CONTAINER TERMINALS

Shippers eye new routes to market as port of Melbourne fees skyrocket

Spiralling terminal access fees at the port of Melbourne are forcing cargo owners to consider alternative shipping routes, according to the Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA).
The controversial fees, also known as “port infrastructure” charges, have angered local trucking firms and shippers since the port’s terminal operators began a series of “exponential” increases in March 2017.
For example, according to the Victorian Transport Association (VTA), the fees truckers must pay in Melbourne …

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Threat to growth in global container port throughput at highest level ever

Container terminal operators are facing higher risks than at any time in the industry’s history, according to a new report.
And Container Terminals: Paths to Profitability suggests future investment by operators and investors will need to be more carefully considered than ever before.
The 221-page report by industry veterans Remco Stenvert and Andrew Penfold says many of the risks the industry faces are “beyond the control of operators”.
“The container port and terminal business …

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Ceva and CMA CGM unveil cross-border service for ocean boxes in Asia

Ceva’s new box line shareholder is starting to think vertically: CMA CGM announced today it would join it to launch a cross-border service for ocean freight containers used by customers in Thailand and Laos. 
In a bid to cut emissions, as well as being more convenient for customers, containers will no longer have to return to their origin, but can be left at a newly expanded CMA CGM container depot operated by Ceva, …

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Major Indian port plans to develop two container terminals

V.O.C Chidambaranar Port Trust has planned to develop two container terminals in the port soon.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday on the sidelines of a ‘Shipping Summit’ in which various stakeholders in the industry participated, Chairman T.K. Ramachandran said that the port had seen an increase in container traffic, while it had witnessed a downfall in bulk cargo traffic this year.

Commissioner of Customs K. Diwakar said that the revenue in the current year would slide to around ₹3,800 crore...

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Kalmar to equip Buenos Aires terminals

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed an agreement with Exolgan S.A. to supply a total of four rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) with hybrid drivelines for its container terminal in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The order, which also includes the supply of a spare parts package for the machines, was booked in Cargotec’s 2018 Q4 order intake with delivery scheduled to take place in late 2019.

The Exolgan terminal in Buenos Aires is a general cargo and container-handling port terminal with strategic...

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EU finds no aid given to container terminals by Antwerp port (Reuters)

The European Commission said on Friday (Nov. 23) it had concluded that deals struck between the state-owned Port of Antwerp and two container terminals operating there did not involve state aid.

The port, which is fully owned by the city of Antwerp, concluded 42-year concession agreements with operators PSA Antwerp NV [PSAIN.UL] and Antwerp Gateway NV [DPWRD.UL] in 2004 for container shipments.

The agreements were similar to the contracts awarded to other container terminal operators and included...

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Vinalines plans two more container terminals

Vinalines plans $302m project as country captures production from China

Vietnam National Shipping Lines, the state-owned marine transporter known as Vinalines, won approval recently to build two large container terminals at a northern port in a 7 trillion dong ($302 million) project.

The Vinalines project will roughly double the docking space at Lach Huyen International Gateway Port, off the coastal city of Haiphong, adding to the pair of mega terminals that opened there in May. The four...

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New gate system to improve cargo movement

Improved productivity, cost savings, and environmentally smart. Those are just a few benefits of new state-of-the-art gate technology available at several container terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

As the third largest port in the U.S., handling about 3.8 million containers per year, predominately to a local market, the efficiency and productivity of drayage truck operations are critical to the port. Each of the port’s major container terminals (APM Terminals, GCT Bayonne, GCT...

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Vinalines to build container terminals at Lach Huyen Port

Vinalines is seeking approval from the government for building two container terminals at Lach Huyen Port in northern Hai Phong City.

Nguyen Canh Tinh, director of the state-run Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines), said its subsidiary, Haiphong Port JSC, would build terminals No.3 and No.4 at the port.

He said the Haiphong Port JSC used to work mainly at Hoang Dieu terminal, which has now been taken over for the construction of an urban area, and so new terminals are needed in its place.

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