Montevideo box terminal under review

Terminal Cuenca del Plata SA (TCP), which is the main container handling facility in the port of Montevideo, Uruguay, is buying 20 hybrid straddle carriers from Kalmar. The new machines are scheduled for delivery during Q3 2024.

Uruguay’s Court of Accounts Tribunal de Cuentas – TdC) has ruled in favour of the government’s decision to create an effective monopoly in the Port of Montevideo in terms of dedicated container handling activities. Four judges ruled for and three against.

The conflict between the Port of Montevideo’s two container handlers continues, threatening a recent agreement between Belgian company Katoen Natie (KN) and the government.

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

Katoen Natie and the National Ports Administration (ANP) have referred their long-running dispute concerning TCP Terminal Cuenca del Plata to the ICSID for resolution

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