December, 2015 ‣ WorldCargo News

China Merchants acquires Sinotrans and CSC

News31 Dec 2015

A further round of rationalisation has taken place in China’s shipping and logistics sector with the announcement that the government has ...

Chinese fine container and car carriers

News30 Dec 2015

The Chinese Government has imposed fines on several of the world’s leading container and car carrying lines....

US container ship record

News30 Dec 2015

Los Angeles has set a new record with the call of the newly-built, 18,000 TEU capacity CMA CGM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN...

KICT sets records

News30 Dec 2015

KICT has become the first terminal in Pakistan to handle 1M TEU in a year...

"Big challenges" for freight forwarders

News29 Dec 2015

The British International Freight Association says that 2016 will see its members continuing to face numerous challenges, with some the resu...

Gulftainer: 4073 moves in one 12h shift

News29 Dec 2015

Gulftainer has reported that Khorfakkan Container Terminal completed 4073 container moves in a single 12-hour shift...

Green Port Hull "progressing well"

News29 Dec 2015

Construction work on the Green Port Hull Alexandra Dock site is progressing well and is on schedule for an early 2017 completion, Associated...

The long and the Short in Rotterdam

News29 Dec 2015

Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals BV is preparing a major expansion by acquiring the 1100m quayside of the recently closed ECT City Terminal...

Log-In seeks refinancing

News27 Dec 2015

Brazil's Log-In Logística has reportedly hired investment bank Moelis & Co to advise it on the refinancing of Reais1.9B (US$480M) in bank d...

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight record

News27 Dec 2015

Just before Christmas Eurotunnel announced that its Le Shuttle Fret service had carried its 23Mth truck since commercial services started in...

Den Hartogh set to buy Interbulk

News24 Dec 2015

The merger of Den Hartogh and Interbulk group will "create a global top three logistics services provider" for the chemicals industry. The m...

China Shipping takes stake in Busan

News24 Dec 2015

China Shipping Terminal Development has acquired a 20% equity share in the KEC Busan Container Terminal...

ZIM expands its “ZIMonitor” fleet

News24 Dec 2015

ZIM has ordered 1,9000 reefer containers designed to be equipped with its new reefer monitoring service “ZIMonitor”....

Vos Logistics tests EcoCombi XL

News24 Dec 2015

Vos Logistics has started a pilot with the two-trailer EcoCombi XL in Sweden....

Le Havre Trimodal gets going

News23 Dec 2015

Container barge traffic has got going at the Port of Le Havre's new terminal alongside the Grand Canal Maritime...

An Oscar for Gothenburg

News23 Dec 2015

APM Terminals Gothenburg has welcomed the 19,224 TEU Oscar class MSC MAYA and is working it with five cranes and close to 30 straddle carrie...

China Merchants acquires Sinotrans and CSC

Chinese fine container and car carriers

US container ship record

KICT sets records

"Big challenges" for freight forwarders

Gulftainer: 4073 moves in one 12h shift

Green Port Hull "progressing well"

The long and the Short in Rotterdam

Log-In seeks refinancing

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight record

Den Hartogh set to buy Interbulk

China Shipping takes stake in Busan

ZIM expands its “ZIMonitor” fleet

Vos Logistics tests EcoCombi XL

Le Havre Trimodal gets going

An Oscar for Gothenburg

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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