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Davao Terminal Outfits with Navis

Feb 22, 2017

Navis and Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) announced that the terminal has gone live with the Navis N4 terminal system.  Navis is a part of Cargotec Corporation and provider of operational technologies and services that unlock…

APM Terminals Boosts Investment in Port Elizabeth

Feb 22, 2017

APM Terminals has significantly increased its previously announced USD $70 million investment plans for the APM Terminals Port Elizabeth facility, and now plans an investment total of USD $200 million.  This figure includes ordering four…

Cocoa Beans Rot in Ivorian Ports as Buying Slows

Feb 22, 2017

Up to 20,000 tonnes of cocoa is rotting at Ivory Coast's ports and might not be sold as a wave of defaults by exporters has slowed buying, exporters and truckers told Reuters on Wednesday. The top cocoa producer's Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) acknowledged earlier this month that some firms…

ZIM to Add a Second Asia-Pacific North West String

Feb 22, 2017

ZIM has announced that starting April 2017 (subject to FMC approval) an additional Asia-PNW service will join the ZIM’s Asia - Pacific North West service, which was previously announced. The new service will be named Zim Pacific North (ZPN)…

Containership Deliveries: Turning A Corner?

Feb 21, 2017

Containership deliveries changed course in 2016, toppling from the record level of 1.7m TEU in 2015 to reach just 0.9m TEU, having previously increased each year between 2011 and 2015, says a report from Clarkson Research Services. If deliveries…

Spanish Dockers Call Strike over Non-union Labor

Feb 21, 2017

Spanish dock workers have called nine days of strikes to protest government plans to allow ports to hire non-unionized labor, El Pais newspaper reported on Tuesday, threatening to disrupt trade for up to three weeks from March 6. Dockers…

Enerpac Jack-Up Cuts Time for Port Container Crane Heightening

Feb 21, 2017

Jack-Up technology from heavy lifting systems specialist, Enerpac, has been used to successfully cut the time needed for port container crane heightening at Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES) in Japan. The stability of the Enerpac JS500…

HMM Acquires Four Terminals From Bankrupted Hanjin

Feb 19, 2017

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) announced that it has entered into a contract with Hanjin Shipping and Marine Terminals Investment Limited (MTIL) to acquire Hanjin Pacific Corporation’s 100% stake in terminals in Tokyo and Kaohsiung.…

Containership Fire Extinguished in South Africa

Feb 17, 2017

The joint effort undertaken by a Disaster Management team at the Port of Ngqura has helped to avert a potential maritime disaster and ultimately saved the container vessel APL Austria, which caught fire last weekend.  Transnet National Ports Authority…

Duluth Port Exec Director Receives Distinguished Service Transportation Award

Feb 17, 2017

In recognition for his leadership in the freight transportation and logistics field and contributions to leadership, mentorship and education of future leaders in private sector freight transportation, the Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) presented its 2017 William K…

HMM’s Direct Weekly ACS Service Flagged Off From Krishnapatnam Port

Feb 17, 2017

A direct weekly service of HMM’s (Hyundai Merchant Marine) ACS Service was flagged off, amid lot of fanfare, from Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal on the February 17, 2017. Inauguration of the maiden vessel call by “M.V. HYUNDAI PRESTIGE”…

Tesla Tech for DP World’s Global Ops

Feb 16, 2017

DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk have discussed potential uses of Tesla technology for DP World’s global operations in a meeting at the World Government Summit in Dubai. Topics revolved…

Gateway Distriparks CFS at Krishnapatnam Port starts Ops

Feb 16, 2017

Gateway Distriparks Ltd. (GDL) today informed that the construction of the first phase its Logistics Park & Container Freight Station (CFS) next to the Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal has been completed and after receiving all necessary statutory approvals from the Customs Department…

HMM Volume in Asia-US West Coast Up 55%

Feb 15, 2017

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM)’s Asia-USWC market share has risen to 7.5% in January 2017 - a  2.6% increase compared to the same month last year. HMM announced that its Asia-USWC volume in January 2017 has increased by 55.3% year on year…

Marler Named Port of Vancouver CEO

Feb 15, 2017

The Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 to approve terms of employment for Julianna Marler, officially installing her as CEO/Executive Director. Marler is the first female CEO in the port’s 105-year history and one of just a handful of female port CEOs in the U…

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