APM Terminals (APMT) and the Colombian-based port and terminal operating company, Compañia de Puertos Asociados S.A. (Compas S.A.) have signed a joint venture agreement to jointly manage and operate the...

After a half-year defined by the low oil price, falling freight rates and intense price competition, Maersk Line has adjusted its strategy, hoping to defend its market position. Following a...

Kalmar has been awarded a major port equipment order of more than €25m (US$25m) from Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura S.A. (SPRBun) as the operator gears up for growth at...

Having agreed new terms with its international lenders, Greece has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) stipulating that binding bid dates for the privatisation of the ports of Piraeus and...

As of 17 August, a minimum of 114 people have died after the huge explosion caused by a shipment of explosives in a warehouse for hazardous goods operated by Ruihai...

An eight-day long strike is over after bringing operations to a standstill at India’s largest container terminal, Gateway Terminals India (GTI) in Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port. Rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) crane...

Container traffic from Asia to the US could move from West Coast ports to East Coast ports by 2020, following the opening of the expanded Panama Canal, according to the...

On the same day that it announced the purchase of the Vado Ligure Reefer Terminal in North-Western Italy, near Genoa, from the GF Group, APM Terminals (APMT) announced that it...

Local Chinese media reports state that China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) have been ordered, by the Chinese authorities, to develop plans towards a much...

US-based Terex Corporation (Terex) and Konecranes Plc of Finland have jointly announced that the two companies will combine to create a single company. The decision has been approved by their...