Iran has recently proposed to India to manage Phase 1 of its port of Chabahar, informs India’s The Economic Times. This confirms India’s presence in this strategic gateway to landlocked Afghanistan and other Central Asian markets. Located on the southeastern tip of Iran, Chabahar is the country’s only oceanic port. As it lies outside the Persian […]
French shipping group CMA CGM and Indian port developer Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) yesterday signed a joint venture agreement to operate a new container terminal (CT4) at Mundra Port, in the Indian state of Gujarat, CMA CGM reports. The agreement implies a joint running of the facility by APSEZ and CMA CGM’s […]
Ferrol Container Terminal, Spain, owned by Yilport Holding, has marked its start of operations by receiving the first vessel call earlier this month, informs Yilport. The container vessel Enforcer of the British shipping line MacAndrews specializing in Intra-European multimodal logistics (part of CMA CGM) berthed at the terminal to discharge 90 empty containers and to […]
Philippines-based port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), in partnership with the Philippine Department of Transportation have inaugurated the development of the country´s first container Ro-Ro barge terminal in Tanza, in the province of Cavite, reported ICTSI last Friday. Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT) will be developed in line with the government’s national transport plan […]
At the recent meeting with Poland’s Minister of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation, Marek Grobarczyk, the Port of Gdansk Authority SA (PGA) has announced its plans to expand the largest Polish port and its capacity, as “a response to the accelerating growth in international trade, in which the role of the Port of Gdansk, especially in handling […]
Last week PSA International reported the arrival of 4 mega cranes to its facilities in Antwerp. The new STS cranes were manufactured by ZPMC, China, and delivered on 23 March 2017 on board heavy lift vessel MS Zhen Hua 24. Two of them are destined for PSA Antwerp’s Noordzee Terminal and two for MSC PSA […]
Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) jointly with the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine will hold “Port Infrastructure Development Day” on 4 April 2017, where it intends to present a number of projects on construction and renovation of seaports infrastructure facilities to foreign and national engineering and construction companies, reports USPA press service. The key […]
French shipping group CMA CGM and Singapore-based global container terminal operator PSA International have launched today Phase 2 of their container terminal in Singapore, thus doubling its capacity, announces the companies’ joint news release. In June 2016, a joint venture company CMA CGM-PSA Lion Terminal Pte. Ltd. (CPLT) was set up by CMA CGM and PSA […]
Egypt eyes Asian investment for a new container terminal in Port Said at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal, writes Nikkei Asian Review. The talks go on with Singapore’s PSA International but offers from other players such as China’s COSCO Shipping Ports are also considered. Mohamed Youssef, head of the Holding Company for Maritime […]
The Port Authority of Algeciras, Spain, has extended the term for submission of bids for constructing and operating the third container terminal at the port until 31 May 2017. Initially, the international public tender launched last August had the bidding deadline on 30 November 2016, but later the deadline was postponed until 31 March 2017 […]
