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Transitex Team Honoured as “Top Seller TAP Fresh”

On June 29, Transitex team was represented at the TAP Air Cargo Awards ceremony, where the company was honored as “Top Seller TAP Fresh”.

Transitex is a certified cargo agent in Portugal. Also, the...

Thursday, July 7, 2022 @ 11:48

After a two years break, the awaited returned of Americas biggest foodstuff trade-show, APAS Show, was a success for Transitex.

Held annually in São Paulo, Brazil, APAS Show is showcase of products and...

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 @ 10:58

Transitex India Official Inauguration

Transitex team and guests were in the opening of the New Delhi office.

B-215, Noida One, Plot 8, Sector 62, Noida, Uttar, Pradesh -201309

Also, On June 3rd, the India Business Council hold the second...

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 @ 10:53

Transitex Team from Americas Was in Portugal

Some of our colleagues from Americas are at the headquarters receiving training and meeting Lisbon’s team.
Milton Campos, Transitex USA country manager, Aline Gomes, from Claims Americas, and Sabrina...

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 @ 10:49

Transitex Italy New Country Manager Matteo Campani Visited T…

Transitex Italy new country manager, Matteo Campani, was in Transitex Lisbon for a period of 3 days with a full agenda.
Matteo had meetings with all shared services, had training on our system, regarding sales,...

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 @ 10:46

Read Latest Issue of Container Management Magazine

Dear Colleagues & Executives,

The latest issue of Container Management (CM) Magazine, in which you can find the news and developments in the industry, is out now! You can reach the latest and previous issues...

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 @ 14:37

Hapag-Lloyd slots on new Mozambique-UAE- India link

Hapag-Lloyd will in early June introduce a fortnightly service between the United Arab Emirates, the Indian West Coast and Mozambique.

Marketed as ‘Maputo Express’ (‘MAX’), the new loop will be...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 @ 11:09

X-Press launches Ireland Baltic X-Press 'IBX' service

Common feeder operator X-Press Feeders will on 29 May launch the 'Ireland Baltic X-Press' service ('IBX') which will hub at Rotterdam.

The new service will turn in three weeks using three ships of 917 - 1,036...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 @ 11:06

X-Press starts new Netherlands-Germany–Baltic loop

X-Press Feeders will this week start a new feeder service between the Netherlands, Germany and the Baltic. The 868 teu ATLANTIS A is scheduled to perform the first sailing of the carrier’s new ‘Benelux...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 @ 11:03

Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk extend call suspensions on Americas s…

Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk (including its affiliates Hamburg Sud and Sealand Americas) are to extend for a further six weeks port call suspensions at Norfolk, Charleston and Port Everglades on their USEC - ECSA...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 @ 10:59

LETExpo took place in Verona, and YILPORT Holding's co-CEO N…

The first edition of LETExpo – Logistics Eco Transport, the new trade fair event on logistics, transport and sustainable intermodality took place in Verona, Italy. President of the Port Network Authority of...

Thursday, March 24, 2022 @ 09:54

Felixstowe announces record vessel call: 27,961 teu

Felixstowe, the United Kingdom’s largest container port, has broken its own record for the most containers handled on a single ship.

The port’s Hutchison-operated container terminal handled a total volume...

Thursday, March 17, 2022 @ 13:34

Hapag-Lloyd and Eurogate eye Egypt joint-venture

The German container line Hapag-Lloyd and its compatriot terminal operator Eurogate Group reportedly plan to expand their cooperation and develop a new joint-venture container terminal on the Suez Canal.

A...

Thursday, March 17, 2022 @ 13:23

Ørsted of Denmark launches ‘Power-to-X’ facility to create g…

Danish multinational power company Ørsted, formerly known as DONG Energy, has singed a letter of intent with the ocean carrier Maersk to work together and produce large quantities of ‘green’ fuel for the...

