-
A new Liebherr LHM 420 Mobile Harbour Crane was officially inaugurated in the middle of February in Passau, Bavaria. The new machine in the port of Passau is the first Liebherr Mobile Harbour Crane to comply with the new exhaust gas purification stage V.
...
-
The Marseille Fos port authority is among financial backers of a Blockchain technology pilot scheme that aims to demonstrate enhanced freight logistics on the Mediterranean-Rhone-Saone (MeRS) axis.
...
-
In the first quarter of 2019, Turkey-based YILPORT Holding ordered four high-performance Model 8 mobile harbour cranes for two terminals in Latin America. Two of the large Konecranes Gottwald cranes will begin operation in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala,...
-
DP World's Global Education Programme (GEP) for 8 – 14-year-olds features as a case study in the latest UAE Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) report. This programme is being implemented across DP World's international network of 40 countries and aims ...
-
The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Board of Directors has approved a long-term agreement with terminal operator SSA Marine for the development and operation of a state-of-the-art, $238.7 million international container terminal at JAXPORT's Blount ...
-
Cavotec has signed an agreement with a port operator to equip two berths at a terminal with MoorMaster automated mooring systems.
...
-
Resilience planning is under way and UK ports have been working constructively with the Government to explore ways to mitigate the possible cross border issues that might arise at Roll-on Roll-off ports in the short term, in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexi...
-
The Port of Tyne – one of the UK's major ports, based in North East England has become the first port to achieve The Institute of Customer Service's ServiceMark Accreditation.
...
-
Konecranes has received an order from the Thessaloniki Port Authority SA for 12 Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers. The delivery time is exceptionally short. The machines will be ready for acceptance in March 2019.
...
-
The Northwest Seaport Alliance started the year with a record-breaking month as total container volumes for January reached 326,228 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a 27.3 percent increase over last year.
...
-
During the 2019 State of the Port event, Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) CEO Eric Green announced that JAXPORT has achieved its best ever January container volumes, with total container movements increasing 16 percent over the same period last year....
-
During 2018, 398,000 TEUs were transported to or from the Port of Gothenburg by rail. The figures were strongest during the final quarter of the year when rail-borne container freight increased by 27 per cent.
...
-
Container stack No. 1 began operating at Virginia International Gateway (VIG) and in doing so signaled the end of a critical construction phase at that terminal. The end of the stack-yard work leaves only two projects to be completed before the entire $32...
-
Handling 135.1 million tons of seaborne cargoes (down one percent), Germany's largest universal port can report a respectable result for 2018. Hamburg successfully asserted itself in a difficult environment, achieving a distinct advance on railborne seapo...
-
Terminal Zárate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has finalised an agreement with GlobalSim to provide two (2) new crane simulators to train operators in the area.
...
-
MOL Tribute has broken the last reported world record for the largest amount of cargo ever stowed – carrying over 19,100 TEUs.
...
-
The UK Port of Great Yarmouth has taken delivery of a new state-of-the-art crane giving it greater capabilities to handle larger cargoes on the east coast.
...
-
United Arab Emirates' DP World has filed legal action at the Hong Kong High Court against China Merchants Port Holdings Company Ltd, accusing it of causing the Djibouti government to revoke the firm's exclusive right to run the country's ports.
...
-
International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) formally inaugurated the expansion of its Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT) in Georgia. The expansion encompasses both the waterside and landside areas of the multi-purpose terminal, inte...
-
Cummins has been announced as the electrification solution provider for the terminal tractors manufacturered by Kalmar, part of Cargotec.
...
Searching our archives made easy - just enter keywords and press Search. The search will look for the keyword(s) both in the title and/or published text. Please note that the search results will include articles that have been published in earlier editions of World Port Development. To access this information you have to subscribe to the publication.
