…slicing up the Iraqi pie

AD Ports Group joins forces with Iraq’s General Company for Ports to develop Al-Faw Grand Port, poised to offer a strategic alternative to the Suez Canal.

The Port of Umm Qasr recently welcomed the first direct freight service between the United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

Doha-based Milaha is to extend its existing weekly Qatar/Kuwait feeder service to Iraq.

Katoen Natie has accused Mediterranean Shipping Company of wanting to “interfere” with its wish to sell the 80% stake it currently holds in Montevideo-based Terminal Cuenca del Plata

According to a report by Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry, freight volumes in the Russian Arctic Ocean could rise to 80 Mtpa by 2030

Container volume through the busiest harbour in the US will exceed 16M TEU in 2017.