| Eurogate Group handled 14.2M TEU in 2013
For the first time since 2008 container traffic over the Germany-based terminal operating group's facilities topped 14M TEU...
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London Gateway gains new services
Hamburg Sud and Hapag-Lloyd are switching three services from Tilbury to London Gatway...
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People on the move
Latest round-up of commings and goings known to WorldCargo News in the shipping and allied sectors...
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New investor for Ports America
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has taken a 10% stake in Ports America....
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N4 for KSSP
The Kerry Siam Seaport in Thailand has upgraded from SPARCS and Express to N4....
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GreenCat becomes Groeneveld ICT
The Groeneveld Group has announced two new divisions for its ICT and lubrication products and services....
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Cubic/Arviem in tracking deal
San Diego's Cubic Global Tracking Solutions has signed a contract to provide its Global Sentinel tracking products to Switzerland's arviem AG....
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Cyberlogitec/Dakosy join forces
Germany's Dakosy has signed an agreement with Korea's Cyberlogitec to use its OPUS SmartLink service to meet the impending Japanese Advance Filing Rules (AFR)....
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Russia to bridge Sakhalin?
Russia's federal authorities have voiced their readiness to start building a rail bridge between Sakhalin Island and the mainland in 2016...
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Etihad Rail signs deal with ZonesCorp
The Memorandum of Understanding covers development work within the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi...
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Hupac posts 1.7% traffic increase
Swiss intermodal transport operator Hupac achieved a 1.7% increase in transports to 656,877 road consignments...
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MacGregor buys Aker mooring division
Cargotec's MacGregor has completed the acquisition of the mooring and loading systems unit from Aker Solutions...
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Antwerp steps out in Cuban shoes
The Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center and the National Ports Authority of Cuba have signed a MoU...
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DCLI going radial
Direct ChassisLinc Inc (DCLI) has announced it will replace bias ply tyres with radials across its entire chassis fleet....
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Strong growth for CSX
CSX Intermodal reported a 10% increase in revenue and a 13% increase in domestic volume in 2013....
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Valparaiso start up
Terminal Cerros de Valparaiso (TCVAL), the concessionaire of the new Terminal 2 at the Chilean port of Valparaiso, is due to commence operations on December 16. This means that it will be plunged straight into the middle of the 2014 horticultural season. As previously reported, TCVAL is a subsidiary of the Spanish construction group OHL Concesiones....
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Gulftainer aims for top five spot
Peter Richards, managing director of Sharjah (UAE)-headquartered Gulftainer, has a mission and that is to become a top five or six player in the container terminal operating business in the next five years....
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Welfit Oddy working at maximum capacity
The tank container production lines at Welfit Oddy's Port Elizabeth plant have been working at maximum capacity in 2013. Output this year will total 6,150 units, marginally up on the 6,000 produced in 2012....
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Iceland eyes Finnafjord
The Republic of Iceland is looking to build a major new transhipment hub at Finnafjord, where the Gulf Stream guarantees ice-free conditions all year round....
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Usual suspects secure Webb Dock contracts...
Companies already responsible for 80% of Victoria's automotive pre-delivery and inspection business have emerged successful in the bidding for Melbourne's new PDI facilities, part of the A$1.6B Port Capacity project at Webb Dock....
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BTP officially open for business
The new 1.2M TEU/year Brasil Terminal Portuario (BTP) at the Port of Santos was officially opened at the end of last month in the presence of Brazilian Minister of Seaports, Antonio Henrique Silveira, and 500 invited guests....
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Lyttelton settles insurance claim
Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) in New Zealand has settled a long-running dispute with its insurers over the reinstatement of infrastructure assets damaged in earthquakes....
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APMT consortium inks Abidjan deal
A consortium made up of APM Terminals (APMT), Bollore Africa Logistics (BAL) and French construction firm Bouygues TP has formally signed an agreement with the Government of the Ivory Coast for the construction and operation of a new container terminal at the Port of Abidjan....
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WEW goes solo on specials
Germany-based WEW GmbH, known in the tank industry as the specials specialist, continued to consolidate its position as a supplier of highly customised tank containers in 2013. Output has matched that of 2012 and the forward orderbook, which has already reached healthy levels for 2014, stretches to 2017....
