Nhava Shiva International Container Terminal (NSICT), owned and operated by DP World, currently running at full capacity, has turned down pleas from transshipment container operators to handle transshipment boxes at a discount.
PSA-Sical Terminals, which operates India’s third largest container terminal at Tuticorin Port, has won a legal battle against the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP). The Madras high court last week set aside a 2006 ruling by TAMP, and directed the terminal operator to work out a fresh payment
Konecranes has received two major orders from Finnish container terminal operator Steveco Oy. The orders comprise one ship-to-shore (STS) crane, and three straddle carriers, with a long-term service agreement. The equipment will be delivered to Steveco’s container terminals in Vuosaari and Mussalo,
Ocean Independence completed the sales of an incredible 8 yachts in a 14 day period at the end of July/early August, five of which were to direct clients. Topping the bill was the magnificent 70m Oceanfast MY ‘Floridian’ (ex Aussie Rules). Delivered in 2003 and refitted with a new helicopter landing
A US nuclear submarine has arrived in Gibraltar for what is believed to be a recreational visit to the Rock. Although the presence of the submarine has not come as a surprise with the submarine having been expected locally, details of its origins and name have as yet not been disclosed.
The Port of Houston Authority commissioners will vote on about $25 million worth of construction contracts and projects at its Aug. 28 meeting.
Royal Boskalis Westminster nv has received a letter of intent for a € 120 million contract from the Australian energy company Woodside for the development of the ‘Pluto LNG’-gasproject in in North West Australia.
The first unit of the new model of the 70 Wallypower design has been successfully launched. After the sea trials, the yacht will leave the Italian east coast heading Monaco for the Yacht show where she will make her public debut.
This is the first instance of a private container terminal operator seeking to re-negotiate a key term after it was awarded on a pre-agreed method. PSA-SICAL Terminals Ltd, the entity that operates India’s fourth largest container terminal, at the Union government-owned Tuticorin port, will seek gov
Two crews have paddled their way to a world record for crossing the English Channel in a dragon boat. The male Brotherhood crew crossed from Dover to Calais in three hours 30 minutes, smashing the previous record of seven hours 45 minutes.
Robert Ballard said he has discovered a potential bonanza in the Black Sea, thanks in part to a natural phenomenon that has preserved ancient cargo sunken at a global underwater hub. “This is a crossroads of civilization,” Ballard said Friday.
INCREASED imports and exports through Port Elizabeth‘s container terminal have reached record levels, Transnet Port Terminals announced yesterday. The company said the new record of 41 362 containers beat the previous highest figure of 40 530 achieved in one month last year.
A terminal operator at the Port of Los Angeles will lose three customers that move about $40 million in cargo each year when those shipping lines shift their business to the neighboring Port of Long Beach in November, officials said Thursday. The decision represents a loss for TraPac terminal and th
The world is a very different place out beyond the horizon. Even as you read this, there are some 40,000 large cargo ships plying the world’s waterways and oceans, not to mention innumerable smaller merchant craft, all pulling in and out of ports, loading, unloading, changing out crews and cargos, a
