ICTSI posts strong figures

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The Manila-based international terminal operator has posted first half 2010 net income of US$42.4M up by 83% compared to 1H/2009, on the bac...

José Mestre on drugs charges

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The managing director of Spanish port operator Tercat was detained by the police at the end of June for alleged drug smuggling offences. Spe...

Big ship rationale questioned

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An "independent information portal" has questioned the value for shippers of ever bigger container ships...

Standard puts out general cargo warning

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The Standard P&I Club has warned in a special report that occasionally shipowners are car rying general cargo on containerships apparently u...

Container terminal for Porto Alegre?

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The Ports & Waterways Authority (SPH) of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has asked federal authority Antaq for permission to build ...

Contship out of Livorno?

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The partners in Terminal Darsena Toscana (TDT) in Livorno -Contship Italia Spa (part of Eurogate group) and Compagnia Portuale Livorno (CPL)...

Brisbane bidders line up

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Five groups are vying to buy the 99-year lease of the port of Brisbane, which the Queensland government is hoping to sell for more than A$2B...

APM Terminals into Santos

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APM Terminals (APMT) has acquired a 50% stake in Brasil Terminal Portuário (BTP), the new facility being developed in Santos by Europe Term...

…Duisburg on the up

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Duisburg’s container traffic grew by 29% in the first half of 2010 to 1.1M TEU, while throughput of other types of cargo, including coal, ...

Box builders bounce back

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Half year figures just released by China International Marine Containers (CIMC) and Singamas Container Holdings show that the world’s two ...

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