Manila-headquartered port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has officially inaugurated the expansion of its Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT) on the Black Sea coast in Georgia. The expansion involves both the waterside and landside areas of the multipurpose terminal and is aimed at optimizing the handling of existing cargo flows and adding extra […]
The Port of Oakland has announced the completion of a USD 67 mln waterfront expansion, as TraPac marine terminal opened its new berth for containerships. This marks the accomplishment of a 2-year project at Oakland’s second-largest terminal. As a result of the expansion, a third 1,400-foot-long (427m) berth was added to cater for mega container […]
Dragados, Spain’s leading infrastructure construction company, part of ACS Group, has been contracted to design and construct the expansion of Vancouver container terminal in British Columbia, Canada, informs The Construction Index. The works will be realized at the terminal operated by DP World. It is located in central Vancouver and is one of the three […]
The port of Huelva, Spain, plans to invest EUR 113 mln in 2019 to improve its infrastructure. According to the port’s press service, the Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Huelva at its session in late December approved the 2019 business plan, which specifies the commitment to economic diversification, new cargoes and a […]
A new multipurpose terminal for handling containers and petroleum products near Venice, Italy, has been designed by the Italian company VGate Srl and submitted to the Italian Environment Ministry for evaluation, writes InforMare. The project outlines a facility 2.3 km offshore the port of Chioggia in the North Adriatic Sea, connected with the land by a […]
In mid-November, the first Indian inland waterway terminal was opened on the Ganga river in Varanasi, 780km east of Delhi. The terminal was officially inaugurated by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the first of four multi-modal terminals currently under construction on the National Waterway-1 (river Ganga) as part of the World Bank-aided Jal Marg […]
Puerto Quequen, Argentina, starts constructing a facility to handle wind turbines, which later on will be converted into a container terminal. The port on the southeast of the Buenos Aires province is to receive the wind turbines already in early 2019. These will be shipped from Asia for wind farms Vientos Necochea, Vientos Miramar and […]
NSW Ports, the Australian investment consortium managing ports and terminals of New South Wales, announced its plans to invest in on-dock rail infrastructure capacity at each of the three container terminals at Port Botany, ultimately increasing the port’s rail capacity to 3 mln TEU. The investment will be staged, with stevedores being required to invest […]
MSC intends to buy out the shares of Gruppo Investimenti Portuali (GIP), its partner in the new container terminal under construction in the Italian port of Genoa, and thus to consolidate 100% of the terminal, informs The MediTelegraph. Not so long ago, in June 2018, the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority managing the Genoa port […]
The Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), India, is ready to expand its container terminal, informs The Hindu. The project involves an investment of INR 633 crore (apprx. USD 90 mln) and is expected to commence by the year end or early 2019. The Visakhapatnam Port, which is located on India’s east coast in between Chennai and […]
