CP moves closer to closing KCS deal
NewsCanadian Pacific Railway (CP) has received the required regulatory clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (...
Sale of Maersk Container Industry to CIMC halted due to regulator concerns
NewsAP Møller-Maersk and China International Marine Containers (CIMC) have agreed to terminate the sale and purchase agreement for Maersk Conta...
No appeal in ValparaĂso
NewsValparaĂso Port Company (EPV) has said that it is not thinking of appealing to Chile’s Supreme Court of Justice in respect of a recent ru...
The battle for Montevideo
NewsUruguay’s Court of Accounts Tribunal de Cuentas - TdC) has ruled in favour of the government’s decision to create an effective monopoly ...
Panama transparency
NewsThe Panamanian Association of Business Executives (Apede) has requested greater transparency and more analysis to be made public regarding t...
Chaos in Spain
NewsLegal action brought by the State Association of Port Operating Companies (ASOPORT) against the IV Framework Agreement for the regulation of...
Transnet McKinsey deal
NewsIn a joint statement, South African transport utility Transnet and international consultants McKinsey announced that they have reached agree...
Resistance in Mexico
NewsMexican senators have brought an Action of Unconstitutionality to the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) to try and prevent the t...
Arc7 box ship hull for NSR ice-breaking
NewsRussia’s Krylov State Research Centre (KSRC) in St Petersburg is testing a new hull design for container ships that could navigate the Nor...
Sassnitz in the firing line over sanctions
NewsThe German federal government, the state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern and the European Union have clashed with the US over a sanctions threat m...
SMM faces penalty payment to Russian government ministry
NewsRussia’s Ministry of Industrial Policy and Trade (MinPromTorg) is looking to recover some US$3.5M in penalty payments from SMM (SevMorMont...
New Jersey legal win endangers Waterfront Commission’s future
NewsThe state of New Jersey’s longrunning battle to withdraw from the Waterfront Commission has finally reached a conclusion, with a US appeal...
China likely to discontinue scrap metal imports by end of this year
NewsThe import of scrap metal into China could stop at the end of 2020. Such a move would have significant consequences for container shipping l...
Inland waterway system opening up in Ukraine
NewsThe Ukrainian Government is liberalising its inland waterway network. The objective is to encourage private investors to upgrade the country...
Set not yet set
NewsThe contract awarded to Set Port LogĂstica to handle dry bulk and general cargo, as part of a transitional agreement in the SaboĂł area of ...