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Greece Asks Investors to Improve Bids for Thessaloniki Port Sale

Apr 07, 2017

Greece's privatisation agency (HRADF) asked on Friday for improved financial bids from shortlisted investors seeking to buy a majority stake in its second-largest port.Athens got last month three offers for the sale of a 67 percent stake in Thessaloniki Port…

India to Establish Multimodal Terminal in Jharkhand

Apr 06, 2017

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of the multi-modal terminal at Sahibganj, Jharkhand.  The terminal at Sahibganj is an important component of the Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) for the augmentation of the navigation…

Thessaloniki Completes 20 Years as EcoPort

Apr 06, 2017

EcoPorts, the main environmental initiative of the European port sector, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.  The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has published an interview with the Port of Thessaloniki, one of the first ports in the EcoPorts Network…

CMA CGM Strengthening EURAF 5 Services

Apr 06, 2017

CMA CGM has announced the strengthening of its position on Europe > West Africa route by becoming vessel operator on its current service EURAF 5. Effective April 5th, 2017, CMA CGM operates 2 vessels on EURAF 5 between North Europe and West Africa South Range…

Tradepoint Atlantic Inks License Deal with Host Terminals

Apr 06, 2017

Tradepoint Atlantic, a 3,100-acre multimodal global logistics center in Baltimore, Maryland, that features an unmatched combination of access to deepwater berths, railroads, highways, and storage space today announced an exclusive, 10-year agreement…

Somalia's Puntland: P&O Ports Wins Bossaso Concession

Apr 06, 2017

Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said on Thursday that Dubai's government-owned P&O Ports had won a 30-year concession worth $336 million to expand and manage its Bossaso port.'This investment is a huge undertaking in Puntland and…

Port of Vancouver USA Tonnage Breaks 7mln Mark in 2016

Apr 06, 2017

For the first time in its 105-year history, the Port of Vancouver USA has recorded more than 7 million metric tons of cargo across its docks.  The port recorded 7.49 million metric tons in 2016, nearly eight percent more than the 2015 record of 6…

AAPA Elects Cernak As Board Chairman

Apr 05, 2017

At its 2017 Spring Conference today, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)—the unified and recognized voice of seaports in the Americas—elected Steve Cernak, chief executive and port director for Broward County, Fla.’s Port Everglades…

Port of Hamburg Consolidates Role in Austria

Apr 05, 2017

With record total volume of 296,000 TEU in 2016, the Port of Hamburg remains Austria’s most important trading partner in containerized shipping.  Alexander Till, Manager of the Port of Hamburg Representative Office in Vienna, is convinced…

SC Ports CFO Hughes Retires

Apr 05, 2017

South Carolina Ports Authority announced the retirement of Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration (SVP)/Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Peter Hughes, effective at the end of the 2017 fiscal year. Stan Van Ostran, former Vice…

Reducing Risk of Bulk Cargo Liquefaction

Apr 05, 2017

The London P&I Club, working in co-operation with leading classification society Bureau Veritas and its casualty and salvage subsidiary TMC Marine, has produced an operational guide designed to reduce the risk of liquefaction in potentially volatile bulk cargoes such as ore fines and concentrates…

APM Could Exit Tacoma

Apr 04, 2017

APM Terminals Tacoma has received notification from Matson, Inc., its main customer, that Matson does not intend to renew its current terminal services agreement after its expiration on December 31, 2017.  Accordingly, APM Terminals is evaluating…

Connecting Ships, Ports and People

Apr 04, 2017

The theme for World Maritime Day 2017 'Connecting ships, ports and people', provides an opportunity to highlight the value of integration in the maritime and logistics sectors.  The theme has particular resonance for International Maritime Organization (IMO)'s Facilitation Committee…

APM Ready for Business at Lazaro Cardenas

Apr 04, 2017

The President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, joined by the Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen, inaugurated APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas, Latin America’s most technologically-advanced container terminal, with the capacity to receive…

Singapore, Japan to Collaborate in Development of Ports

Apr 03, 2017

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the Ports and Harbours Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism of Japan (MLIT) at the sideline of the International Symposium on LNG bunkering in Yokohama…

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