August, 2018 ‣ WorldCargo News

Port of Rotterdam Authority to buy 30% stake in the Port of Pecém

News30 Aug 2018

Port of Rotterdam Authority’s shareholders, the Municipality of Rotterdam and the Dutch Ministry of Finance, have approved the port’s pa...

New orders for Genma

News30 Aug 2018

Genma has received orders for mobile harbour cranes from customers in India and El Salvador....

Stowage planning training in Brazil

News30 Aug 2018

XVELA Partners with Container Institute to offer “Next-Generation Stowage Planning Training” in Rio de Janeiro....

Erck Rickmers sells bulker fleet to Star Bulk of Greece

News30 Aug 2018

The Greek shipping company Star Bulk, owned by Petros Pappas, has bought seven bulkers from E R Capital Holding, an Erck Rickmers company, f...

Paranaguá receives biggest containership to date

News30 Aug 2018

Hyundai Merchant Marine’s 11,000 TEU vessel HMM PROMISE establishes a new record for Terminal de Contêineres de Paranaguá...

Newcastle invites bids for box terminal

News30 Aug 2018

Now that talks with DP World have ended, the Port of Newcastle in Australia is inviting other operators to pitch for a 2M TEU terminal....

New Bombardier multi-system locos for Czech rail freight company; Russian rail deals for South American companies

News29 Aug 2018

Bombardier Transportation and CD Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Czech Railways, have signed a purchase agreement for up to 50 of the newes...

Puerto Coronel stepping up in the fisheries export sector

News27 Aug 2018

Puerto Coronel, the leading port operator in Chile’s central/south region, is projecting a 30% increase in containerised shipments of fis...

DB Schenker offers online booking for land freight services – connect 4 land

News25 Aug 2018

DB Schenker’s other business units for air and ocean freight will soon be launching their own online booking systems, connect 4 ocean ...

Maersk is to test the Northern Sea Route

News25 Aug 2018

Maersk plans its first container ship voyage through the Arctic, with VENTA MAERSK, one of its new ice-class ships, with an intake of 3,600 ...

Gothenburg recovering in lo-lo container sector

News25 Aug 2018

Container throughput in the Swedish port increased by 19% in H1 2018 compared to last year’s strike-hit first semester, to 378,000 TEU...

Konecranes wins large repeat order for container cranes in Lithuania

News25 Aug 2018

Klaipedos Smelte in the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania, has placed a large repeat order with Konecranes for 10 RTGs and two STS cranes, as it b...

THE Alliance to switch Germany-North Atlantic calls to Hamburg from Bremerhaven

News24 Aug 2018

The AL1, AL2, AL3 and AL4 services connecting the NAEC and Gulf with Northern Europe are set to switch from Eurogate-link terminals in Breme...

German subsidy for low carbon trucks

News24 Aug 2018

One month into its new programme to promote low carbon and/or fuel-saving trucks, Germany’s federal transport ministry has awarded a subsi...

Georgia Ports Authority opens inland port

News24 Aug 2018

Georgia State Governor Nathan Deal, state officials and more than 350 business and civic leaders were on hand on 22nd August to open officia...

New port at Manakara?

News22 Aug 2018

The African Development Bank is assessing bids for the contract for a consultancy to undertake a feasibility study into the construction of ...

Port of Rotterdam Authority to buy 30% stake in the Port of Pecém

New orders for Genma

Stowage planning training in Brazil

Erck Rickmers sells bulker fleet to Star Bulk of Greece

Paranaguá receives biggest containership to date

Newcastle invites bids for box terminal

New Bombardier multi-system locos for Czech rail freight company; Russian rail deals for South American companies

Puerto Coronel stepping up in the fisheries export sector

DB Schenker offers online booking for land freight services – connect 4 land

Maersk is to test the Northern Sea Route

Gothenburg recovering in lo-lo container sector

Konecranes wins large repeat order for container cranes in Lithuania

THE Alliance to switch Germany-North Atlantic calls to Hamburg from Bremerhaven

German subsidy for low carbon trucks

Georgia Ports Authority opens inland port

New port at Manakara?

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Magna launches new tyre for straddle carriers

Banks offer cheaper loans to greener companies, not ships, new study finds

ONE inks US$201.85m container leasing deal

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims

Port of Rotterdam Authority to buy 30% stake in the Port of Pecém

New orders for Genma

Stowage planning training in Brazil

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Magna launches new tyre for straddle carriers

Banks offer cheaper loans to greener companies, not ships, new study finds

ONE inks US$201.85m container leasing deal

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims

Maersk Shekou undergoes repairs after accident in Fremantle

DNV: Decarbonisation may double container shipping costs by 2050

27,500 TEU container ship behemoth is born

ILA ups the heat with strike threat

MSC ship loses 46 boxes off South Africa coast