August, 2018 ‣ WorldCargo News

Paranaguá receives biggest containership to date

News30 Aug 2018

Hyundai Merchant Marine’s 11,000 TEU vessel HMM PROMISE establishes a new record for Terminal de Contêineres de Paranaguá...

Port of Rotterdam Authority to buy 30% stake in the Port of Pecém

News30 Aug 2018

Port of Rotterdam Authority’s shareholders, the Municipality of Rotterdam and the Dutch Ministry of Finance, have approved the port’s pa...

Erck Rickmers sells bulker fleet to Star Bulk of Greece

News30 Aug 2018

The Greek shipping company Star Bulk, owned by Petros Pappas, has bought seven bulkers from E R Capital Holding, an Erck Rickmers company, f...

New Bombardier multi-system locos for Czech rail freight company; Russian rail deals for South American companies

News29 Aug 2018

Bombardier Transportation and CD Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Czech Railways, have signed a purchase agreement for up to 50 of the newes...

Puerto Coronel stepping up in the fisheries export sector

News27 Aug 2018

Puerto Coronel, the leading port operator in Chile’s central/south region, is projecting a 30% increase in containerised shipments of fis...

Maersk is to test the Northern Sea Route

News25 Aug 2018

Maersk plans its first container ship voyage through the Arctic, with VENTA MAERSK, one of its new ice-class ships, with an intake of 3,600 ...

Gothenburg recovering in lo-lo container sector

News25 Aug 2018

Container throughput in the Swedish port increased by 19% in H1 2018 compared to last year’s strike-hit first semester, to 378,000 TEU...

DB Schenker offers online booking for land freight services – connect 4 land

News25 Aug 2018

DB Schenker’s other business units for air and ocean freight will soon be launching their own online booking systems, connect 4 ocean ...

Konecranes wins large repeat order for container cranes in Lithuania

News25 Aug 2018

Klaipedos Smelte in the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania, has placed a large repeat order with Konecranes for 10 RTGs and two STS cranes, as it b...

Georgia Ports Authority opens inland port

News24 Aug 2018

Georgia State Governor Nathan Deal, state officials and more than 350 business and civic leaders were on hand on 22nd August to open officia...

German subsidy for low carbon trucks

News24 Aug 2018

One month into its new programme to promote low carbon and/or fuel-saving trucks, Germany’s federal transport ministry has awarded a subsi...

THE Alliance to switch Germany-North Atlantic calls to Hamburg from Bremerhaven

News24 Aug 2018

The AL1, AL2, AL3 and AL4 services connecting the NAEC and Gulf with Northern Europe are set to switch from Eurogate-link terminals in Breme...

Hansa Heavy Lift weighs in with oil field carousel shipment

News22 Aug 2018

Hansa Heavy Lift has transported a giant carousel together with eight reels, weighing an aggregate 3,509 tonnes from Newcastle, UK to Lagos,...

Newcastle invites bids for box terminal

New orders for Genma

Stowage planning training in Brazil

Paranaguá receives biggest containership to date

Port of Rotterdam Authority to buy 30% stake in the Port of Pecém

Erck Rickmers sells bulker fleet to Star Bulk of Greece

New Bombardier multi-system locos for Czech rail freight company; Russian rail deals for South American companies

Puerto Coronel stepping up in the fisheries export sector

Maersk is to test the Northern Sea Route

Gothenburg recovering in lo-lo container sector

DB Schenker offers online booking for land freight services – connect 4 land

Konecranes wins large repeat order for container cranes in Lithuania

Georgia Ports Authority opens inland port

German subsidy for low carbon trucks

THE Alliance to switch Germany-North Atlantic calls to Hamburg from Bremerhaven

Hansa Heavy Lift weighs in with oil field carousel shipment

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Captain’s body found, four missing after ship sank near Taiwan

Konecranes reports higher profit, port solutions H1 order intake down 40%

NWSA calls for bids for Terminal 5 refrigerated container electrical upgrades

DP World Fremantle implements new weigh-in-motion system

Vessel detained in Haifa, seafarers abandoned in Yemen

Newcastle invites bids for box terminal

New orders for Genma

Stowage planning training in Brazil

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Captain’s body found, four missing after ship sank near Taiwan

Konecranes reports higher profit, port solutions H1 order intake down 40%

NWSA calls for bids for Terminal 5 refrigerated container electrical upgrades

DP World Fremantle implements new weigh-in-motion system

Vessel detained in Haifa, seafarers abandoned in Yemen

Fire breaks out on Maersk container ship, one crew member dead

Cape Town Container Terminal takes delivery of 15 new terminal tractors

Fire on Maersk Frankfurt nearly out

Valenciaport’s container traffic up 14% in H1

Tanker capsizes near Manila claiming one life, cargo ship sinks off coast Taiwan