US$1B investment planned for Maputo

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Mozambique's Maputo Port Development Co (MPDC) plans to invest US$1B over the next 20 years to improve infrastructure at the country's main ...

People on the move

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Our regular round-up of new appointments and farewells in the global shipping and port industries...

China to build rail line to Myanmar

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China has signed an agreement with Myanmar to build a 810 km rail line from Ruili in China's south west Yunnan province to Myanmar’s port ...

Yangshan growth tipped at 22%

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Shanghai's Yangshan port is expected to handle 12.3M TEU this year, up around 22% over 2010, as trade volumes rebound....

…hot stuff for Terex reach stackers

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Terex Cranes recently delivered three specially-tailored, Frenchbuilt long wheelbase TFC45LX reach stackers for hot steel handling to the Ar...

NTtank appoints European agent

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Chinese tank container manufacturer Nantong Tank Container Co (NTtank) has appointed NTC Tankcontainer Services Botlek BV as its European sa...

HIT takes delivery of supercap RTGs

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Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), part of Hutchison Port Holdings, has taken delivery of 10 new hybrid RTGs from ZPMC. The new machine...

Mitsui bids for Portek

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Japan’s Mitsui & Co revealed a S$221M (US$180M) bid for all the shares of Singapore-based international port operator Portek International...

Eko-Flor moves on

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Toronto-based Conforce International has commenced commercial production of its Eko-Flor xts composite trailer flooring system at its new ma...

HPC targets Russian Baltic

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Russia’s Global Port Investments (GPI), part of N-trans, is reportedly negotiating a “swap deal” with HHLA affiliate Hamburg Port Cons...

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