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Den Hartogh trials DSS
Den Hartogh Logistics is testing the recently introduced Driver State Sensor (DSS) system, an automated fatigue monitoring system designed to ensure driver alertness and eliminate the risk of road accidents....
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Singamas issues profit warning
In a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Singamas Container Holdings, the world's second biggest box builder, has warned that,it expects to report a significant decline in profit for the year ending 31 December 2013....
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DCD's Cape Town berth
Privatisation of South African port assets has taken a small step forward with the transfer under concession of Cape Town's A Berth from Transnet to ship repair company DCD Marine Cape Town....
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Tex tops 3M TEU mark
Already the world's largest container leasing company by some margin, Textainer Group Holdings has announced that its fleet has now surpassed 3M TEU, representing a major milestone for the company as well as the industry....
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Tiger Cool acquires first reefers
Recently formed Tiger Cool Express, which plans to launch rail intermodal services for the transport of fresh produce throughout the US from the spring of next year (see WorldCargo News November 2013, p21), has ordered an initial 200 refrigerated containers for its start-up operations....
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CIMC tank output set to hit 20,000 mark
CIMC Enric Holdings reports that its output of tank containers in 2013 will hit a record-high level of 20,000 units. The Chinese manufacturer has been the world's leading builder of tank containers for the past 11 years....
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Boost for inland waterways
There is a mood of optimism in Europe's inland ports. Interest in the waterways is increasing,due to the gradual breakdown of JIT-based logistics because of overreliance on road transport. This unimodal approach no longer works efficiently because of chronic traffic congestion and environmental degradation, particularly in the "Blue Banana" area through the north west Continent/northern Italy....
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Hoyer adds 40ft tanks for LNG
Bulk liquids logistics service provider Hoyer GmbH is adding 40ft tanks for the transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to its 30,000-strong tank container fleet....
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Ilyichevsk to build new container terminal
The Ukrainian authorities have given the green light to the construction of a 1.5M TEU/year container terminal at the staterun Commercial Seaport of Ilyichevsk (IMTP)....
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Hamburg Sud gets an EDGE
German operator Hamburg Sud has ordered 6,500 new reefer containers fitted with Carrier Transicold's PrimeLINE refrigeration unit equipped with a new energy efficiency-boosting technology option....
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Moorebank EOIs sought
The Liberal/National Australian Government is pressing ahead with the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal in south-western Sydney, controversially promoted by its Labor predecessor in competition with an adjoining private sector proposal by Chris Corrigan's Qube....
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"Final" Elbe hearing date
Germany's highest civil court, the Federal Administration Court in Leipzig (Bundesvewaltungsgericht), has announced that the "final hearing" on the vexed and longstanding question of the Elbe deepening plan will commence on 15 July, 2014. The court has prepared for nine days of hearings for both sides....
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...Freo eyes auto/ro-ro terminal
Western Australia's Port of Fremantle is seeking expressions of interest from the private sector to develop and operate a dedicated automotive and ro-ro terminal in the port's Inner Harbour on Victoria Quay....
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Bans cost TCP dear
TCP Cuenca de la Plata, Montevideo's biggest container terminal operator and an affiliate of Antwerp-based Katoen Natie, has called for a rapid resolution of the Botnia/UPM paper mill dispute between Uruguay and Argentina, which has prevented it handling Argentine o/d traffic....
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Four vie for La Union
BNamericas reports that El Salvador's port authority, Comision Ejecutiva Portuaria Autonoma (CEPA), has prequalified four companies to bid for a concession to develop and operate the container terminal at the port of La Union....
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New Dunkirk shuttle
Despite the economic importance of both centres and the often congested road links, container barge services between the Port of Dunkirk and Lille have always struggled to attract business. Several attempts have been made, but never lasted more than one or two years....
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M580 marine highway traffic builds
As of mid-November, more than 2000 shipping containers had been barged from Stockton to Oakland since the "M-580-Marine Highway" opened in June. After a delayed start, the M-580 Marine Highway barge service between the two ports seems to be a success. It was conceived to reduce the number of trucks using the I80 highway to transport consumer goods and agricultural products between central and northern California....
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