Following the topic of the vital role that IT technology plays in the modern ports’ life, which was stressed by the recent cyber-attacks on the ports of Barcelona and San Diego, we cannot pass by the situation at Felixstowe and the vast consequences it is provoking in other UK and European ports. In mid-June, the […]
On 1 October 2018, Vladivostok Sea Commercial Port (VSCP) received two new Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes for its container terminal, informs the port’s press service. The cranes were acquired within the investment program of modernisation of the port’s operational facilities and are scheduled to be put into operation on 24 December 2018. VSCP is located on the […]
In December 2017, Transnet SOC Ltd ordered seven Liebherr Reachstacker LRS 545 for its container terminal in Durban, South Africa. The machines were dispatched from the manufacturing site in Sunderland, Great Britain, in February and thanks to the professional on-site assembly by qualified Liebherr service engineers in Durban, all seven units were put into operation […]
Hutchison Ports Pakistan, the country’s first deep-water container terminal, has set a new vessel handling record for the port of Karachi, having handled 5,862 moves in just over 27 hours while servicing the 8,652 TEU Hyundai Brave. During the vessel’s stay, the terminal achieved a vessel operating rate of 212.16 container moves per hour and […]
Noatum Terminal Malaga has launched a rail service for import/export containers between Madrid and the port of Malaga, Spain. The new service was initiated following the decision of Noatum Terminals, the terminals operating division of Noatum Maritime, to engage in local container traffic, informs the company’s press service. Having invested in additional equipment to handle […]
Colombo Port has been ranked the fastest growing container port out of the world’s 30 largest ports by throughput in 1H 2018, informs Lanka Business Online quoting the latest Alphaliner Monthly Monitor. The Port of Colombo recorded a 15.6% growth by handling 3,415,298 TEU in the first half of 2018, as compared to the same […]
The Port of Newcastle (PoN), Australia, has disclosed the explicit interest on the part of global port operators to develop a container terminal at the port, informs The Newcastle Herald. According to Craig Carmody, Port of Newcastle CEO, the port has received a number of “unsolicited bids” in the weeks since potential operator DP […]
The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Algeciras (La Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahia de Algeciras, APBA), Spain, last week approved the basic conditions for Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTI Algeciras) to use the Phase B land plot of Isla Verde Exterior in order to expand TTI’s operations in the port. According to the […]
The growth of container traffic at Russian ports, although still in double digits, is slowing down in 2018. According to the Association of Russian sea commercial ports, during the first 6 months of the current year the container throughput of all Russian ports was 2.5 mln TEU, which is 11.6% up from the last year’s […]
Kerry Logistics, Asia’s leading 3PL service provider, announced this week the signing of a memorandum of understanding between its member company Globalink and Anaklia City JSC to develop the Anaklia Deep Sea Port and Special Economic Zone on Georgia’s Black Sea coast. Scheduled for opening by the end of 2020, Anaklia is expected to become […]
