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Continuing unrest in Montevideo

News8 Jun 2022

Port union Supra and representatives from the Ministry of Labour have resumed talks regarding redundancies at port operator Montecon, which ...

News8 May 2021

Latest developments in the seemingly interminable row between TCP and Montecon have led MSC to state that it is following what happens "with...

News6 Jun 2017

Katoen Natie has announced it is to put its entire Uruguayan operations up for sale. This includes the 80% stake it holds in Terminal Cuenca...

News10 May 2017

Owners of the Liebherr Group visited Montevideo for the inauguration of the two largest container-handling mobile harbour cranes in the worl...

News23 Jul 2016

Liebherr has shipped two LHM 800 mobile harbour cranes from Rostock to its customer in Montevideo, Montecon, on board Jumbo Shipping's FAIRL...

News1 Mar 2016

The dispute between Terminal Cuenca del Plata (TCP), which is 80% owned by Belgium’s Katoen Natie (KN), and Montecon is still simmering. T...

News30 Sep 2015

As correctly surmised by WorldCargo News in February, the first customer for the world's most powerful mobile harbour crane is the new Port ...

News8 Apr 2015

A number of significant handling equipment orders have just been announced...

News1 Apr 2015

Montevideo terminal operator Montecon has been revealed by Liebherr to be the first operator of its giant new LHM 800 mobile harbour crane i...

News1 Sep 2013

In early September, Liebherr reported that its had sold no less than 10 units of its top-of-the-line LHM 600 mobile harbour crane design and...

News22 Dec 2011

Cargotec reports new orders for Kalmar container handling equipment in New Zealand and Uruguay...

News1 Nov 2009

Just as Argentina makes progress with a new, urgently needed container facility, local politicians have come up with a cargo tonnage tax. Fo...