GIP to exit Brisbane

Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT) unveils a new asset intended for its Fisherman Islands facility.

BlackRock, the giant investor and asset management group, is buying Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for over US$12.5B and in the process creating a multi-asset class infrastructure investing platform with combined client assets under management of over US$150B.

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.

PwC Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Port of Brisbane have collaborated to develop a new Trade Community System (TCS) that will function as a free to access portal bringing together existing data on container shipments.