Freight rates on the Asia to Europe route have dropped to their lowest levels on record as carriers face off in a damaging rate war amidst weak vessel utilisation. Alphaliner...

Sri Lanka is seeking international bidders to supply 16 container cranes for the East Container Terminal (ECT) at Colombo Port which currently ranks 32nd in CM's World Top Container Ports....

According to local media reports, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has threatened to dismiss officials, including cabinet ministers, if they fail to end the protracted cargo processing time at Jakarta’s Tanjung...

Against a background of moderate international economic development, Liebherr Group recorded a small overall fall in 2014 turnover to a total of €8.82bn (US$9.94bn), down 1.6% on the previous year,...

Egypt's Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Company (DC&CHC) has ordered four more rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Konecranes following a previous delivery of six RTGs to Damietta in 2009. The...

According to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), container throughput in the Caribbean ports declined by 8.2% last year. ECLAC said the "limited dynamism" of the...

The mv Meri became the first vessel to be handled in the new Russian Baltic port of Bronka when it delivered the first three of a total of ten RTG...

Hong Kong’s under-secretary for the environment Christine Loh has said that she aims to make the whole of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) a low-emissions shipping zone. The PRD area...

Meridian Port Services (MPS), a joint venture between APM Terminals, Bolloré Africa Logistics, and the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA), is to invest US$1.5bn in a major upgrade of...

Andrew Penfold, project director at Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC), has said that ships of 22,000 teu or more could be ordered soon. “There are some fairly well-advanced discussions on some...