Thursday, March 17, 2022 @ 13:17

Hapag-Lloyd EBIT tops EUR 9.4bn but costs rise

Hapag-Lloyd hit the top end of its profit forecast for 2021, reporting an operating profit (EBIT) of EUR 9.39 bn (USD 11.11 bn) for the year versus EUR 1.31 bn a year earlier.

The company said it expected...

Thursday, March 17, 2022 @ 13:10

ZIM to pay large dividend after USD 5.8 bn profit

ZIM Navigation will pay stockholders a dividend of USD 17 per share after announcing an adjusted EBIT profit of USD 5.82 bn for 2021 - an eightfold increase on 2020.

The Israeli carrier predicted the current...

Thursday, March 17, 2022 @ 13:01

Hapag-Lloyd continues Africa expansion with takeover of Germ…

Less than a year after closing its acquisition of NileDutch, Hapag-Lloyd continues its expansion into the African market with the takeover of Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL).

In an announcement dated 10 March...

Thursday, March 17, 2022 @ 12:51

YILPORT Holding Terminals continue to provide services to Au…

YILPORT Holding Terminals have been providing utmost services and one-stop shopping availability to Austrian based trading company “Carbones GMBH”. Carbones company providing substantial turnover YILPORT...

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 @ 13:41

Cosco Shipping Lines Inducement Call for YILPORT Liscont

YILPORT Liscont operated in less than 15 hours the vessel Seaspan Jakarta of the Chinese COSCO Shipping Lines, which carried out an additional port call in Lisbon in its rotation Hamburg / Rotterdam / Antwerp /...

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 @ 11:14

Malta Freeport Terminals Joins Global TradeLens

On the technological front, Malta Freeport joined the global blockchain supply chain platform- TradeLens, signalling a new digital era for the Terminals. TradeLens which was developed by A.P. Moller - Maersk and...

Friday, January 8, 2021 @ 10:34

Fluidmesh Wi-Fi Technology on the Quayside Cranes and RTGs

Malta Freeport Terminals has recently installed the Fluidmesh wi-fi technology on the Quayside Cranes and RTGs’ fleet. Fluidmesh Networks are worldwide leaders in wireless IP backbone systems for...

Friday, July 3, 2020 @ 11:26

China Readies First Test Base for Unmanned Ships

China has constructed the first test base for unmanned ships, which will start operations at the end of this year. The test base named Xiangshan Marine Scientific & Technological Port is located in Zhuhai,...

Thursday, October 10, 2019 @ 18:18

The World’s First Hybrid Cruise Ships

Hurtigruten is launching MS Roald Amundsen, the first of a series of hybrid-battery powered expedition cruise ships. A sister ship, MS Fridtjof Nansen, is currently under construction at Norway’s Kleven Yard...

Thursday, October 10, 2019 @ 18:14

MAERSK to Provide Online Marketplace for Containerized Truck…

Maersk that we serve in export or import processes in our ports has partnered with BlackBuck to provide an online marketplace for containerized trucking in export-import (EXIM) logistics in India.
The Indian...

Monday, October 14, 2019 @ 14:30

World’s Largest Container Ship MSC Gulsun

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has delivered the world’s largest container ship MSC Gulsun to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).
MSC Gulsun is capable of carrying up to 23,756 twenty-foot equivalent units...

Friday, July 12, 2019 @ 10:21

Port Strike in Chile Complicates Fruit Exports

A month-long worker’s strike and protests in Chile’s flagship port of Valparaiso turned increasingly violent and spread to other ports along the nation’s Pacific coast early on Tuesday (Dec. 18),...

Thursday, December 27, 2018 @ 09:01

Amazon Gets Plot Concession at Seville Port’s Logistics Zone…

Seville port authority has approved the concession of a land plot at its logistics zone to US e-commerce giant Amazon.
The 35-year concession is for a land plot of 35,324 square metres to be used for the...

Thursday, December 27, 2018 @ 08:55

China Announces Tariff Cuts

China plans to reduce tariffs on imports of more than 700 commodities as of January 1, 2019, as the country’s Ministry of Finance announced.
The tariff cuts cover a variety of edible meals often used for...

