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Transformational times for GTOs

News1 May 2018

This year will be a defining one for global port operating companies, according to a recently published report...

Shanghai port achieves 40M TEU milestone

News1 Feb 2018

The Port of Shanghai handled over 40M TEU for the first time in 2017, and comfortably maintained its position as China’s premier box port....

Yangshan milestone for ZPMC

News1 Dec 2017

Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) and ZPMC have opened the 4M TEU Shanghai Yangshan Phase IV Automated Terminal....

Controlling the cargo ways

News1 Jul 2017

Already the world’s manufacturing hub, it seems that China is now keen to control a larger slice of the globe’s main container corridors...

Spreaders going electric, going tandem

News1 Feb 2017

Spreader manufacturers continue to focus on all-electric designs, and there is renewed interest in tandem systems for twin 40ft container ha...

Structural monitoring

News1 Jul 2016

France-based Aquass Group has over 20 years’ experience in crane structural monitoring, inspection and analysis, working extensively with ...

Singapore’s automated road

News1 Mar 2016

The city state is banking on automation and technology to secure its position as the leading transhipment hub in SE Asia....

ZPMC on the automation trail

News1 Jan 2016

With three automated terminal projects underway in China, and more in the planning stages, ZPMC is racing to meet a diverse range of require...

China faces the reality of its ‘new normal’

News1 Jul 2015

Despite China’s economy/trade slowing, investment opportunities still abound and its ports are in the ascendancy, with Shanghai remaining ...

Chinese operators reaching out

News1 Jul 2015

With China’s main container terminal operators keen to establish a strong global presence, it would not be a surprise for one of them to b...

New kids on the block

News1 May 2015

While the ‘big four’ continue to dominate the global container terminal operating business, there are signs that Chinese players, second...

Latin stumbling blocks

News1 Sep 2014

Developments underway at latin American ports promise to overcome long-standing criticisms about inadequate facilities....

Smaller players aiming high

News1 May 2014

A variety of ambitious companies are eager to join the upper echelons of the global terminal operating business over the coming decade....

Shanghai stays top

News1 Jan 2014

The Port of Shanghai retained its position as the world’s top container port by volume in 2013...

Amsterdam spreading its wings

News1 May 2013

In April the Port of Amsterdam became incorporated, with City of Amsterdam as the sole shareholder. The new status enables the port authorit...

China Shipping buying into APMT Zeebrugge

News1 Mar 2013

China Shipping Terminal Development Co has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with APM Terminals (APMT), stating the intention of purchasi...

Transformational times for GTOs

Shanghai port achieves 40M TEU milestone

Yangshan milestone for ZPMC

Controlling the cargo ways

Spreaders going electric, going tandem

Structural monitoring

Singapore’s automated road

ZPMC on the automation trail

China faces the reality of its ‘new normal’

Chinese operators reaching out

New kids on the block

Latin stumbling blocks

Smaller players aiming high

Shanghai stays top

Amsterdam spreading its wings

China Shipping buying into APMT Zeebrugge

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Magna launches new tyre for straddle carriers

Banks offer cheaper loans to greener companies, not ships, new study finds

ONE inks US$201.85m container leasing deal

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims

Transformational times for GTOs

Shanghai port achieves 40M TEU milestone

Yangshan milestone for ZPMC

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Magna launches new tyre for straddle carriers

Banks offer cheaper loans to greener companies, not ships, new study finds

ONE inks US$201.85m container leasing deal

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims

Maersk Shekou undergoes repairs after accident in Fremantle

DNV: Decarbonisation may double container shipping costs by 2050

27,500 TEU container ship behemoth is born

MSC ship loses 46 boxes off South Africa coast

ILA ups the heat with strike threat