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Switzerland’s Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) has been tapped to renovate and manage Cameroon’s main Douala port starting next year, the port’s director-general said. Douala, located on the Atlantic coast, is the hub for Cameroon’s exports of cocoa, oil and timber. It has been managed since 2015 by Bollore, but the French company was eliminated earlier ... […]

chainPORT – the multilateral partnership of the world leading ports – has just concluded its 5th Annual Meeting which was hosted on September 16 & 17 by the Port of Montreal. While welcoming delegates to the event, Sylvie Vachon, President and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority mentioned: ‘After participating in the chainPORT Hackathon and ... […]

The Panama Canal and the Port of Rotterdam signed a Memorandum Understanding (MOU) to promote international trade between Europe and the West Coast of South America. Through this agreement, the two organizations will work closely to optimize operations while encouraging economic growth and the exchange of information on new business development opportunities, including logistics parks ... […]

Maritime industry professionals remain confident about the year ahead despite wider uncertainty, according to new data published by the British Ports Association yesterday. Ports themselves are more likely to be worried about the economy over the next 12 months, however. Confidence: Less than a third (29%) of ports feel confident about the economy in the ... […]

Maintenance dredging at terminal Wednesday, September 18, 2019, Dahej, India The Gujarat Chemical Port Terminal has announced plans to carry out maintenance dredging for about one day on 24/25 September and then for about another three days from 6/7 October. During the dredging periods, the jetty will not be available for berthing/un-berthing of vessels. For ... […]

Guangzhou Port Group opened its first container line to the east coast of the United States on Monday. According to the company, the route is operated by international shipping giants including Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping, with a total of 12 large container ships of 8,200 to 8,500 TEU. The new line is expected to transport ... […]

Major Chinese ports saw arrivals of seaborne iron ore rising last week, after three consecutive weeks of decline, SMM data showed on Tuesday September 17. SMM estimates that 89 vessels carrying 13.93 million mt of iron ore arrived at major Chinese ports during September 8-14, up 3.08 million mt from the week ended September 7. ... […]

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) always pays attention to its user’s best interest, to be the first choice for ships of all kinds. Meeting with market conditions and to encourage more LNG tankers to transit the Suez Canal, the SCA has issued Periodical including amendment to circular 7/2017, concerning LNG tankers operating between between the ... […]

Shanghai is the world’s best-connected container port, with Singapore in second place and Ningbo a distant 3rd place in the Port Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (Port LSCI) that has been developed jointly by MDS Transmodal and UNCTAD. The Port LSCI describes the relative container shipping connectivity of each port compared to Hong Kong in 2006 ... […]

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has earned recognition at the recently-concluded 17th Philippine Quill Awards for its exemplary sustainability reporting and corporate social responsibility initiatives. The International Association of Business Communicators – Philippines, the national professional association of top business, industrial and organizational communicators — has bestowed ICTSI with an Award of Excellence for ... […]