2012 ‣ WorldCargo News

Singamas issues profit warning

News29 Dec 2012

Hong Kong-listed Singamas Container Holdings, the world’s second largest container manufacturer, has warned that it expects to record a si...

US ports strike averted for now

News29 Dec 2012

A shutdown of East and Gulf Coast ports has been narrowly avoided...

Tex adds more to owned fleet

News29 Dec 2012

Textainer, the world’s largest container lessor by fleet size, has acquired a 50.1% interest in TAP Funding Ltd, a Bermuda company that ow...

Yildirim Group acquires Rotaport

News29 Dec 2012

The acquisition continues the group's policy of expansion in the shipping and ports industry...

Antwerp logs 183.8 Mt in 2012

News27 Dec 2012

The Port of Antwerp provisionally handled 183.8 Mt of freight during 2012, 1.8% less than in 2011...

TOTE orders 3100 TEU LNG-fuelled container ships

News24 Dec 2012

The new vessels are claimed to be the largest container ships yet ordered with LNG engines...

Cavotec books more MoorMaster deals

News24 Dec 2012

The latest contracts for the automated vacuum mooring system include the first orders in the Netherlands...

Béjaïa handles millionth TEU

News24 Dec 2012

Portek-operated Béjaïa Mediterranean Terminal has handled its one millionth TEU after just six years...

Genoa posts 2M TEU

News24 Dec 2012

Container traffic over Italy's biggest sea port has grown by 11.5% during 2012...

Buss parked at Steinwerder for four more years

News24 Dec 2012

The extension of Buss group's two leases at the Steinwerder area in Hamburg until the end of 2016 mean that the port authority has pushed ba...

Rotterdam faces labour disruptions

News21 Dec 2012

A series of work stoppages could commence on Friday, 28 December, Rotterdam's traditional "Harbour Day"...

DNV and GL to merge

News20 Dec 2012

Two of the world’s largest classification societies, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL) are to merge under the name DNV ...

Kalmar wins ECH deal in Charleston

News20 Dec 2012

Kalmar has won a contract to supply two ECH mast trucks to South Carolina State Ports Authority by offering the best warranty terms...

ConGlobal acquires RCS

News20 Dec 2012

ConGlobal Industries Inc (CGI), North America’s largest container depot operator, has reached an agreement to acquire the business and ass...

Konecranes simplifies company structure

News19 Dec 2012

The company is being reorganised as from January 1, 2013 to improve accountability, clarity, speed, and cost efficiency. This will also chan...

Gothenburg to build new logistics centre

News19 Dec 2012

The 2.4-ha facility, representing an investment of €17.3M, will be leased to DB Schenker Sweden...

Singamas issues profit warning

US ports strike averted for now

Tex adds more to owned fleet

Yildirim Group acquires Rotaport

Antwerp logs 183.8 Mt in 2012

TOTE orders 3100 TEU LNG-fuelled container ships

Cavotec books more MoorMaster deals

Béjaïa handles millionth TEU

Genoa posts 2M TEU

Buss parked at Steinwerder for four more years

Rotterdam faces labour disruptions

DNV and GL to merge

Kalmar wins ECH deal in Charleston

ConGlobal acquires RCS

Konecranes simplifies company structure

Gothenburg to build new logistics centre

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DP World investment jeopardised by UK government snub

First trains depart on Tanzanian SGR

Melbourne Truck drivers take concerns to DP World

Kings of the Netherlands and Belgium open New Lock in Terneuzen

Maritime Single Window underway in Georgia