-20 April 2017. TransRussia is the country’s largest exhibition of transport and logistics services and technologies. 13,214 professionals from 74 Russian regions and 51 countries took part in the event in 2016. The list of participants included 335 companies from Russia and 27 countries. The exhibition […]
Russian port capacity grows with new projects
The total handling capacity of the Russian sea ports has increased in 2016 by 32 mln tons, reaching 715-720 mln tons, according to the estimates of the Federal Agency Rosmorrechflot. The capacity growth was provided by the construction of new terminals as well as by the expansion of the operating ones. But the current changes […]
Liebherr delivers the largest mobile harbor crane in Copenhagen area
The Danish company A. Henriksen Shipping A/S has signed a contract for a new multi-purpose Liebherr mobile harbour crane, type LHM 550, announced today’s press release of Liebherr Maritime Cranes. The new crane with a total lifting capacity of 144 tonnes will be the largest mobile harbour crane in the Copenhagen area and at Zealand. […]
Wilhelmshaven welcomes 6 new shipping lines
Eurogate has announced that since April, 2017 six more container shipping lines will call at its Wilhelmshaven terminal in Germany’s only deep-water JadeWeserPort. The six lines are COSCO Shipping, OOCL, CMA CGM and Evergreen forming the newly established OCEAN Alliance, as well as Hamburg Süd and Hyundai Merchant Marine. The OCEAN Alliance has included Wilhelmshaven […]