Richardson International has been given the green light to begin the CA$120 million expansion of its Vancouver grain terminal by Port Metro Vancouver.
The government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has accepted a multi-billion bid from the NSW Ports Consortium to privatise two of the country’s biggest ports – earning the state as much as $4 billion in the process.
China has announced plans for a new US$10 billion mega port in the Tanzanian town of Bagamoyo.
Grup TCB has been awarded a 25-year contract to operate the new Puerto Quetzal Container Terminal (TCQ) in Guatemala.
Eurogate, the largest container stevedore in Europe, saw its net profit drop 30 percent to €54.6 million in 2012, while overall revenue stalled at €654 million.
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed a land transfer agreement allowing Shtandart TT B.V. and VTTI to begin the construction of Terminal Europort West early next year.
Genesis Asset Managers LLP, an investment management company based in the UK, has now acquired five percent interest in the global port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI).
Squamish Terminals (SQT), a British Columbia deep-water, break-bulk terminal, is the latest to participant in the Green Marine initiative, the largest voluntary environmental program for the maritime industry.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between SMIT, a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis, and the Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas (SAAM) regarding two joint harbour towage operations within the American continent.
The Panama Canal Expansion Program is a US$5.2 billion project that will construct a new lane of traffic to double the waterway’s capacity and satisfy the increasing demand of world maritime trade.
The six year Master Contract proposed by the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) members, approved by the union’s Wage Scale Committee in March, has now won an overwhelming ratification in a coast wide referendum.
Thirteen days have passed since the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD) commenced strike action, and the Hong Kong International Terminals (HIT) subcontractors still show no interest in negotiating terms.
