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Despite a slight dip in volume of .7 percent in February, The Port of Virginia's fiscal year 2018 cargo volumes are up nearly 4 percent, or nearly 69,000 TEUs.
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Nusrat Ghani MP, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport, visited DP World London Gateway as it celebrated International Women's Day. Ms Ghani, the first ever female Muslim Government minister, joined female employees at the UK's most integrated l...
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The European Sea Ports Organisation has developed a position paper to submit to the negotiators now that Brexit has entered the second phase.
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A new direct connection has been launched between Amsterdam Container Terminal and Yiwu in China as part of the new Silk Road connecting two of the world's leading economies.
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GlobalSim, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has recently contracted with the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) to provide two Portable Crane Training Simulators to train student operators in the LPU Maritime Training Center. The simulators wil...
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On Tuesday 6 March 2018 at 15:20 GMT, the Maersk liner vessel Maersk Honam reported a serious fire in a cargo hold. Enroute from Singapore towards Suez, the vessel is currently positioned around 900 nautical miles southeast of Salalah, Oman. After being u...
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At the end of 2017, Konecranes received its first order for a Konecranes Gottwald Model 4 Mobile Harbor Crane from Japan. The crane will be dedicated to bulk handling.
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Following their delivery last week, eight new shuttle trucks are being prepared for service at Virginia International Gateway (VIG) to support the terminal's capacity expansion project.
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The UK Department for Transport have published the new Ports Good Governance Guidance. The Guidance is focussed on corporate governance for all statutory harbour authorities in England and (currently until policy is devolved) Wales. It includes sections r...
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The final agreement to develop a green-field economic free zone in Somaliland to complement the growth of the Port of Berbera has been signed between DP World and its government in Dubai.
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The South Carolina Ports Authority's Port of Charleston welcomed two new ship-to-shore cranes at the Wando Welch Terminal to further enhance the handling of neo-Panamax vessels.
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South Africa's Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) won global recognition at the 4th Annual Global Ports Forum Awards held on Thursday, 22 February 2018 at the Grand Hyatt, Dubai. The Awards featured 53 categories recognising the valuable contributio...
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Konecranes has strengthened its presence in Scandinavia with two Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Mobile Harbor Cranes. The cranes have been handling scrap and dry bulk materials in Malmö, Sweden since the autumn of 2017.
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Shipping Minister Nusrat Ghani chose Hull for her first visit to a port on February 22), where she saw the importance of the Humber ports to the whole UK economy.
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The UK's largest importer of cocoa and coffee beans is to build a major new warehouse at the Port of Liverpool to accommodate growing demand from food and drink manufacturers.
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According to a press release released on 23 February by DP World, the Government of Djibouti has illegally seized control of the Doraleh Container Terminal S.A. (the "Terminal") from a Dubai Ports World ("DP World") owned entity that designed, built and, ...
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The Northwest Seaport Alliance's total container volumes declined 16.7 percent January 2018 compared to January 2017 for a total of 250,762 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units).
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Trelleborg's marine systems operation has launched a new whitepaper highlighting the impact of the manufacturing process on the performance, safety, and longevity of pneumatic fenders.
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Particularly strong growth in container throughput of 12.3% (in tonnes) was the main driver of growth in the port of Rotterdam throughout 2017.
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Responding to the publication of the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report on 'Brexit: Trade in Food', the British Ports Association warned that without agreements on cross-border environmental health standards there could be major ...
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