APM Terminals opens Puerto Quetzal terminal
NewsGovernment leaders, diplomats, customers and guests were on hand to inaugurate APM Terminals’ new facility in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala....
Global terminal operators under pressure
NewsOnly a few global terminal operating companies (GTOs) have announced their 2016 financial results, but it looks as if competition, vessel ov...
APM Terminals completes Grup TCB acquisition
NewsAPM Terminals has completed the US$1B acquisition of Spanish Grup Marítim TCB’s port and rail interests...
Central America’s high hopes
NewsThe Central America/Caribbean basin container trades are one of only a few bright spots in the global liner shipping industry at the moment....
Progreso approves TCB deal
NewsRaúl Torre, managing director of Progreso Port Authority in Mexico, sees the recent acquisition by APM Terminals of Barcelonabased Grup TCB...
Taking the express train
NewsIntermodal rail services and inland ports are set to have a huge influence on the structure of the container shipping industry....
APMT to acquire Grup Maritim TCB
NewsAPM Terminals has reached an agreement with Perez y Cia to acquire their majority stake in the Barcelona-based Grup Maritim TCB and its mari...
TCB signs up for Castellón
NewsGrup TCB has signed a formal agreement to acquire the Castellón Multipurpose Terminal on Spain’s Mediterranean coast....
New kids on the block
NewsWhile the ‘big four’ continue to dominate the global container terminal operating business, there are signs that Chinese players, second...
Barreiro – a terminal too far?
NewsThe government of Portugal has decided that the Port of Lisbon needs a new container terminal, but does it?...
Paranaguá expansion
NewsBrazil’s TCP Paranaguá, in which Grup TCB has a stake, has obtained from national transport agency Antaq a 25-year extension to its conce...
Konecranes to TCQ
NewsTerminal de Contenedores Quetzal SA (TCQ) in Guatemala has ordered five RTGs from Konecranes. TCQ is owned by Spain’s Grup TCB. This will ...
Latin stumbling blocks
NewsDevelopments underway at latin American ports promise to overcome long-standing criticisms about inadequate facilities....
TCB starts work on Quetzal extension
NewsSpain-based International terminal operator Grup TCB has laid the cornerstone of a yard extension to Puerto Quetzal on the Pacific coast of ...