Thursday, December 27, 2018 @ 08:54

DP World Looks to Replace Yard Stacking with High Bay Storag…

DP World has formed a joint venture with industrial engineering specialists SMS Group to implement a high bay container storage system at Jebel Ali Terminal 4 before Dubai Expo 2020, which begins in October that...

Thursday, December 27, 2018 @ 08:49

Hapag-Lloyd's alliance to operate more than 249 ships in 201…

As of next year, The Alliance, one of three major container alliances spearheaded by German Hapag-Lloyd, will operate more than 249 modern container ship in its network.
The updated alliance will offer a total...

Thursday, December 27, 2018 @ 08:46

Medports Sets Out 2019 Stall

The new Mediterranean Ports Association (MEDports Association) has approved an action plan for 2019 which includes the adoption of common key performance indicators and a ‘single window’ cargo community...

Thursday, December 27, 2018 @ 08:43

APM Terminals Breaks North American Record

APM Terminals set a new operations record for North American operations after 27,846 TEU was handled on a single vessel at the Pier 400 Los Angeles terminal in the Port of Los Angeles.
This represents a...

Thursday, December 27, 2018 @ 08:37

IMF Official Delivers Trade War Warning

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the US-China Trade War is already having a negative effect on trade and business confidence in Asia, according to Reuters.
The trade war, which has waged since April...

Friday, December 21, 2018 @ 09:13

Maritime networks, Port Efficiency, and Hinterland Connectiv…

Maritime networks, port efficiency, and hinterland connectivity in the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean has been one of the most active trading areas for millennia. Trade- and by extension connectivity-...

Friday, December 21, 2018 @ 09:10

Port of LA Executive Warns of Tariff Impact

Almost a quarter of the Port of LA’s future volume is under threat because of the US-China trade war, according to the Port’s Executive Director Gene Seroka.
Speaking to CNBC, Seroka warned that tariffs...

Sunday, September 2, 2018 @ 21:27

Maersk Vessel Breaks TEU Record

A.P. Moeller Maersk has announced that one of its vessels – the Mumbai Maersk - has broken the record for the largest amount of cargo ever stowed after it left dock at Tanjung Pelepas Port in Malaysia carrying...

Sunday, September 2, 2018 @ 21:24

Gothenburg Container Volumes Recover

During the first six months of this year, container volumes at the Port of Gothenburg rose by 19%, from 318,000 teus in the corresponding period in 2017, to 378,000 teus.

Port of Gothenburg said that 2017’s...

Sunday, September 2, 2018 @ 21:21

Container Ship to Break the Ice on Russian Arctic Route

A Danish vessel setting sail from Vladivostok this week is set to become the first container ship to tackle the Arctic sea route north of Russia.
The Venta Maersk, owned by Maersk Line, and carrying 3,600...

Sunday, September 2, 2018 @ 21:17

Mr. Robert Yuksel Yildirim Gave Interview to Lloyds List

Mr. Robert Yuksel Yildirim Gave Interview About the Currency Crisis and its Effects on the Shipping Industry

Turkish shipping will tough out currency storm like Greeks handled debt crisis, Robert Yildirim...

Thursday, August 16, 2018 @ 22:58

gKNi: Worldwide TEU Increases

Despite tensions building over the US-China trade war, gKNi World Trade Indicator (WTI) results for the first half of 2018 show that worldwide TEU capacity increased by 4.1% and world trade went up by...

Thursday, August 16, 2018 @ 22:24

Maersk Lowers Profit Forecast amid Increasing Uncertainties

A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S has downgraded its profit guidance for 2018 amid growing uncertainties on the market impacting container freight rates including geopolitical risks, high bunker prices and trade...

Monday, August 13, 2018 @ 08:45

ZIM, Maersk Line and MSC to cooperate on the Asia-US East Co…

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and the members of the 2M Alliance, Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), announced a new strategic cooperation on the Asia – US East Coast trade on July...

