Uruguayan port project

Terminal Cuenca del Plata SA (TCP), which is the main container handling facility in the port of Montevideo, Uruguay, is buying 20 hybrid straddle carriers from Kalmar. The new machines are scheduled for delivery during Q3 2024.

Uruguay’s Court of Accounts Tribunal de Cuentas – TdC) has ruled in favour of the government’s decision to create an effective monopoly in the Port of Montevideo in terms of dedicated container handling activities. Four judges ruled for and three against.

The conflict between the Port of Montevideo’s two container handlers continues, threatening a recent agreement between Belgian company Katoen Natie (KN) and the government.

Katoen Natie has accused Mediterranean Shipping Company of wanting to “interfere” with its wish to sell the 80% stake it currently holds in Montevideo-based Terminal Cuenca del Plata

Container volume through the busiest harbour in the US will exceed 16M TEU in 2017.

The dispute in Melbourne goes well beyond issues the Maritime Union of Australia has with ICTSI over conditions at Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT).