All Maersk articles
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NewsAll eyes on Tecon 10, Santos
The new TECON 1O container terminal concession is seen as a major prize to win. The bidders are lined up but will the concession process go ahead as planned? Opinions are divided
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NewsBouncing back
DPW Santos has bounced back from the loss of CMA CGM traffic and is implementing an investment programme that will realise a major capacity upgrade. Rob Ward reports
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NewsPanama dispute intensifies
The Republic of Panama is trying to oust the Panama Port Company, a CK Hutchison subsidiary, from its Balboa and Cristobal container terminal concessions but PPC clearly has no intention of leaving quietly
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NewsMega carriers on the backfoot
With more twists and turns than a mile-long corkscrew, the tender for the prestigious Tecon Santos 10 container terminal has witnessed a couple more key developments since we last visited the process
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NewsOakland Port joins whale initiative
The Port of Oakland is to become ambassador to a whale protection programme, encouraging vessels to reduce speed
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NewsNigeria rethink required
Nigeria’s port development policy is heading down the wrong road. Favouring inner city port upgrade over new port development is seen to be a misguided strategy, in more ways than one
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NewsNigeria rethink required
Nigeria’s port development policy is heading down the wrong road. Favouring inner city port upgrade over new port development is seen to be a misguided strategy
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NewsFull steam ahead
This is the year that promises to bring to the market the STS 10 container terminal opportunity in Santos, Brazil – the so-called jewel in the crown in Brazil’s port privatisation programme. Rob Ward assesses the project parameters and prospects
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NewsEmbracing reefer trade
The West Coast of South America is a key part of the reefer supply chains providing many different products to global markets. AJ Keyes assesses why Chile and Peru are so integral to these trade lanes
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NewsMedPort Expansion in Final Stages…
APM Terminals is ramping up operations at its MedPort Tangier facility in Morocco by confirming the final part of its 2 million TEU expansion. The expansion means that the terminal can offer a total capacity of 5.2 million TEU per annum.
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NewsSouth Africa: Falling behind
Hans Ole Madsen, senior vice president, ICTSI, highlights the brake that is being applied to the South African economy via the ‘spurious’ challenge from Maersk to the award of the concession for Durban Container Terminal Pier 2 to ICTSI
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NewsBrave new world
Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) have both announced new operating plans for 2025. AJ Keyes looks at their aims and asks whether Gemini is taking the industry down a blind alley, or will it actually generate super-hubs? Or is MSC’s choice a better one?
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News2. Durban truths told
In round one of a legal challenge APMT/Maersk has halted the award of Durban Container Terminal 2 to ICTSI but it is not over yet with ICTSI telling some home truths and identifying the solvency issue at the heart of APMT’s challenge as irrational
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NewsSouth Korea completes first ship-to-ship methanol bunkering
South Korea has successfully conducted its first ship-to-ship methanol bunkering at Busan New Port
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NewsCMA CGM set for takeover of Santos Brasil operations
After one of the longest courtships in port terminal history, involving many suitors, it looks like Santos Brasil will finally be taken over by French based liner company CMA CGM, for an initial outlay of around US$1.12BN and an eventual cost of approximately US$2.26BN.
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NewsCalifornian ports launch EV charging microgrids
Microgrids could prove the answer to delays in implementing full-scale electric vehicle charging at ports
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NewsWorld’s largest methanol ship in action
The the 16,592 teu Antonia Maersk is now in regular service between Gothenburg and Asia
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NewsWill Gemini’s shuttle network survive FMC scrutiny?
The USA’s Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has requested additional information regarding the global operational alliance between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd.
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NewsEcuador: Harmony sought
The turbulence now prevailing in Ecuador – spanning economics, business agility, security and other issues - is mirrored in the country’s maritime port sector
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NewsBrazil: terminal sales?
There is a lot of talk in Brazil about terminal sales but so far that is it all it amounts to albeit well informed talk. Rob Ward identifies the players and actions to-date