Friday, July 27, 2018 @ 13:54

EU and Japan Agree Biggest Trade Deal in History

The EU and Japan created the world’s biggest free trade zone recently by agreeing to cut 99% of tariffs on the products they trade.
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement will cover more than 600 million...

Friday, July 27, 2018 @ 13:52

New Magenta Vessel Joins Ocean Network Express

Ocean Network Express (ONE), the merged container shipping business of Japanese shipping trio NYK Line, K Line and MOL, has taken delivery of a new magenta-colored containership.
The 14,000 TEU-class vessel,...

Friday, July 27, 2018 @ 13:51

US and EU Step Back From Trade War

The two parties have agreed to boost imports of soyabeans and natural gas from the US, while resolving the tariffs on European steel and aluminium. They will work together to reform the current World Trade...

Friday, July 27, 2018 @ 13:48

Panama Canal Ups Maximum Draft for Neopanamax Locks

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) increased the maximum allowable draft for vessels transiting the Neopanamax locks on June 13.

The maximum authorized draft for vessels transiting these locks was set at 14.94...

Monday, July 23, 2018 @ 08:50

Hapag-Lloyd interested in Tanger Med container terminal stak…

Bremen-based Hapag-Lloyd AG, the shipping company, is looking to acquire a share in a container transhipment port Tanger Med 2, in northern Morocco.

The terminal is operated by Eurogate Tanger SA, which is...

Monday, July 23, 2018 @ 08:46

DHL Freight Opens Warehousing Facility Near Izmir, Turkey

DHL Freight, a leading provider of road freight services in Europe, has opened a new warehouse in the Manisa Organized Industrial Zone near Izmir, Turkey.

The facility, which represents an investment in the...

Monday, July 23, 2018 @ 08:44

Major Hapag-Lloyd Shareholder Rejects CMA CGM Merger Rumours

Hapag-Lloyd major shareholder Klaus-Michael Kühne has quashed rumors of a potential merger with rival CMA CGM but confirmed the French carrier had been in contact.

Kühne, who along with his companies owns...

Monday, July 16, 2018 @ 09:13

Setúbal Prepares for A Connected Future

Setubal's vehicle throughput was up 38% in the first quarter of 2018. Credit: APSS

PORT OF SETÚBAL

Felicity Landon finds that deeper water and new rail links are set to boost the Portuguese...

Monday, July 9, 2018 @ 09:49

Establishment of the Terminal Industry Committee 4.0 (TIC 4.…

Recognizing the need for the container terminal industry to prepare for the 4th industrial revolution and to further advance digitalization, an open group of 15 global private container terminal operators and...

Monday, July 2, 2018 @ 08:37

CMA CGM Signs Deal to Acquire Containerships

Consolidation in container shipping continues to the shortsea arena as world’s third-largest carrier swallows up another regional operator.

CMA CGM agrees deal with Container Finance to acquire container...

Monday, June 25, 2018 @ 09:27

20,000 TEUs COSCO Shipping Virgo Delivered

Chinese container shipping major COSCO Shipping Corporation has taken delivery of its fifth 20,000 TEU containership, COSCO Shipping Virgo.
Built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, the ship is 399.8 meters...

Sunday, June 10, 2018 @ 19:08

Cargill launches a grain terminal in Ukraine

The global agricultural trader Cargill and the Ukrainian company M.V.Cargo launched Phase 1 of the new grain terminal at the port of Yuzhny in Odessa region on the Black Sea last Friday, informs...

Sunday, June 10, 2018 @ 18:23

COSCO to Operate New Peruvian Facility

COSCO Shipping Holding will build and operate a US$2b facility near Chancay, Peru, as part of US$10bn worth of Chinese investments in the South American country.
The announcement, reported by Reuters, was made...

Sunday, June 10, 2018 @ 18:19

Aveiro Port Invests in Liquid Bulk Terminal

Administração do Porto de Aveiro (APA – Port of Aveiro Administration) has recently awarded the contract to implement the operation of the Liquid Bulk Terminal to an unnamed company.
The project will cost...

