WA government snub for James Point plan

The Australian Government allocates AU$33.5 million for the Westport project, relocating container trade from Fremantle to Kwinana.

The government of Western Australia wants to shift the port of Fremantle’s container terminals to a new and bigger site to the south, adjacent to the existing bulk port

Liebherr Group has orders for two intermodal RMGs and has just placed another LPS 420 crane in the Russian market; four Vityaz double-lever cranes from SMM SevMorMontazh have recently been delivered to the same customer

APM Terminals in Los Angeles claims a container exchange record on a North American call.

The International Longshoremen’s Association has agreed a new 6-year Master Contract.

HES International has been taken over by American bank Goldman Sachs and Australia’s Macquarie Group. The Rotterdam-based dry and liquid bulk terminal operator has changed hands for €2B, according to Reuters