Grimaldi opts for cassettes

A crew member died during operations on the PCTC Grande Baltimora in Melbourne, with an investigation and support for the family underway.

Contship’s La Spezia Container Terminal is expanding its cargo handling capacity by 600,000 TEU and prioritising eco-friendly rail transport.

From mid-February, the established Kaldenkirchen-Domodossola link will be available with onward steel wheel connectivity to Bari; Domossola-Bari will also be offered as a single route. Thanks to a partnership with Grimaldi, customers can make a single booking between Kaldenkirchen and Patras

Automar has started a rail service for Italian-built cars for export from its logistics hub in Pontecagnano (Salerno) to the ro-ro terminal it manages and operates in the port of Gioia Tauro

The New York-based investment company Davidson Kempner (DK), along with its Italian partner One33, is to buy a majority shareholding in the Setramar terminal in the northern Adriatic port of Ravenna. Separately, Infracapital and InfraVia are exiting the Italian ports sector

Including the option for another two units, the total investment exceeds US$630M; the order follows one for five ammonia-ready PCTCs two months ago