On Saturday, 23 September 2017, Abu Dhabi Ports announced the official start of operations at Fujairah Terminals in the East coast of the United Arab Emirates. The event was celebrated at Novotel Fujairah, attended by Sheikh Saleh bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Chairman of the Board of Port of Fujairah, Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO […]
The Indian government is hopeful that the strategic Chabahar Port in Iran will be operational by the end of 2018, informs Indian NDTV quoting Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Shipping, Road Transport, Highways and Water Resources. “It will be a win-win situation for India, Iran and Afghanistan as trade and business through this route could reach […]
China’s Hebei Port Group Co., Ltd. intends to invest into development of the port infrastructure in the Russian Far East. The Group plans to construct a grain terminal in Primorsky Krai (Primorye region), informs TASS news agency. The terminal will become part of the supply chain of grain transportation from Heilongjiang province in the North […]
In December, the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai will start operating 7 new berths with depths of 15m, boosting Shanghai’s annual handling capacity up to 40 mln TEU and thus confirming its status of the world’s busiest container port, writes South China Morning Post. According to a press officer of Shanghai International Port Group, Yangshan […]
Chinese port operator China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) has announced the acquisition of an 85% stake in Hambantota Port at Sri Lanka for USD 974 mln. The Concession Agreement to develop, manage and operate the port has been reached between the company, the government of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), Hambantota International Port […]
Hamburg port community strongly opposes the results of the 5-months international ideas competition initiated in January 2017 by the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) with the view to develop the 42-hectare area Steinwerder-Süd. The competition has been won by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) with the project to construct a container terminal in that central port […]
Peel Ports Group, owner of the Port of Liverpool, has commenced the second phase of its expansion programme at Liverpool2, informs the company today. Phase 2 involves the investment in equipment and port infrastructure, which will provide Liverpool2 with the capacity to manage the unloading of two 380m vessels simultaneously. Further 3 STS cranes and […]
The ZIM Antwerp container vessel of 10,062 TEU capacity passed under the newly raised Bayonne Bridge in New York last week and called at Maher terminals in the port of New York and New Jersey, reports ZIM. ZIM Antwerp became the first vessel of such size to call the facility. To mark the historic passage, […]
The Port of Tilbury, UK, has announced the start of the formal statutory consultation on 19 June to seek further views from local communities and other stakeholders on its project known as TILBURY2. The Port of Tilbury, part of UK-based multimodal ports owner and operator Forth Ports, is the nearest deep-water port to London and one […]
The tender to construct the international sea terminal Pionersky in Kaliningrad region, Russia, has been declared void, informs PortNews agency. As we wrote last December, in view of the 2018 FIFA World Cup taking place in Russia, the state plans to build a new cruise port in Kaliningrad region, on the Baltic Sea. The facility […]
