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Busan Port Authority (BPA) has appointed Ki-chan Nam as its new CEO with immediate effect. Nam, who has served as a member of the BPA commissioners, will aim to drive the Busan Newport Development, old port integration and Busan Old Port redevelopment project as scheduled. He also stated that he will focus more on improving port efficiency and productivity based ... Read More »

The Port of Long Beach is outperforming its 2023 clear air goals with pollution from diesel particulates down 88%, sulphur oxides cut 97% and nitrogen oxides lower by 56% compared to the 2005 baseline year. The Clean Air Action Plan set 2023 reduction targets for diesel particulates at 77%, sulphur oxides at 93% and nitrogen oxides at 59 percent. Long ... Read More »

Infrastructure support is required to facilitate the provision of adequate insurance for the high Arctic as a trade route, fishing ground and potential tourist destination according to the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI). With changes in ice conditions making the Arctic route navigable, Maersk is currently carrying out a trial sailing. Helle Hammer, the IUMI’s policy forum chair, said: ... Read More »

Four ship-to-shore (STS) cranes at Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT) have been raised by 27 ft following a year-long crane-raising project. Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) operates OICT and managed the US$14m crane-raising project in partnership with the Port of Oakland. These higher gantry cranes can reach over an additional three levels of stacked containers on a big ship’s deck. ... Read More »

Revenue leapt by 80% for COSCO Shipping Ports (CSP) to US$495.5m in the first half of 2018, driven by increasing trade volume and more calls from the Ocean Alliance. Total throughput increased by 27% to 56.7m teu, including volumes from Qingdao Port International (QPI) which have been included since May 2017. Excluding QPI, throughput increased by 13.3% to 47.3m teu ... Read More »

Maersk Line has adopted a cloud-based platform which provides a digital and fully-automated method of sending contract rates and amendments to clients. The carrier will use Cargosphere’s electronic smart upload and diagnostics solution (eSUDS) its and Rate Mesh platform to digitally distribute its rates to shippers and freight forwarders. Carsten Grank Olsen, senior director and global head of eCommerce at Maersk Line, said: ... Read More »

Rotterdam’s APM Terminals (APMT) Maasvlakte II terminal has received two new ship-to-shore (STS) cranes as part of plans to increase capacity by 20% by 2019. The Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) cranes are high-speed, remote-control, double-trolley units with twin and tandem capabilities, as are the terminal’s eight existing cranes. Pieter Hartog, managing director of APMT Maasvlakte II and Rotterdam, said: “It ... Read More »

The Port of Hamburg’s container trade fell by 2.7% in the first half of the year, with dwindling empty box numbers impacting its 4.3m teu throughput. The number of empty boxes at the German facility fell by 15.6% to 525,000 teu, which subsequently translated to 81% of the total drop. Full containers remained relatively stable with a throughput of 3.8m teu, 0.6% ... Read More »

Container Corporation of India (Concor) has signed a deal to run weekly  trains from Kandla International Container Terminal (KICT) to various inland container depots across the country. Concor has been running trains between KICT and a depot in Jodhpur since February, and will now extend its services to depots in Ludhiana, Tuklakabad, Kodiyar and Khanej, among others. Concor will also ... Read More »

Konecranes has won a repeat order for ten rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes from the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania. The order, made by the Lithuanian stevedoring company JSSC Klaipedos Smelte, will be delivered in two parts, with the RTG cranes arriving in Novemeber 2019 and the STS cranes arriving in December 2019. Rimantas Juška, general director of ... Read More »