Shifting balance of ports’ power
NewsSlowing global trade and a potential change in the balance of power between UK ports make these interesting times for the nation’s main co...
Hong Kong slides again
NewsIn reporting its year-end results for 2015, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPHT) was cautiously optimistic that its Shenzhen and Hong Kong T...
Reefer monitoring takes centre stage
NewsWith Maersk going public over its remote monitoring system, and orbcomm buying WAM Technologies, ending a patent dispute in the process, the...
Environmental awareness push by leading GTOs
NewsGlobal marine terminal operators DP World, Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd, APM Terminals, PSA International and Shanghai International Port Gro...
Panamanian pulse beats harder
NewsNext year will see the new and larger locks on the Panama Canal commissioned, and potentially the beginning of a new maritime and freight lo...
Unions flex muscles over Hutchison
NewsThe conflict between Hutchison Ports Australia and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) will be high on the agenda when dockers’ trade un...
Hutchison in ITF firing line
NewsThe ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is challenging Hutchison Ports Holdings (HPH) over its behaviour at port facilities ...
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...
Sohar heading for 6M TEU
NewsOman’s northern port of Sohar is set to become a much bigger container port, with work expected to commence in 2019 on increasing its cont...
Sohar soars
NewsThe port of Sohar in northern Oman reported a more than 58% rise in its container traffic last year, handling a total of 330,663 TEU....
Italy to up its game?
NewsThe performance of Italian ports must improve if the country’s potential as a maritime and logistics hub is to be fulfi lled....
Short-term pain‚ long-term gain
NewsDespite economic difficulties in several Central and South American countries, major investment projects are underway....
Villeta goes to PTP
NewsArgentina’s PTP Group has assumed operations at the Paraguayan River port of Villeta, which is located 40 km south of the capital Asunció...
Latin stumbling blocks
NewsDevelopments underway at latin American ports promise to overcome long-standing criticisms about inadequate facilities....