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Mega-Ships: Efficiency or Competition
In the past eleven years, the CAGR of global container port traffic including 2009 crisis effect showed a steady growth rate at first glance. It sounds promising that world container trade will grow at...
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Flemming Dalgaard Appointed CEO of Gulftainer; Peter Richards Transitions...
Veteran maritime industry professional Dalgaard to steer expansion of Gulftainer in high-growth global markets Peter Richards appointed to Executive Board and to lead company’s expansion in United...
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ICHCA and FEPORT join forces at global and European level to raise the...
The signed agreement with the Federation of European Private Port Operators will provide a framework for knowledge sharing and cooperation on port operations and cargo handling issues. 01.03.2016 -...
View ArticleGCT Canada selects INFORM software to optimize rail operations at GCT Deltaport
INFORM’s Rail Scheduler will optimize container handover from yard to rail as well as all remotely-operated RMG moves. GCT Canada Limited Partnership (GCT Canada), the operator of the country’s...
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PORT OF TILBURY SET FOR EXPANSION FOLLOWING MAJOR LAND ACQUISITION
Forth Ports confirms that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 152 acres of land, including a further deep water jetty, close to the East of the Port of Tilbury in Essex. The acquisition price...
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Peel Ports Great Yarmouth Wind Farm Win
Peel Ports Great Yarmouth has been selected as the port for construction and installation activities for ScottishPower Renewables’ £2.5 billion East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm. Up to £5 million will...
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APM Terminals Completes Acquisition of Grup Maritim TCB
The Hague, Netherlands - APM Terminals has completed the USD 1 billion acquisition of Spanish Grup Maritim TCB’s port and rail interests. APM Terminals has yet to receive approval for three of 11...
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Gulftainer Registers 4% Growth in Container Volume across Global Portfolio in...
Recording impressive 9% spike in container volume, company’s UAE terminals in Khorfakkan and Sharjah emerge strongest performers in 2015 Launch of operations in Lebanon in 2016, tripling of container...
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Bigger ships than ever call at the Port of London as trade increases
The Port of London saw larger ships than ever calling last year as the tonnage of cargo handled at Thames terminals climbed to 45.4 million tonnes (up 2% on 2014). PLA chief executive, Robin Mortimer...
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Attracting Generation Y - not as easy as it sounds
The manufacturing and maritime industries have a problem: young workers no longer view them as highly attractive employment opportunities. What can be done? Plenty, says Senior Executive Search...
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Indonesia looks to Antwerp for expertise to develop its infrastructure
The Indonesian government has ambitious plans for major infrastructure projects in the near future in order to give a massive boost to the country’s economy, already the largest in South-East Asia. Its...
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Liverpool2 will be one of Europe’s most modern and advanced semi-automated...
UK Shipping Minister Robert Goodwill MP has welcomed the investment being made by Peel Ports during a visit (10 March 2016) to the company’s Liverpool2 container terminal. Once open later this year,...
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DP WORLD ANNOUNCES STRONG FINANCIAL RESULTS
EPS grows 31% in 2015 driven by EZW acquisition and robust like-for-like growth Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 17, 2016: Global trade enabler DP World today announces strong financial results from...
View ArticleBuss Port Logistics Expands Activities in Turkey
Hamburg, March 22nd, 2016. Logistics experts Buss Port Logistics – with their German/Turkish joint venture BussErk – were able to secure yet another contract in southeastern Turkey. Up to 2.5 million...
View ArticleMetrans Improves Connection to Turkey
Metrans, the rail subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), is the first company to serve the Halkali terminal in Istanbul, thereby improving its connection to the strong economic region of...
View ArticleBolloré Group announce merger of historical transport and logistics...
After the publication of its results on 24 March 2016, the Bolloré Group announced that it would begrouping together its historical transport and logistics businesses under the same brand:...
View ArticleTriunfo upgrades Rio de Janeiro terminal with Reais102M facelift
Brazil’s Ports Minister Helder Barbalho this week signed a contract authorising the Go Ahead for Triunfo Logistica to spend nearly Reais102million (US$28.26 million) on expanding and improving their...
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APM Terminals announces new port investment in the Kingdom of Morocco
Port operator APM Terminals to develop a new transshipment terminal in Tangier with an annual capacity of five million TEUs. APM Terminals MedPort Tangier will become operational in 2019, serving...
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Industry’s first cloud-based solution for port agents launched by Softship
Softship - the global provider of liner and agent software applications – announces the launch of the industry’s first cloud-based, comprehensive solution designed specifically for port agents....
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Argentinian Power Plant Operator opts for technology from Terex Port...
AES Argentina Generacion S.A. orders world’s first Terex® Gottwald Model 2 portal harbour crane Düsseldorf, Germany, 5 April 2016 –Terex Port Solutions (TPS) achieves another success in South America....
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