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Rotterdam authorities find 4.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in containers from Latin America

On 23 July, criminal investigators working at the Port of Rotterdam discovered a substantial amount of cocaine concealed in two large fruit shipments. The...

Hardware failure disables two container terminals in Houston

Port Houston has experienced a major failure of the storage devices that support all of the applications used to operate both Barbours Cut and...

Tianjin and Guangzhou ports to launch direct container service

Tianjin Port Group and Guangzhou Port Group have inked an agreement to commence a direct route between the ports, to cut down on transhipments. This...

Four months later, Ever Given arrives in Rotterdam

The 20,388TEU container vessel, Ever Given called at the Port of Rotterdam at 05:15 (local time) today (29 July), with a delay of nearly...

Tanger Med buys 35% stake in Moroccan terminal operator

The Moroccan state will sell a stake of 35% of the share capital in the terminal operator, Marsa Maroc, to Tanger Med group. "Within the...

Kalmar to deliver diesel-electric equipment to Italian container terminal

Kalmar has received an order of 12 diesel-electric straddle carriers from Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), which is owned and operated by Terminal Investment Limited...

DP World acquires new tractors for Luanda’s terminal

DP World Luanda is investing in the modernisation of its Multipurpose Terminal (MPT) at the Angolan port, with the acquisition of 30 new tractors. Βeing...

Transnet gradually returns to normal activities

Navis customer links have returned to normal and are now fully operational in all container terminals of the Transnet network as of 27 July,...

Russian terminal launches video monitoring of crane operations

Petrolesport (PLP), a Global Ports Group company located in the Big Port of St. Petersburg, has installed a video surveillance system on its ship-to-shore...

HPH Trust profit skyrockets in 2021 first half

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust saw its net profit rocket 141% year-on-year in the first half of the year to US$210.5 million as Yantian International...

India and UK drive DP World’s container volumes growth

DP World has handled 19.7 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals in the second quarter of 2021, with gross box volumes...

Long Beach Harbor Commission elects new President

The five-member panel, Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, that oversees the Port of Long Beach elected Steven Neal as President on 26 July. While...

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Kalmar launches next-generation lithium-ion battery technology

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Kongsberg Maritime to supply propulsion system for Colombian Navy

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ECT Euromax moves closer to emission-free operations

Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT) kicked off its ambitious plan to electrify its operations at the Euromax terminal. ECT celebrated the signing of the “E-HERO”...
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