Ports and Logistics
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Adani wins Yangon port contract
Indian conglomerate Adani Group has won a 50-year concession to develop an 800,000 teu a year box terminal in the…
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Maersk invests in digital freight forwarder
FreightHub, Europe’s first digital freight forwarder, has raised $30m in its Series B financing round. Rider Global, a venture fund…
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ONE has yet to thrash out overseas terminals transfer
The protracted merger to create a Japanese container shipping giant is not over. Ocean Network Express (ONE), the merged box…
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Intertanko voices concern about uncharted Chinese terminals
Global tanker association Intertanko has written to China’s Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) voicing the concern of many of its members…
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New Italian terminal set to start operations in December
The first stage of the new semi-automated container terminal in Vado Ligure in Italy will launch on December 12 capable…
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Macquarie pays $1.78bn for OOCL’s Long Beach terminal
Amid a crowded field Cosco has picked a consortium led by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners to buy out a terminal in…
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CEVA Logistics appoints Nicolas Sartini as its new CEO
CEVA Logistics has appointed Nicolas Sartini as the new CEO of the company, effective from June 1. Sartini used to…
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New Zealand looks at shifting Ports of Auckland
The New Zealand government is looking at shifting the country’s largest container port away from its prime real estate position…
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P&O Ports scraps French terminal contract
DP World’s P&O Ports has pulled out of a contract to run the port of Sète, a year earlier than…
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Port worker dies when crane catches fire while unloading coal at Kolkata
A port worker died on Saturday when a fire broke out on the mobile harbour crane he was operating caught…
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Chittagong port expansion unveiled
Congested Chittagong, Bangladesh’s top port, is adding more terminals. Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has revealed plans to get three terminals…
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Boskalis awarded Indonesian dredging contracts
Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded two contracts in Indonesia for dredging work on the islands of Sulawesi and Java.…
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Trieste, the skeleton in the closet?
As the dust settles on the signing Italy’s MOU with China, focus now shifts as to how this new arrangement…
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Bremenports eyes Arctic traffic, buys into Icelandic terminal development
Germany’s Bremenports signed a deal yesterday to lead the development of a new Icelandic deepsea port with a view to…
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MacGregor: Shipping must grow up
Michel van Roozendaal, the president of Finnish ship equipment giant MacGregor, wants shipping to grow up. In a frank interview…
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Dubai slides out of the top 10 boxport list
Dubai has slid out of the top ten container ports rankings, its position usurped by yet another fast rising Chinese…
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Dandong Port enters court-led restructuring
Dandong Intermediate People’s Court has ruled financially troubled Dandong Port to start a restructuring at the request of the creditors…
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Dockworkers in Sydney and Brisbane on strike against Hutchison Ports
Dockworkers in Sydney and Brisbane have gone on a 24-hour strike today to protest Hutchison Ports ongoing refusal to move…
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Seattle readies for megamaxes
The ports of Seattle and Tacoma have given the green light to a $500m scheme to upgrade and lease Terminal…
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Beijing likely to introduce shore power regulation this July
Chinese authorities continue to look at every possible maritime measure to cut pollution. Having launched ECAs, promoted the use of…
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