Haifa makes statement on privatisation
NewsHaifa Port Company has announced further details of the government’s plans for its privatisation....
Houston gets $80 million grant
NewsFunding is for quay and yard restoration work at Barbours Cut Container Terminal...
Cagliari deadline postponed again
NewsThe deadline to submit RFPs for the concession to operate Cagliari International Container Terminal (CICT) has slipped again, this time to 3...
Fitch expects global container trade to fall 20%
NewsRatings agency predicts a 20% decline in box traffic as it downgrades DP World’s credit rating...
Record forestry load at Karlshamn
NewsA record consignment of sawn timber has left the Swedish port of Karlshamm, bound for the USEC...
Miami up 17% in January
NewsContainer throughput at Miami was up 17% in January, a welcome sign for a port that has yet to benefit from the expanded Panama canal....
Automation’s productivity problem
NewsA recent study by McKinsey & Company called The future of automated ports* concluded that port automation is not delivering on its full pote...
DP World buys back P&O Ferries
NewsDP World is re-acquiring, for a reported £322M, P&O Ferries, from its parent Dubai World...
Port of Felixstowe and DFDS boost capacity
NewsThe Port of Felixstowe and leading Danish ferry operator DFDS have agreed to increase ro-ro capacity at the port by over 40% through investm...
Brexit – whither (or wither?) now?
NewsThe UK Parliament’s emphatic rejection of PM Theresa May’s leave deal opens the question of whether another Brexit deal can be negotiate...
2M confirms Liverpool for TA4 service
NewsThe 2M shipping line alliance has confirmed that Liverpool will become a permanent call on its TA4 service connecting Europe with several US...
New Ports of Amsterdam record
NewsThe Port of Amsterdam last year handled a record 82.3 Mt, while IJmuiden handled 18.6 Mt and other smaller facilities in the the North Sea C...
Fos to have more space for empty containers
NewsThe Marseille Fos port authority (GPM de Marseille) is planning a major extension of facilities for empty containers and haulage contractors...
MAFI with repeat order for DCT Gdansk
NewsMAFI will deliver another 25 terminal tractors to Poland’s biggest container and ro-ro terminal operator...
Marseille Fos set to offer bunkering for LNG tankers
NewsWork is under way for the imminent provision of LNG bunkering facilities at Marseille-Fos following a feasibility study aimed at reducing th...