CMA CGM

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Brazil’s leading box terminal operator, Santos Brasil (SB), has been boxing clever this year in tying carriers to long-term contracts as it mops up the mess caused by reduced berth capacity at…

19th April 2024

Santos brasil sweeps up new liner business

19th April 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

In early 2023 a major earthquake occurred in the region where the Turkish ports of Mersin and Iskenderun are located. AJ Keyes looks at what happened, the implications for these two ports and what…

27th February 2024

Down but not out

27th February 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Brazilian ports have been hit by a double weather whammy of both drought and flood, almost of Biblical proportions. Rob Ward charts events

24th November 2023

Brazilian blight

24th November 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Mexico’s two key Pacific Coast ports - Lazaro Cardenas and Manzanillo - are pushing on with major investments to meet new demand. Nearshoring also has the potential to accelerate growth elsewhere, A…

9th October 2023

Pacific ports push-on

9th October 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

CMA CGM has closed a deal to acquire 49 per cent of Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP) Valencia Iberian Terminal, located at the Muelle Príncipe Felipe in the Port of Valencia.

26th July 2023

CMA CGM enters port of Valencia

26th July 2023

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) has reached agreement with its shareholders…

26th July 2023

Expansion of RWG in Rotterdam is Underway

26th July 2023

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

DP World Callao, in Peru, has received the first LNG powered vessel to berth along the West Coast of South America and is promising the container terminal will be carbon neutral by…

26th July 2023

DP World Callao builds green credentials

26th July 2023

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The prospects for DP World Santos have improved with the potential demise of the Superterminal plan opening the way for new investment

26th July 2023

A new lease of life

26th July 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

It will take decades before we see the end of marine oil-based fuels and the alternative fuels, particularly LNG, may not bring the benefits touted.

9th May 2023

The challenges facing the Greening of the shipping sector

9th May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UN reports India has overtaken China as the world’s most populous country. With its potential to be a tiger economy, are India’s ports purring? AJ Keyes looks at current developments

9th May 2023

Port preparations

9th May 2023

AFRICA

AFRICA

COSCO Shipping Ports has confirmed it has signed a deal to acquire a 25 per cent stake…

18th April 2023

COSCO in Sokhna

18th April 2023

AFRICA

AFRICA

The focal point of southern African port operations has always been South Africa but stagnant development and uncertainties with regard to management and – especially – the tortuous privatisation saga suggests opportunities…

27th February 2023

South Africa: handbrake on?

27th February 2023

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The shore-based supply of electricity to power vessels when in port is steadily gaining traction – as recent developments indicate.

8th February 2023

Shore power order book momentum builds

8th February 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. has completed its first ship to shore lift height increase using the company’s new patented jacking system.

8th February 2023

New Liebherr jacking system gets busy “giraffing”

8th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Shipping profits are being squeezed and the outlook is grim. This will have a far-reaching impact on the terminal sector. Andrew Penfold forecasts what happens next

8th February 2023

Shape of things to come

8th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

AJ Keyes charts the development approaches taken in Algeciras and Tanger-Med, the rationale behind them, and the potential for liner operators to mix and match between the two facilities

15th November 2022

Mix and match strategy

15th November 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Algeciras is highly established, and Tanger- Med has successfully grown its throughout volumes to top seven million TEU per annum in the 10 years it has been operating, but is there room…

15th November 2022

Room for one more?

15th November 2022

ASIA

ASIA

CMA CGM companies in India are launching a range of digital and IT initiatives to improve supplychain activities for shippers and customers in this country’s hinterlands.

15th November 2022

CMA CGM launches digital and IT initiatives

15th November 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Straits of Gibraltar major ports of Algeciras and Tanger Med sit at the heart of Western Mediterranean transshipment activity. AJ Keyes looks at the influential liner strategies driving their evolution

15th November 2022

The pillars of Hercules

15th November 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The construction of the 1200m quay wall for the new terminal development at Khalifa Port has begun.

28th September 2022

Khalifa terminal progresses

28th September 2022