News

WORLD

WORLD

The Port of London Authority has successfully sued the master of a vessel which struck Hammersmith Bridge on the River Thames in December 2023.

30th September 2024

Pleasure boat skipper fined for bridge collision

30th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The British Ports Association has announced the nominees for the prestigious BPA Awards 2024, celebrating excellence, innovation, commitment to sustainability and leadership across the UK’s ports sector.

27th September 2024

BPA announces 2024 awards nominees

27th September 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

The Romanian government is reportedly in talks to buy Moldova’s only port. The Giurgiulești International Free Port is located at km 133 of…

26th September 2024

Moldova Port Bid

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) has been awarded US$283 million from the federal government to support…

26th September 2024

Green Gateway

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The African nation of Malawi looks is set to lease a terminal at the port of Nacal…

26th September 2024

Neighbourly Help

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Emerald Duchess has arrived on the River Tees, in the UK. The £23m dredger is…

26th September 2024

Future Proof Tees

26th September 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

A US$52 million infrastructure project to significantly improve on-dock rail capacity at the Pier 300 terminal in the…

26th September 2024

On-Dock is Go

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Good and bad news for Sri Lanka’s leading container port, Colombo. The facility ended the first half of 2024 with a 9.6% increase in transshipment cargo, due to double digit growth for…

26th September 2024

Sri Lanka struggles

26th September 2024

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Maritime construction Group Jan De Nul has been awarded two major contracts in Georgia and Kazakhstan.

26th September 2024

Jan De Nul deals aim to accelerate “middle corridor”

26th September 2024

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Significant new capacity is due on stream at the port of Chancay, Peru. For this to succeed as an investment it will require the alignment of several key factors. Andrew Penfold takes…

26th September 2024

Chancay – high risk?

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

AD Ports Group (AD Ports) has confirmed the acquisition process for Tbilisi Dry Port, making the Group the…

26th September 2024

Tbilisi Deal

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Port of Portland in Oregon has confirmed that it hopes to have a new third-party operator in place by early 2025.

26th September 2024

Portland plots to enlist a private operator

26th September 2024

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Cavotec has confirmed the successful commissioning of a MoorMaster automated vacuum mooring system at the APM Terminals (APMT) MedPort facility in Tangier, Morocco.

26th September 2024

MoorMaster in Tangier

26th September 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

Brabo, specialist provider of pilot and port services in Antwerp, Belgium, has signed a deal with…

26th September 2024

Antwerp Buys Electric

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Washington state has awarded US$26.5 million to 11 ports to electrify operations, as part of the Port Electrification Grant Program…

26th September 2024

WA State Funding

26th September 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar Corporation, the specialist provider of material handling equipment and services, and CES Srl, an Italian manufacturer of super-sized heavy-duty material handling equipment, have confirmed a new partnership. 

26th September 2024

Kalmar Corp’ and CES thinking big…

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

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…

26th September 2024

CMA CGM set for takeover of Santos Brasil operations

26th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has unveiled the Green Tug Transition Program (GTTP)…

26th September 2024

India Green Tugs

26th September 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A fleet of 20 terminal tractors has been fitted with an advanced multi-camera system to mitigate risk and improve safety at Rosslare Europort, the primary Irish port serving mainland Europe.

26th September 2024

Camera Telematics rolls out multi-camera system at Rosslare

26th September 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The St. Vincent and Grenadines Port Authority (SVGPA) has ordered a new Konecranes Gottwald ESP.7 Mobile Harbor Crane to boost container and general cargo handling capacity in the Port of Kingstown.

26th September 2024

Generation 6 mobile for ST Vincent and Grenadines

26th September 2024