A machine park completely run on renewable fuels, a doubling of rail-borne freight and optimising of loading and discharge operations. These are parts of a new climate strategy launched by APM Terminals Gothenburg today. The strategy supports the Port of Gothenburg climate goal of reducing carbon...
The Panama Canal Advisory Board and Board of Directors gathered this week in Savannah, Georgia, where they discussed the Canal’s performance, strategic foresight, maritime trends and water issues, as part of their biannual meetings. The Advisory Board meets once or twice a year in Panama and/or a...
Qinhuangdao, China’s largest coal shipping port, has adopted a regulation to prevent air emissions from ships, local authorities said. The regulation, which has taken effect on December 1, stipulates that ships that emit “visible black smoke” for three minutes and above will be punished. Meanwhile,...
At the end of November, Russian Transport Week, one of Eurasia’s annual transport and logistics events, took place in Moscow. More than 4,000 leaders from the transport sector and 15 thousand visitors participate in these week-long events. The largest Latvian transit companies were also represented at 2019 Russian Transport Week.
Shipments to/from Russia form one the primary transit routes of Latvian ports,” underlines Ansis Zeltiņš, the CEO of the Freeport of Riga. As two thirds of the total...
https://container-news.com/development-russian-ports-historic-transit-routes/
Bunker fuel and other heavy distillate stocks dropped the most in a year over the past week at Fujairah in the UAE on speculation that supplies of high sulphur products are being reduced ahead of the International Maritime Organisation’s 2020 mandate, data released Wednesday by the Fujairah Oil...
Azerbaijan’s Baku International Sea Trade Port, Kazakhstan’s Kuryk and Aktau ports, as well as the reconstruction of highways and rail networks in both countries will increase the transit potential of the region, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin...
After China, in 2018 the port and trading hub Singapore was the Port of Hamburg’s second strongest partner country for seaborne container handling. The number of containers transported between the two ports reached 380,000 TEU. A total of 4.3 million tons of seaborne cargo were transported between...
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has, together with its local partners, initiated the second phase expansion of its Matadi Gateway Terminal (MGT), located 92 miles upstream on the left bank of the Congo River, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Phase 2 expansion will...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/ictsi-to-more-than-double-container-capacity-in-dr-congo/
Canada Infrastructure Bank is investing CAD 300 million in the Port of Montreal’s container terminal project.
Konecranes has signed an agreement to acquire the 50% stake in its MHE-Demag JV held by partner Jebsen & Jessen for approximately EUR 147 million. The acquisition will significantly improve Konecranes’ market position in the fast-growing Southeast Asian markets, creating further opportunities for...