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APM Terminals has become the first Peruvian port to introduce a customer platform that logs, streamlines and coordinate General Cargo operations in the port of Callao. During the pilot phase, the platform, which was developed together with maritime and customs agents, enabled users to complete transactions 67% faster and operations were completed 12% faster. APM ... […]

The Spring Hummer, under the Belize flag, has become the first foreign cargo ship to dock at Vinh Tan, a seaport in the south central province of Binh Thuan, since the port was licensed as a goods inspection location a month ago. The 9000-DWT vessel arrived at Vinh Tan Port on July 17, carrying heavy ... […]

Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation and provider of operational technologies and services that unlock greater performance and efficiency for the world’s leading organizations across the shipping supply chain, has announced that they have appointed maritime industry veteran Simon Doughty as the General Manager and Vice President for the APAC region. Doughty had previously served ... […]

The Cochin Port Joint Trade Union Forum, a combine of trade unions of all political affiliations, is gearing up for an agitation to revive the lost glory of the port and thereby create more job opportunities. The Fourm is planning a token strike in October demanding new appointments, as the current ban on recruitment has ... […]

NAMPORT’s new container terminal will be officially inaugurated on 2 August, and normal operations are expected to start on it on 24 August. The new terminal, constructed at a cost of N$4 billion, is expected to increase container handling capacity from the current 355 000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to up to 1 005 000 ... […]

Hutchison Ports Sohar launched a ‘Green Terminal’ campaign on the 17 of July as part of its Environmental CSR program. With this initiative the company aims at achieving zero solid waste disposal in the near future. Hutchison Ports Sohar has tied up with the Recycling Services L.L.C. in Muscat, Oman for waste collection and recycling. ... […]

Following the launch of MPS Terminal 3 at Tema Port, Ghana on June 28, a high-level Government delegation sat with the terminal’s management team this week. Topics covered included safeguarding Government revenue generation, border security and how to effectively harness maximum economic gains from connecting Ghana’s Trade and Industry to Africa’s single market of 1.3 ... […]

South Carolina Ports Authorityopens in a new window reports another successful year, handling record cargo volumes, rail moves and inland port activity in fiscal year 2019. SCPA handled nearly 2.4 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) from July 2018 through June 30, an 8.8% increase in annual TEU container volume. SCPA moved 200,406 TEUs across ... […]

Marine works off Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter Friday, July 19, 2019, Hong Kong For approximately 2 months, marine works involving reinstatement of breakwater and backfilling operations [are being] carried out within the area bounded by straight lines joining the following co-ordinates (WGS 84 Datum) from (A) to (D) and the adjacent breakwater: (A) 22 deg. ... […]

Razon group-led port operator International Container International Services Inc. (ICTSI) has bagged a new deal to take over the port container terminal concession at Terminal de Contêineres 1 (T1Rio) in the port of Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil. The ICTSI disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Thursday that its wholly-owned subsidiary ICTSI Americas BV ... […]