International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI,) will increase its capital expenditure budget this year in anticipation of stronger global trade as the world economy emerges from last year's recession, Dow Jones reported. ICTSI plans to spend US$123 million this year to improve port operations at its flagship container terminal in Manila, as well as in...
The Wilmington District of the US Army Corps of Engineers has provided the State of North Carolina a draft analysis of the benefits and costs of the proposed North Carolina International Terminal at Southport, the News and Observer reported. The Corps is seeking a letter of intent from the state to spend US$4.7 million on a feasibility study. The federal ...
FLORIDA's Port of Tampa has expanded its container cargo container terminal to 40 acres, nearly doubling the size of its previous 25 acre grounds. The newly enlarged facility boasts three rail-mounted gantry cranes, a 100-ton mobile crane, a channel depth of 43 feet, and a berth-length of 2,100 feet, the Associated Press reported. Port spokesman Andy F...
ZIM's new Asia-Mediterranean-Europe (AME) string has made its first call at Shenzhen's Da Chan Bay Terminal (DCB). The new service is the operator's fifth to include as stop at the Modern Terminals-managed facility, which offers highway and waterway links to the Pearl River Delta's manufacturing areas. The AME service, which features a 12-vessel dep...
- Zebra Enterprise Solutions (ZES) has announced that Itapoá Terminais Portuários (ITP), a port located in Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil, is to implement NavisTM SPARCS N4 to help better manage cargo shipments. SPARCS N4 integrates gate-to–yard-to-vessel operations and, according to the company, will allow ITP to provide better...
- The French port Marseilles Fos is to establish commercial representation in Brazil to further enhance links with its main trading partner in South America, which currently contributes some 4.5 tonnes through the port each year. The announcement by the port’s newly appointed development director, Dirk Becquart, was made during a three-day trade mis...
- The Chairman of DP World, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, has become the first person to step on new land created for London Gateway on the River Thames, the UK’s newest port and logistics development. He inspected the first section of reclaimed land as part on a visit to see the £1.5bn (US$2.3bn) development get underway, which includes the key e...
Mitsui OSK Lines has announced changes in its services related to the Africa trade aiming for more stable service and schedule integrity. Mozambique Zuid Africa Service (MZX) will cover Durban, which is currently covered by Asia / East Coast South America Service (CSW). MZX will also be upgraded from a 10 day interval to a weekly service, but at the same ...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi