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GMP Terminal de France Contracts Kalmar for Capacity Expansion

Aug 30, 2018

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a contract to heighten four ZPMC ship-to-shore (STS) cranes operated by Generale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP), a joint venture between DP World and Terminal Link (CMA-CGM), located in the port of Le Havre…

APM Terminals Uses Drones

Aug 30, 2018

At APM Terminals' inland services facilities in San Antonio and Santiago, Chile, safety supervisors previously monitored activities on the ground. Now the latest technology is enabling their work to be done more effectively and safely.APM Terminals…

Logimatic Appoints Regional Manager

Aug 30, 2018

Effective August 13, 2018, Alfred Verzijl joins Danish engineering and software firm Logimatic as Regional Manager of the Singapore office as a part of Logimatic’s international growth strategy. Stepping up the expansion of the fleet management…

New Hands at the Helm for GAC Sweden

Aug 30, 2018

The GAC Group has appointed industry veteran and current Chair of the Swedish Shipbrokers Association, Johan Ehn, as Managing Director of its operation in Sweden. Ehn started his career in shipping in 1989 when he joined Swedish Maritime AB…

China Constructs New Terminal in Suez Canal

Aug 29, 2018

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) began the main phase of the construction of a new terminal basin in Sokhna Port south of the Suez Canal northeast of Egypt, said he state media Xinhua.According to the report, the project was assigned…

Capesize Rates at 7-week Low as Baltic Index Falls

Aug 29, 2018

Capesize rates marked its lowest in 7-weeks as the Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell on Wednesday.The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels…

Port Emissions Fall Even as Cargo Rises

Aug 29, 2018

The Port of Long Beach is continuing to outperform 2023 clean air goals for diesel particles and sulfur oxides, even while cargo volumes have jumped to record levels, according to a comprehensive study of Port-related air pollution emissions…

NAPA Brings Digital Logbooks Within Reach of More Ships

Aug 28, 2018

NAPA, the maritime software, services and data analysis provider announced that its industry-benchmark electronic logbook, NAPA Logbook, is now available as a monthly service solution.According to media release, this reduced barrier to entry…

Hyundai Merchant Marine Cargo Processing at Busan Port Hits Record

Aug 28, 2018

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) announced that its cargo processing at Busan Port for January to July 2018, has hit a new record.Processed cargo during the first seven months of this year reached 1,157,980 TEU, an increase of 14.3 percent year-over-year…

DNV GL Rolls-out Cloud Shore Monitoring Module for Navigator Port

Aug 28, 2018

DNV GL is launching a completely renewed Shore Monitoring module for Navigator Port. Installed on more than 2500 vessels, Navigator Port is the industry's leading port clearance solution.With a strong focus on the user experience, this module…

JAXPORT Tallies Record Box Volumes in July

Aug 28, 2018

The Port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT) sad it recorded its best ever July container volumes, with total container movements increasing 17 percent over the same period last year. Nearly 97,250 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) moved through JAXPORT in July 2018…

Indian Port Rail Corporation to Begin New Railway Line Project

Aug 27, 2018

Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Railways and state governments of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra will enter into a pact tomorrow for implementing a new Indore- Manmad Railway Line Project.The project will be implemented…

Cosco Shipping Ports Net Profit Soars by 70.1% for H1 2018

Aug 27, 2018

Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP), one of the world’s largest container terminal operators, said despite the the US-China trade war, as it posted a 70.1 percent jump in adjusted profit for the first six months ended 30 June 2018.'2018 is a year full of challenges…

Kalmar Bags Chinese Reachstacker Order

Aug 27, 2018

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received an order from China Railway Ürümqi Group Co., Ltd. to supply a total of 10 reachstackers. This order has been booked into Cargotec's second quarter 2018 order intake, with delivery scheduled to take place in the third quarter of 2018…

Container Overbooking Causing Delays for Brazil Exports -Maersk

Aug 27, 2018

Brazilian exporters are facing delays shipping goods transported in containers, including coffee and cotton, due to overbooking, the world's largest container shipping company, A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, said on Monday.In a report on its operations in Brazil…

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