Friday, June 8, 2018 @ 00:46

Logistics Units Push Cosco Shipping to Profit

COSCO Shipping International (Singapore) returned to profit in the first quarter of 2018, following the acquisition of two logistics units.
The company’s profit for the period was at SGD 2.8 million (USD 2.1...

Friday, June 8, 2018 @ 00:42

Breathing Space for Spanish Reform Decision

Spain’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport has delayed the deadline for an agreement on national port reforms by six months after key meetings with unions and Puertos del Estado to discuss new collective...

Friday, June 8, 2018 @ 00:40

Panama Canal Lifts Daily Neopanamax Booking Slots to Eight

The Panama Canal has added an additional reservation slot to its Neopanamax locks, effective May 7, bringing the total available daily booking slots to eight.
The canal authority said the move was triggered by...

Monday, June 4, 2018 @ 10:10

Brexit: Time Is Running Out, Big Business Warns May

A group of major European companies has warned the Prime Minister they may cut investment without more clarity over the terms of Britain's EU exit.
Business leaders, including from BP, BMW, Nestle, and...

Monday, June 4, 2018 @ 10:06

UPS Opens Logistics Hub at London Gateway

Logistics provider UPS has opened a 32,000 sq m package sorting and delivery facility worth US$163m (£120m) at DP World London Gateway Logistics Park.
The new building will act as a UK package processing hub...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:44

Antwerp Receives Silk Road Train

The first train exclusively destined for the Port of Antwerp as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has arrived at the Belgian hub.
The train left the Chinese port of Tangshan in late April and...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:42

OCEAN Alliance Presents Its Day Two Product

The OCEAN Alliance has unveiled its Day Two Product, which will feature around 340 containerships deployed on 41 services. CMA CGM will continue to play a major role within the alliance, deploying a fleet of 122...

Friday, May 4, 2018 @ 09:24

Aveiro Port Invests in Liquid Bulk Terminal

Administração do Porto de Aveiro (APA – Port of Aveiro Administration) has recently awarded the contract to implement the operation of the Liquid Bulk Terminal to an unnamed company.
The project will cost...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:40

Ferrol port cargo traffic rises in Jan-Apr 2018

Ferrol port has resumed the path of growth of its traffic confirming in April the change of trend noted in March.
The companies operating in its facilities moved 1.25 million tonnes last month, 40.8% more than...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:38

CMA CGM to acquire 25% stake in CEVA Logistics

CMA CGM has agreed to acquire an equity stake of nearly 25% in CEVA Logistics as it seeks to strengthen its presence in the logistics sector.
The French carrier has committed to subscribe for mandatory...

Monday, April 30, 2018 @ 09:27

Huelva Port, Enagás to Launch Temperature-Controlled Logisti…

Huelva port, Spanish group Enagás SA and HuelvaPort foundation announced a project for the launch of a logistics hub for the refrigeration of goods.
This innovative system, which is already used in Japan, will...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:34

Grupo ETE Announces Largest Portuguese Clinker Export

Grupo ETE has announced that it has completed the largest Portuguese clinker export ever, to client Cimpor, an InterCement company, successfully concluding the loading of 55,902 tonnes on the Vinayak bulk...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:32

Samsung Planning Blockchain Shipping Strategy

Samsung is planning a blockchain ledger system in order to monitor billions of dollars-worth of trade, according to Bloomberg.
It is believed such a system could cut shipping costs by 20%.

Song Kwang-woo,...

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 @ 10:32

Malta Freeport Orders 15 Konecranes RTGs

Malta Freeport Terminals has ordered fifteen Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes as part of its continued expansion.
The first set of cranes will be delivered at the end of 2018, with the rest following...

