Swedish forest products company SCA will build a new container port to improve the transportation of goods to regional and far afield markets. In a statement, the company said the new container hub will cost $54.67 million (SEK460 million) and h...
Associated British Ports (ABP) has collaborated with regional businesses and authorities to launch a bid for the Port of Hull lot be given Freeport status. In a statement, ABP said the two Local Enterprise Partnerships of Greater Lincolnshire and ...
Global Ports has put two new rubber-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes into operation at the Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), the largest container terminal in Far East Russia. The company said the RMGs, built by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries...
PortShuttle, the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s inter-terminal container exchange system, has handled its 100,000th TEU and said it is expecting to continue its growth in 2021. The Port of Rotterdam Authority said PortShuttle expects to see an expa...
COSCO Shipping and Midea Group have signed a strategic cooperation and transportation framework agreement to improve supply chain logistics processes. In a statement, COSCO Shipping said it will look to establish a comprehensive strategic partners...
Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) has acquired a stake in the rail technology company CargoBeamer AG as part of its efforts to steer cargo transportation away from Germany’s road network. In a statement, duisport said CargoBeamer’s fully automatic sy...
HAROPA, the port complex consisting of Le Havre, Paris and Rouen, is already starting to see the benefits of investing in container handling equipment after it rebounded strongly to the COVID-19 pandemic. The port complex said that TEU traffic d...
87% of British ports have said the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on business and customer activity, according to the results of a UK-wide survey conducted by the British Ports Association (BPA). The BPA said two-thirds of ports said ...
A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) has expanded its cold chain options between the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and Central Russia as it looks to tap into the growing Russian food market through better supply chain connectivity. The carrier said the new ...
