Piraeus dockers return to work

The re-routing of mainline vessels via the Cape of Good Hope has led to a significant downturn in vessel call capacity at East and Central Mediterranean hub ports.

Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has joined the PortChain Connect network and will use the system to improve berthing and planning at its facility in Greece’s largest port.

Liebherr Group has orders for two intermodal RMGs and has just placed another LPS 420 crane in the Russian market; four Vityaz double-lever cranes from SMM SevMorMontazh have recently been delivered to the same customer

APM Terminals in Los Angeles claims a container exchange record on a North American call.

The International Longshoremen’s Association has agreed a new 6-year Master Contract.

HES International has been taken over by American bank Goldman Sachs and Australia’s Macquarie Group. The Rotterdam-based dry and liquid bulk terminal operator has changed hands for €2B, according to Reuters