Zim to add Vietnam to ZMP service
NewsHaifa-based Zim Integrated Shipping Services is to schedule direct calls at Cai Mep in southern Vietnam to its Zim Mediterranean Premium (ZM...
Westports increases container tariff
NewsAverage increase of 13% on “key container tariff items” to take effect from 1 March 2019....
Mobicon straddle carriers for Port Klang operator
NewsMobicon recently delivered four Mobicon top frame straddle carriers to Northport Container Terminal in Port Klang, Malaysia...
Northport signs concession extension
NewsThe Port Klang Authority (PKA) and Northport (Malaysia) Bhd have signed a 30-year extension of the concession agreement covering Northport a...
Paceco lands Hawaii and Klang
NewsPaceco’s parent company Mitsui E&S will build three new STS cranes for Matson’s Sand Island Terminal in Honolulu and upgrade three exist...
Port Klang verdict
NewsIn April, a Malaysian court considered the validity of an insurance claim under a marine cargo all-risk policy for damages to a continuous s...
The battle of the Asean hubs
NewsA range of interconnecting factors is fuelling growing competition between Asean ports, particularly among the regional hubs....
The rise and rise of Indochina
NewsThe Indochinese peninsula of South East Asia continues to develop as a low-cost manufacturing hub....
Transhipment swings and roundabouts
NewsTranshipment activity may be slowing down as operational, commercial and fiscal factors combine to make the concept less efficient and accep...
More pressure on Suez
NewsThe Suez Canal is continuing to lose business to the Cape of Good Hope route. The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) lost out to the longer route wh...
Massive expansion planned for Malaysia
NewsMalaysia’s two main container ports, Port Klang and Port Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), are to be expanded. While the moves reflect the country’...
India liberalises box cabotage
NewsThe Indian Government is liberalising the country’s cabotage laws further, with the latest initiative targeted at the container shipping s...
Carriers to exit Oceania trades
NewsA combination of intense competition, modest cargo volumes, massive over-tonnaging and falling freight rates is resulting in a number of ope...
Asian ports powering box growth
NewsOverall, the first six months of 2015 saw container ports located in Asia increase their share of global container handling activity, while ...
Northport upgrades
NewsPort Klang terminal operator Northport has awarded Malaysia’s Muhibbah Engineering the contract to upgrade its Container Terminal 4 (CT4)...