On 21 February 2018 the Propeller Club of Algeciras held its regular lunch meeting (“almuerzo coloquio”), where Laura Ferrario Barber from the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) was invited as a speaker. Mrs. Ferrario, Tramp Operations Manager at Transcoma Shipping in Tarragona, used to be the President of the Spanish National WISTA Association. […]
The illegal seizure of Doraleh port by the government of Djibouti will have minimal impact on DP World’s finances, the port operator said yesterday, as the UAE government voiced its support of the Dubai-based port operator. “There will be no material financial impact to the group as a consequence of these events,” the company said […]
Yesterday, 18 February 2018, PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) was officially inaugurated at Jawaharlal Nehru Port by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had laid the foundation stone for the terminal back in October 2015. As The Straits Times reports, the official ceremony was conducted remotely from the site of the future Navi Mumbai […]
Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT), jointly operated by Ports America and MSC’s ports arm TIL at the Port of New York and New Jersey, has recently introduced a truck slot reservation program. The new “FLEX Services” program allows terminal’s clients who pay USD 95.50 per container to be serviced first when PNCT opens at 6am. […]
Kalmar, part of Cargotec Group, will supply 9 terminal tractors to facilitate Ro-Ro operations at two Italian terminals of Onorato Armatori Group. The delivery is scheduled for Q2 2018. Milan-based Onorato Armatori S.p.A. is a leading European shipping operator providing passenger and freight maritime transportation by Moby, Tirrenia-CIN and Toremar shipping lines. The group employs […]
One of China’s largest infrastructure companies, China Railway International Group Ltd. (CRIG), is interested in investing in Anaklia Deep Sea Port project, which is being developed in Georgia on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, informs Georgia’s official news agency Agenda.ge. During its visit to this Caucasian country last week, the delegation from CRIG, […]
YILPORT Holding, the Turkish Yildirim Group’s port arm, reports a 9% increase in container throughput of all its terminals in 2017, informs the latest edition of Yilport’s corporate publication “Connection Magazine”. The overall volume of Yilport facilities grew to 4.3 mln TEU in 2017, which is 9.4% more than 3.93 mln TEU in 2016. The […]
The development of Phase 2 of Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) at the port of Umm Qasr, Iraq’s main shipping trade gateway on the Persian Gulf coast, is well underway by Philippine’s port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI). According to the company, the Phase 2 expansion will be completed in stages by Q3 2019 […]
Novotrans Group of companies, one of the largest Russian operators of rolling stock and providers of freight railway logistics, intends to build an international terminal at the Ust-Luga port to handle export grain flows, export and import of foodstuffs as well as general and bulk cargoes. The project of LUGAPORT multipurpose terminal will be presented […]
The Port Authority of Algeciras (La Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahia de Algeciras, APBA) has decided not to prolong any more the tender to build a new container terminal in the port, after the last extended term expired on 31 January 2018 and no bids have been received again, informs the APBA press service. The […]
