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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....
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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MOL Tribute has broken the last reported world record for the largest amount of cargo ever stowed – carrying over 19,100 TEUs.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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Cummins has been announced as the electrification solution provider for the terminal tractors manufacturered by Kalmar, part of Cargotec.
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Globalisation does not simply mean more ships; it also means more information flows. No wonder that data traffic is predicted to grow at a rate of 45% per year over the next decade. This dramatic increase in volume, along with the diversity of the content...
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The activities on Elba Island have come to an end for Roll-Lift USA. Mid-January the last equipment was removed, after working more than two years with an extensive fleet of equipment and a large team on the expansion of the LNG plant at the Elba Island P...
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Trelleborg's marine systems operation has further bolstered its advanced navigation and piloting offering with the launch of SafeTug, a new software solution that through real-time data sharing, helps tugboat operators and ports to optimise safety and eff...
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Martek Anti Drone Systems (M.A.D.S) are delighted to announce a new strategic partnership in the Middle East with Market Leader Exalto Emirates.
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The Marseille Fos and Strasbourg port authorities have entered a partnership agreement to strengthen the multimodal offer of sea, river and rail links serving the hinterland of France's north-south axis.
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Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch has unveiled GPA's Big Berth/Big Ship program that will allow the Port of Savannah to simultaneously handle six 14,000 TEU vessels by 2024. "No other single container terminal in North America has the...
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The Port of Barcelona closed FY 2018 with record results in the main traffic indicators confirming the increase in intermodality, with significant growth in rail transport and Motorways of the Sea, helping to boost the sustainability of the logistics chai...
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DP World handled 71.4 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals in the full year of 2018, with gross container volumes growing by 1.9% year-on-year on a reported basis and 2.9% on a like-for-like basis.
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2018 figures for Ports of Stockholm show a new revenue record of SEK 866 million, SEK 10 million more than the record set in 2017. The total freight volume at Ports of Stockholm is high and stable, and the cruise passenger numbers also reached record figu...
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For the first time in its history, which dates back to when the first container ship sailed across New York Harbor in 1956, the Port of New York & New Jersey broke the 7 million TEU mark.
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