Today Greece’s privatisation agency has announced that three binding bids were received yesterday for a 67% stake in the port of Thessaloniki. The offers came from Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), Dubai-based DP World and a consortium comprising German private equity firm Deutsche Invest Equity Partners, Terminal Link (a subsidiary of CMA CGM) […]
Philippines-based terminal operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) confirmed yesterday its intention to bid for a majority stake in Greece’s Thessaloniki port, writes today BusinessWorld Online. “I can confirm we are participating in the process,” Manila business newspaper quotes Christian R. Gonzalez, ICTSI Senior Vice-President and Regional Head of Asia Pacific. ICTSI budgeted a USD 240-mln […]
The container throughput of Russian sea ports in January-February 2017 has grown by 8.6% on a year-on-year basis, up to 668.27 th. TEU, TASS news agency reports the data by the Association of Russian sea ports. A 10% increase is noted in import volumes, to 292.05 th. TEU. Exports have also increased: 279.37 th. TEU, […]
Spanish dockworkers unions have called off the remaining days of the strike scheduled for March, 17, 20, 22 and 24, after the Congress rejected yesterday the new law on dock labour system reform suggested by the government. The lower house of Spain’s Parliament voted down the law, which now has a status of royal decree, […]
Spain’s dockworkers unions called off the first two days of the 9-days strike scheduled for March, 6 and 8 and expect to continue negotiations with the government on the dock labour system reform. However, the action on March, 10 as well as those every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the following two weeks are still scheduled. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has entered into a contract with Hanjin Shipping and Marine Terminals Investment Limited (MTIL) to acquire Hanjin Pacific Corporation’s 100% stake in terminals in Tokyo and Kaohsiung, announces the company’s press release. Hanjin Pacific Corporation (HPC) is owned by Hanjin Shipping (60%) and Marine Terminals Investment Limited (40%) and operates container terminals in […]
The port of Koper, Slovenia, inaugurated on Tuesday the crane rail tracks and the two new RMG cranes which are to substantially increase train loading capacity at the container terminal, as announced in its press release. The RMG technology has never been applied in Luka Koper before. The introduction of the new technology required the […]
