Two of the three berths to be built as part of Busan New Port’s Phase 2-4 are set to be dredged to 18 m rather than the previously planned 17...

While the Panama Canal’s expansion was necessary to enable the waterway to handle many of the large vessels that are now an industry norm, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) claims...

DP World reported a 7% year-on-year drop in its UAE gross container volumes in the first nine months of 2016 due to reduced lower-margin transhipment cargo. Throughput at the port...

APM Terminals (APMT) has ordered 12 new remote-controlled ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and 32 automated rail-mounted gantry (ARMG) cranes for its new facility at Tanger-Med II port, Morocco. The equipment will...

Terminal Portuario Guayaquil (TPG) in Ecuador has started construction works on a project to extend its dock by 120 m. Upon the project’s completion, the dock of the facility, which...

French shipping company CMA CGM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier Engie to promote LNG as marine fuel for future container vessels. The...

French port operator Bolloré Ports has officially started construction works to extend its container terminal at the Port of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The US$120m project, which will be entirely financed...

The Port of Damietta Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Harbour Engineering Company to develop a second container terminal at the Egyptian port. Under the agreement,...

Volvo Group’s engines manufacturing subsidiary Volvo Penta of the Americas has announced that it will supply its EPA Tier 4 Final engines to US-based terminal trucks supplier Capacity Trucks for...

Turnkey port engineering services provider Portek Systems & Equipment and mobile electrification systems supplier Vahle have signed an agreement to enhance their collaboration in the South-East Asia market. The agreement...