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Vietnam International Container Terminals (VICT) plans to upgrade its Ho Chi Minh City facilities to enable the terminal to berth up to four container vessels at once. Additional investment will be made in wharfside cargo handling equipment such as gantry cranes, reachstackers and reefer connections. Read More »

The Port Authority of New York/New Jersey (PANY/NJ), DP World and AIG Global Investment Group have reached an agreement in principle that will allow Ports America to acquire DP World’s interest in the Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT). Read More »

With throughput figures finalised for 2006, many ports around the world have reported big increases in traffic and, in many cases, record container volumes. Total cargo traffic through the Port of Gothenburg, for instance, reached 40.7m tonnes, 10% higher than in 2005. Container traffic amounted to 820,000 teu, 4% up on 2005, while ro-ro traffic reached 644,000, an increase of 12%. Read More »

A joint venture comprising Schandy and Ultramar has acquired almost 90% of the shareholding in Montecon SA, it was announced in Montevideo on February 15. J.R. Williams remains as a minority shareholder in the company. Read More »

Virginia International Terminals Inc (VIT), the operating company of the Virginia Port Authority (VPA), has signed a five-year contract with Chilean shipper Compania Sudamericana de Vapores (CSAV). This is the latest in a line of long-term agreements signed by the VPA, following a 10-year contract agreed with the New World Alliance in December and a string of others with major shipping lines since 2005. Read More »

Stockholm-based Bromma Group is to deliver six new YSX40E Marathon all-electric crane spreaders to the Valparaiso container terminal in Chile. The spreaders will operate on RTG cranes manufactured by Kalmar. Read More »

PSA International Pte Ltd (PSAI), through its subsidiary PSA Gwadar Ltd, has signed a 40-year concession agreement with the Gwadar Port Authority to operate a container and multi-purpose terminal in the western province of Balochistan in Pakistan. Read More »

Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has announced agreements with Saigon Investment Construction & Commerce Company Ltd (SICC) to jointly construct, develop and operate a new container terminal in Ba Ria Vung Tau province in Vietnam. Read More »

New York-based equity firm Fenway Partners has acquired a majority interest in Gemini Traffic Sales, a US-wide trucking company specialising in the transportation of time- and temperature-sensitive products. This is Fenway’s 17th acquisition in the transportation and logistics sector, and its first temperature-controlled trucking investment. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More »