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Virtual Crane Helps Liverpool Prep for Mega Ships

Aug 10, 2015

£500k investment in technology set to deliver world class operator training as Peel Ports prepares for mega ships at the Port of Liverpool In anticipation of the arrival of five of the world’s largest cranes at the Port of Liverpool this autumn…

JNPort Takes Steps to Regularise Traffic - GTI Shutdown

Aug 10, 2015

As Gateway Terminals India (GTI) (one of the private terminal at JNPort, a JV between APM Terminals (APMT) and state-owned rail operator Container Corporation of India) is facing shutdown in operations due to the strike of contractor's employees…

Adani Ports Consolidated PAT for Q1FY16 Up 13%

Aug 10, 2015

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (“APSEZ”), India’s largest port developer and part of Adani Group, today announced the financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.Consolidated cargo across all ports handled by the company was 40 MMT in Q1FY16…

Brisbane Port Picket over Sacked Workers Continues

Aug 10, 2015

A picket of Hutchison ports in Sydney and Brisbane has entered fourth day after the Maritime Workers Union vowed to continue defying a Fair Work order to cease industrial action.  The picketers say that the power to the site has been cut in a bid to move them off…

APM Terminals Acquires Reefer Terminal S.p.A.

Aug 08, 2015

APM Terminals and GF Group are pleased to announce the acquisition of 100% of Reefer Terminal S.p.A. by APM Terminals has been completed today.  Terms and price were not disclosed. Reefer Terminal, the largest refrigerated terminal in the Mediterranean for more than thirty years handling 600…

SCCT All Set for Suez Traffic Growth

Aug 08, 2015

The Suez Canal Container Terminal, located east of the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, at the convergence of the continents of Africa, Asia and Europe, is preparing for an even larger role in global trade as the expansion of the man…

Hong Kong Issues Note on Container Handling Safety

Aug 08, 2015

Hong Kong’s Marine Department has issued a reminder about safe handling of containers following the investigation into the death of a sailor on board a container vessel during cargo unloading operations.The incident occurred while containers…

Hamburg Cruise Center Names Rieger Managing Director

Aug 07, 2015

Hamburg Cruise Center (HCC), the marketing initiative for the cruise destination Hamburg, has appointed Matthias Rieger as its new managing director with effect from August 1, 2015. Rieger takes over the post from his predecessor Nadine Maraschi (née Palatz)…

Mumbai Port Registers 15% Growth

Aug 07, 2015

Continuing its record breaking performance of handling all time high cargo volume of 61.61 metric million tonnes in the preceding financial year, Mumbai Port Trust has registered an overall growth of 15% upto 31st July this year against the corresponding period in the previous year…

Hanjin Starts Calling at SOHAR

Aug 07, 2015

Sohar Port and Freezone has added South Korea’s container line Hanjin Shipping to its list of global shipping lines offering direct links to this Omani deepsea port. Hanjin started its container service to Sohar from Far East, which is…

Port Botany Workers Sacked via Text Message

Aug 07, 2015

Infuriated workers have formed picket line at Hutchison Ports in Botany, NSW after 97 employees from Sydney and Brisbane were sacked by email.  Hutchison Ports Australia operates as Brisbane Container Terminals in Queensland. Brisbane port…

Expanded Suez Canal Opening to High Hopes, Some Doubts

Aug 05, 2015

Egypt will open an expansion to the Suez Canal to great fanfare on Thursday, the centrepiece of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's plans to revitalise the country's economy after years of damaging political turmoil. Some analysts and economists say…

Adverse Weather Warning to Chilean Ports

Aug 05, 2015

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is advising that Chile’s Port Authority has issued a warning of adverse weather conditions and strong swells affecting the Chilean coast over the next two days, with a new weather front of heavy rain forecast to arrive on Thursday 6th August…

CMA CGM Vivaldi Docks at Halifax Port

Aug 05, 2015

The Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, may be getting a new lease on life with the arrival on August 3 of the CMA CGM Vivaldi at Halterm International Container Terminal.  The 8478-TEU, 334-metre long Vivaldi is the largest container vessel to berth at Halterm and on Canada’s East Coast…

Seattle and Tacoma Ports Cement Alliance

Aug 05, 2015

The port commissions of Seattle and Tacoma voted unanimously to form the Northwest Seaport Alliance, unifying the longtime rivals’ marine cargo divisions. The alliance aimed at helping the former rivals stave off growing competition, and regain market share…

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