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 @ 10:26

Spain Approves Establishment of Single European Railway Area

Spain’s Council of Ministers approved the Royal Decree modifying the regulation of the railway sector and completing the transposition of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament establishing a single...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:29

Cádiz port cargo traffic rises 1.92% in Jan-Apr 2018

Cádiz port cargo traffic grew by 1.92% on the year in the first four months of this year to 1.3 million tonnes, backed by the 30% rise in solid bulk to 652,936 tonnes.
In the segment of liquid bulk, the drop...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:28

Cosco to Launch New Weekly Service at Bilbao Port

Cosco Shipping Lines plans to start a new weekly service to the Caribbean and South America’s Pacific in May from the port of Bilbao.
The service, called EWX, will connect the ports of Bilbao and Vigo with...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:26

Huelva port presents offer to Chinese companies at Shanghai …

A commercial delegation of Huelva port, led by its director, Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio, is this week at the Transport Logistic fair in Shanghai, with the aim of positioning the harbour as an alternative for use...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:24

Container Shipping Sector Shrugs off Sanctions

A new analysis by Drewry finds that while sanctions against Russia and Iran will have little direct effect on demand growth in the box segment, future growth opportunities will be stifled
THE imposition of...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:21

Maersk performance in first quarter “unsatisfactory”

Maersk made an underlying loss of US$239m in the first quarter of 2018 as higher unit costs, owing to bunker price rises and worse exchange rates, hit its container shipping segment.
The conglomerate’s...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 13:18

DHL Express Expands in Malaga Logistics Area

The logistics area of Málaga, formerly known as Centro de Transportes de Mercancías (CTM), will allocate an area of 1,300 square meters of its space to house the installation of a new distribution center for...

Friday, April 20, 2018 @ 09:59

COSCO Shipping Ports Limited Reports Container Throughput fo…

COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported container throughput statistics for March 2018.

Total throughput for March 2018 was 7,897,400 TEUs, up 9.9% from 7,185,900 in March 2017.

Year-to date was...

Friday, April 20, 2018 @ 09:56

Oslo is the World's Third-best Port City

Oslo is ranked number three among the world's leading port cities.

The ranking by 250 international maritime experts based on almost 50 indicators is performed on behalf of DNVGL in the report the leading...

Monday, April 16, 2018 @ 08:58

MSC Shipmanagement Awarded “Green Company Of The Year”

MSC Shipmanagement was named “Green Company of the Year” at the prestigious 17th annual Sailor Today awards in Mumbai, underlining MSC’s sustainable approach to its fleet and crew. MSC was acknowledged for...

Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 09:41

Container Line Executives Uneasy as Profits are Consumed by …

Container spot rates from Asia to Europe and from Asia to the US west coast are around 30% lower than 12 months ago, while fuel costs have jumped over 20%.
Most carriers claim it is “too early to say” at...

Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 09:40

Cosco Expects Growth in Container Market in 2018

China's Cosco Shipping delivered a significant profit in 2017 after suffering a negative bottom line in 2016.

Positive trends such as a stronger global economy will continue to characterize the market this...

Monday, April 9, 2018 @ 09:26

Antwerp to Train Brazilian Workers

The Port of Antwerp will provide training for maritime professionals in Brazil after signing an agreement with the Brazilian government.
A memorandum of understanding between the Antwerp Port Authority and the...

Monday, April 9, 2018 @ 09:18

The Future of Drone Deliveries

On March 22, 2018, Priestman Goode, London-based design consultancy, showcased their vision for an integrated drone delivery system for major urban centers.

The concept, revealed at the GREAT Festival of...

Friday, April 6, 2018 @ 09:36

Los Angeles, to Accommodate SpaceX Rocket Production Centre?

Elon Musk’s SpaceX entered into preliminary negotiations with the Port of Los Angeles to expand its existing facilities at the port with the aim to construct a manufacturing center to produce what may become...

Friday, April 6, 2018 @ 09:32

Huelva Port Receives UNE-ISO 14001:2015 Certificate

Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has received the UNE-ISO 14001:2015 certification, after successfully overcoming the audit of its environmental management system.
The certification...

