Cargo News


Salaya Terminal Cargo Growth up 160%

Aug 07, 2019

India's Essar Bulk Terminal Salaya Ltd (EBTSL) posted 160 percent growth in its cargo throughput for the Q1FY2020 which ended on June 30, 2019.As against 0.5 million tonnes (MT) in Q1FY19, EBTSL clocked a cargo throughput of 1.3 MT in Q1FY20…

Hapag-Lloyd Delivers Higher H1 Financials

Aug 07, 2019

Hapag-Lloyd has concluded the first half of the year 2019 with a significantly higher operating result than in the same period of the previous year. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) increased to $436 million (H1 2018: $102 million)…

Oakland Port Uncertain on Shipping Outlook

Aug 06, 2019

Uncertainty clouds the peak season container shipping outlook with more threatened tariffs on Chinese imports to the U.S. looming, said the Port of Oakland.However, the container ship facility located in Oakland, California, in the San Francisco Bay…

NWSA Issues RFP for Terminal 46 Cargo Ops

Aug 06, 2019

Terminal 46 on Seattle's working waterfrontThe Northwest Seaport Alliance is now accepting proposals for Terminal 46, a 50-acre deep-water marine terminal.Strategically located on the Seattle waterfront with convenient access to major road and rail infrastructure…

New Deal for Port of Immingham

Aug 06, 2019

Associated British Ports (ABP) announced new customers for the Port of Immingham this week as the port welcomed the first vessel in a new contract with customers Top Blue and The Fuel Trading Company.The new deal is expected to bring an extra 30…

Khorramshahr Port Throughput Rises

Aug 06, 2019

Iran's Khorramshahr Port registered a growth of 59% in general cargo loading operation during the last four months.'More than 738,483 tons of non-oil goods were loaded in the port of Khorramshahr, which shows an increase of 59% compared to the same period last year…

HMM Takes Top Spot in Schedule Reliability

Aug 05, 2019

South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) toped highest on-time performance among 15 global carriers in June.According to the ‘Global Liner Performance Report – July 2019’, issued by SeaIntelligence, HMM ranked the most reliable carrier in June 2019 with a score of 91…

Hamburg Inland Waterway Volumes Grow

Aug 05, 2019

Port of Hamburg, Germany’s biggest universal port, said that in the first three months of 2019, at 2.57 million tons, the total quantity of cargo carried by inland waterway craft between the Port of Hamburg and its hinterland achieved double-digit growth of 12…

Höegh Breaks New Record in Ennore

Aug 05, 2019

Höegh Autoliners’s RoRo services team in India handled transportation of the 28 meters long windmill blade from Ennore, India to Shanghai, China.'Sensitive cargo such as windmill blades require white-glove treatment and experienced personnel to perform the operations…

Pacific Basin Hopeful on Dry Bulkers

Aug 04, 2019

The dry bulk freight market is expected to benefit in the second half of 2019 and early 2020 from many larger ships being taken out of service for several weeks for scrubber installation, said Hong Kong-based Pacific Basin Shipping Limited.The…

Port Houston Box Volume Up 12%

Aug 04, 2019

Container volume at Port Houston surged in the first half of 2019, rising 12 percent compared to that period last year. According to the Executive Director Roger Guenther the port facilities have handled nearly 1.5 Million TEU through the first half of 2019…

Hazira Terminal Grows 22% in Q1 of 2019-20

Aug 04, 2019

Essar Bulk Terminal Ltd (EBTL), that operates the 50 million tonne per annum (MTPA) bulk terminal in Hazira, Gujarat, India said a 22 per cent growth in its third-party business during the first quarter ended 30 June 2019, on a year- on-year basis…

Chabahar Port Eyes 20% Increase in Cargo

Aug 02, 2019

Iran's Chabahar port expects 20% increase in cargo handling operations in the current year.The Director General of the ports and maritime of Sistan and Baluchistan, Behrouz Aghaei,  announced the economic, marine, technical, and maintenance priorities of the ports of the province in 2019-2020…

Chinese Port Doubles Direct Connection with Europe

Aug 02, 2019

The deep water port on the shore of the Pearl river (aka Zhujiang River), in the Nansha District in the Southern China, Port of Nansha doubled direct connection with North Europe and West Africa.The first navigation ceremony was held at the dock site on  July 28…

Savannah Port Moves Record 4.5M TEUs

Aug 01, 2019

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) announced that the Port of Savannah moved a record 4.5 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in the fiscal year that ended June 30, an increase of more than 305,000 TEUs, or 7.3 percent.“Our ports are firing on all cylinders…

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