MAY 23, 2013 — A highly-regarded indicator of the health of the container shipping market took a dip in April. The Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) and the Institute of Shipping Economics
DECEMBER 14, 2012—The Port of Hamburg Hamburg was the first continental European port of call on the maiden voyage of the mega containership CMA CGM Marco Polo. The 16,020-TEU boxship was handled
Development of large, LNG-fueled containerships moving ahead. Classification societies DNV and Bureau Veritas have each given approval in principle to designs for such vessels. Kawasaki Heavy Industries has gotten approval for a
By Ho Vee Leung, Regional Head IT, Southeast Asia, PSA The PSA Tuas Port is on the path to becoming the world’s largest automated container terminal, reaching an annual handling capacity of
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has approved contracts totaling $65.6 million for container yard work at the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal, a 200-acre facility just downriver from GPA’s main container port.
Port Houston has ordered five Konecranes hybrid RTGs for its Barbours Cut Container Terminal to support its long-term improvement program covering channel development and land infrastructure investment. The order was booked by
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has ordered 12 Konecranes RTGs (rubber tire gantry cranes) for the Port of Savannah. When these cranes are working, the Port of Savannah will operate a fleet
The Georgia Ports Authority reports that it moved an all-time high 519,390 twenty-foot equivalent container units in May, breaking the previous record of 504,350 TEUs set in October 2021. GPA’s May volumes
A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk)may no longer be quite the world’s largest operator of containerships, but it continues to be a money machine, reporting record results for first quarter 2022 across all
Following its successful deployment of four Konecranes rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes at the Virginia International Gateway (VIG), the Port of Virginia has now ordered three more for its Norfolk International Terminals (NIT)
