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CP moves closer to closing KCS deal

News1 Aug 2022

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has received the required regulatory clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (...

Sale of Maersk Container Industry to CIMC halted due to regulator concerns

News1 Aug 2022

AP Møller-Maersk and China International Marine Containers (CIMC) have agreed to terminate the sale and purchase agreement for Maersk Conta...

No appeal in Valparaíso

News1 Jun 2022

Valparaíso Port Company (EPV) has said that it is not thinking of appealing to Chile’s Supreme Court of Justice in respect of a recent ru...

The battle for Montevideo

News1 Apr 2022

Uruguay’s Court of Accounts Tribunal de Cuentas - TdC) has ruled in favour of the government’s decision to create an effective monopoly ...

Panama transparency

News1 Jul 2021

The Panamanian Association of Business Executives (Apede) has requested greater transparency and more analysis to be made public regarding t...

Chaos in Spain

News1 Jun 2021

Legal action brought by the State Association of Port Operating Companies (ASOPORT) against the IV Framework Agreement for the regulation of...

Transnet McKinsey deal

News1 Jun 2021

In a joint statement, South African transport utility Transnet and international consultants McKinsey announced that they have reached agree...

Resistance in Mexico

News1 Jan 2021

Mexican senators have brought an Action of Unconstitutionality to the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) to try and prevent the t...

Arc7 box ship hull for NSR ice-breaking

News1 Sep 2020

Russia’s Krylov State Research Centre (KSRC) in St Petersburg is testing a new hull design for container ships that could navigate the Nor...

Sassnitz in the firing line over sanctions

News1 Aug 2020

The German federal government, the state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern and the European Union have clashed with the US over a sanctions threat m...

SMM faces penalty payment to Russian government ministry

News1 Aug 2020

Russia’s Ministry of Industrial Policy and Trade (MinPromTorg) is looking to recover some US$3.5M in penalty payments from SMM (SevMorMont...

New Jersey legal win endangers Waterfront Commission’s future

News1 Jun 2020

The state of New Jersey’s longrunning battle to withdraw from the Waterfront Commission has finally reached a conclusion, with a US appeal...

China likely to discontinue scrap metal imports by end of this year

News1 Jun 2020

The import of scrap metal into China could stop at the end of 2020. Such a move would have significant consequences for container shipping l...

Inland waterway system opening up in Ukraine

News1 Jun 2020

The Ukrainian Government is liberalising its inland waterway network. The objective is to encourage private investors to upgrade the country...

Set not yet set

News1 Mar 2020

The contract awarded to Set Port Logística to handle dry bulk and general cargo, as part of a transitional agreement in the Saboó area of ...

Buenos Aires clash ramps up

News1 Mar 2020

With the Argentine government yet to settle on a definitive concession model for container handling in the Puerto Nuevo area of the port of ...

CP moves closer to closing KCS deal

Sale of Maersk Container Industry to CIMC halted due to regulator concerns

No appeal in Valparaíso

The battle for Montevideo

Panama transparency

Chaos in Spain

Transnet McKinsey deal

Resistance in Mexico

Arc7 box ship hull for NSR ice-breaking

Sassnitz in the firing line over sanctions

SMM faces penalty payment to Russian government ministry

New Jersey legal win endangers Waterfront Commission’s future

China likely to discontinue scrap metal imports by end of this year

Inland waterway system opening up in Ukraine

Set not yet set

Buenos Aires clash ramps up

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Congestion at CTA

Dry box building boom

Reefer monitoring on barges

Asyaport becomes first port in Türkiye to offer shore power

Hapag-Lloyd improves container tracking for inland transportation

CP moves closer to closing KCS deal

Sale of Maersk Container Industry to CIMC halted due to regulator concerns

No appeal in Valparaíso

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Congestion at CTA

Dry box building boom

Reefer monitoring on barges

Asyaport becomes first port in Türkiye to offer shore power

Hapag-Lloyd improves container tracking for inland transportation

Montreal strike leads MEA to suspend salary guarantee

ILWU Canada announces new strike

Ships divert as indefinite strike shuts down Montreal’s Termont terminals

BC Ports start lockout

US ports detail investment plans following US$ 2.9bn Clean Ports Program awards