TCP Montevideo sale offer withdrawn
NewsKatoen Natie has accused Mediterranean Shipping Company of wanting to "interfere" with its wish to sell the 80% stake it currently holds in ...
Russia looks to increase NEA traffic
NewsAccording to a report by Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry, freight volumes in the Russian Arctic Ocean could rise to 80 Mtpa by 2030...
Ethiopia looks to Port Sudan
NewsThe Ethiopian goverment wants to set up the country's use of Port Sudan on the Red Sea...
The battle for supremacy
NewsIn the West African port sector, Ghana is on the rise, while terminal development in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has stalled....
Katoen Natie out of Montevideo
NewsKatoen Natie has announced it is to put its entire Uruguayan operations up for sale. This includes the 80% stake it holds in Terminal Cuenca...
Developing a larger gateway role
NewsThe idea of a ‘southern gateway’ is gaining traction in Italy....
FSDEA invests in Caio
NewsFundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA), Angola’s sovereign wealth fund, is investing approximately US$180M in the new deepwater port being built...
Singapore holds the line
NewsThe Port of Singapore handled 30.59M TEU in 2016, virtually unchanged on 2015, with throughput falling by just 0.1%....
Hill International for TangerMed
NewsHill International has been awarded the contract to project manage and supervise the construction of APM Terminals’ MedPort Tangier contai...
Autos boost for Monfalcone
NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) and DB Cargo (DB) have signed a contract to develop a joint venture multimodal logistics hub, “Medite...
Capacity boost at Umm Qasr
NewsTrade with Iraq is increasing despite significant political and economic uncertainties, and the opening of a new container terminal suggests...
Tanger-Med II to be automated
NewsAPM Terminals has announced orders for 12 remote-controlled Ship-STS cranes and 32 ARMGs to equip its new 5M TEU/year MedPort Tangier facili...
Hyperloop One MoU with DP World
NewsThe collaboration is for feasibility studies to analyse the value of using Hyperloop systems to move containers from ships docked at Jebel A...
Border problems for Chile
NewsBolivian and Chilean offi cials are arguing over the 1904 bilateral treaty rights and obligations, with allegations that this “pact of pea...
Evergreen’s first voyage through expanded Panama Canal
NewsEVER LAMBENT, an 8452 TEU containership owned by the Evergreen Group, passed through the expanded Panama Canal on 9th July...