Russian intermodal operator Ruscon has bucked the local downward market trend, handling 113,000 laden containers in the first three quarters of 2015, 6% more than over the same period in...

COSCO Pacific is the sole bidder for a 51% stake in Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), after rival terminal operators APM Terminals (APMT) and International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) failed...

Evergreen Group’s Colon Container Terminal (CCT) has celebrated the completion of its newly built Berth No.4 with a ceremony in Panama. The facility, located on the Atlantic side of the...

Plans for a public-private-partnership (PPP) modernisation for Sasa Port in Davao, the southernmost island in the Philippines, have been criticised by local businessmen. The PHP19bn (US$420m) project will involve the...

Chinese state companies, China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Group, have confirmed  the initial details of their merger, which will see the world's sixth and seventh largest container...

The Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group (HKND), which holds a 50-year concession to build the US$50bn Nicaragua Canal, has appointed consultantcy firm BMT Group to undertake a series of marine...

Singapore-based port operator PSA International has begun procedures to close its Container Handling Zeebrugge (CHZ) terminal citing a lack of profitability, Dutch news outlet Flows reported. CHZ, which is a joint...

The latest draft text of the COP21 climate talks, released on Thursday December 9, 2015, has failed to make any mention of the shipping industry, provoking criticism from environmental and...

The results of the Environment Ship Index (ESI) introduced in Antwerp in 2011 show that the number of environmentally friendly ships calling at the Belgian port is increasing year-on-year. The...

French shipping line CMA CGM has agreed a US$2.4bn acquisition of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) after seeing off competition from Maersk Line. The takeover will see CMA CGM cement...