Monday, April 2, 2018 @ 09:48

ANDREIA VENTURA appointed president of Association of Operat…

Andreia Ventura has been elected president of Associação dos Operadores do Porto de Lisboa (AOPL – Operator’s Association of the Port of Lisbon) representing Grupo TMB – Terminal Multiusos do...

Monday, April 2, 2018 @ 09:46

MSC Adds New Ro-Ro Service Turkey to Adriatic

The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to launch a new service for the transport of ro-ro, containers and project cargo between Italy and Turkey.
The new line will start on April 3 and will be operated...

Friday, March 30, 2018 @ 09:12

South America's freight volumes increase for the first time …

For the first time since 2013, container volumes increased on routes from Europe to the east coast of South America, which has become a battleground between carriers following the recent consolidation and in...

Friday, March 30, 2018 @ 09:08

SM Line and Cosco Agree to Expand Partnership

SOUTH Korean carrier SM Line and China Cosco Shipping have agreed to broaden their partnership through the launch of new services not only in Asia but also in North America.
Two companies agreed to discuss...

Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 21:34

Global Box Traffic Achieves 5% Growth in January Driven by A…

GLOBAL container shipping volumes expanded by 5.1 percent in January to 13.8 million TEU compared to the previous year on the back of strong Asian export growth and imports to North America, according to...

Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 21:31

DEL MONTE Signs Agreement with Reefer Terminal in Vado Ligur…

Reefer Terminal S.p.A., the company controlled by APM Terminals which manages port facilities dedicated to fruit and vegetables and their handling, and Del Monte have signed a cooperation agreement.

Under the...

Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 08:26

2M Alliance Strengthens Mediterranean Services

The 2M alliance has announced the strengthening of its services in connections from Asia to Europe and the Mediterranean.
The alliance led by MSC and Maersk, which also includes Hamburg Süd following its...

Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 08:23

Brazilian Companies to Export 6 Million Tons of Grain via La…

The president of Las Palmas port, Luis Ibarra, signed a few days ago in Brazil an agreement with grain operators which will export 6 million tonnes of grain through the Spanish harbour.
Brazil's Ministry of...

Monday, March 19, 2018 @ 07:30

Arkas Picks Ravenna Port's Container Terminal for Adriatic S…

The "Natalia A" ship, a container carrier of the Turkish shipping company Arkas Line, which operates on the Adriatic Service offering weekly flights from Ravenna to the ports of Istanbul, Gemlik, Piraeus, Izmir,...

Monday, March 19, 2018 @ 07:27

Portugal Starts Construction of Railway Corridor to Spain

The construction of the 94-kilometer railway line that will connect Évora, in Portugal's Alentejo region, to Elvas, on the border with Spain, was inaugurated in Portugal.
The new line, as Portuguese Prime...

Friday, March 16, 2018 @ 07:39

Global Ports' Volumes Accelerate into The New Year

The container throughput of Global Ports, the Russian terminal operator, rose by 16% to 4.4m teu in 2017 following strong performances in both imports and exports.
The second half of 2017 proved crucial to this...

Friday, March 16, 2018 @ 07:37

Norway's seafood export hit record $11.7 bln in 2017

OSLO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Norway's Seafood Council said:

Norwegian seafood exports hit record NOK 94.5 billion ($11.73 billion) in 2017, up 3 pct from 2016
Volumes rose 7 pct year-on-year to 2.6 mln...

Monday, March 12, 2018 @ 08:03

Noatum Acquires Turkish Freightforwarder Komet

Noatum Group, part of China's COSCO Shipping Ports Limited and the main container terminal operator of the port of Valencia, has purchased Turkish freight forwarder Komet.
Noatum Logistics has launched...

Monday, March 12, 2018 @ 07:56

Peru: Agro-Exports to Reach $7 Billion in 2018

In 2018, Peruvian agro-exports will total some $7 billion. The main destination will most probably be the Asian market. This is according to a projection by the Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry. Minister Jose...

Friday, March 9, 2018 @ 08:00

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