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  • UK: Boskalis Begins Port of Felixstowe Dredging

    14 April 2014

    Work has started at the Port of Felixstowe on the latest expansion of the UK’s largest container port. VSBW Joint Venture, a consortium of VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster, has been appointed as the lead contractor to extend the port’s Berth 9 by 190 metres. The work will increase the combined lengths of Berths 8 and […]

  • UK: Labour’s MP Leads Campaign to Safeguard Southampton Port’s Future

    18 January 2012

    Labour’s MP for Southampton Itchen, John Denham, has presented to Parliament the case for £150million of urgent investment to be unlocked for a major infrastructure project in Southampton. In order for the Port of Southampton to remain competitive with European and UK rivals, it requires the redeveloping of two existing berths and dredging to allow […]

  • Port of Felixstowe targets ops decarbonisation with new equipment

    9 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, has made a ‘major’ investment in new equipment to help decarbonise its operations.

  • HPH Trust Suffers Major Drop in 1Q Profit

    25 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Singapore’s container port business trust Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust) recorded a 52.7 percent decrease in its profit for the first quarter of 2017, which dropped to HKD 375.9 million (USD 48.3 million) from HKD 794.2 million (USD 102.05 million) posted in the same period last year.  What is more, profit attributable to unitholders of […]

  • Moody’s: China’s Container Handling Tariff Cut Credit Negative for Port Operators

    6 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    China’s NRDC announced a reduction in the benchmark container handling tariff for import and export containers.

  • Barcelona Inaugurates New Container Terminal (Spain)

    8 October 2012

    Terminal Catalunya, a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings, celebrated the grand opening of its new semi-automated deep-water container terminal – Barcelona Europe South Terminal. The opening was presided over by His Majesty the King of Spain Juan Carlos I. BEST, located in the Port of Barcelona, is the first semi-automated terminal in HPH network of […]

  • Stockholm Norvik Port launches Sweden’s largest port solar cell system

    27 September 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Stockholm Norvik Port, Sweden’s newest major port, has installed a new solar cell system “larger than that of any other Swedish port”, as part of its investment to reach long-term environmental goals.

  • New Container Terminal at Port Botany Officially Opened

    3 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Sydney International Container Terminals announced today the official opening of its new container terminal at Port Botany by NSW Premier, Mike Baird, recognizes the start of a major transformation of the State’s maritime international trade. The new container terminal sits on 45 ha of reclaimed land just across from Sydney Airport and employs a high […]

  • Australia: Port Botany to Get New Container Terminal

    16 August 2012

    Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) the world’s leading port investor, developer and operator, has awarded Laing O’Rourke the civil works contract for the new Port Botany Terminal 3. The contract marks the start of the on-ground works of HPH’s A$500 million investment for the development of a new container terminal. Laing O’Rourke will construct an A$150 […]

  • Spain: Port of Barcelona Reaches Important Milestone

    8 March 2012

    Terminal Catalunya (TERCAT), a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings Group,  took delivery of four Super-Post-Panamax quay cranes at its Muelle Prat terminal in the Port of Barcelona. This is the first batch of a total of eight cranes with the remaining four scheduled for delivery on 18 March 2012. A ceremony was held at […]

  • Balmoral’s Montrose composites facility on track for subsea and offshore renewables industries

    5 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    Aberdeen-based Balmoral Comtec has completed the installation of its manufacturing plant at its new composites facility at Montrose Port that will produce composite structures for subsea and offshore renewable energy sectors.

  • Mega Boxships and Rising Demand Fueling Port Investment Race

    24 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Rising global container port demand and ever larger vessels are driving terminal operators to make significant investments in additional capacity, according to the Global Container Terminal Operators Annual Report 2015 published by global shipping consultancy Drewry. Drewry predicts average global container port demand growth of 4.5% per annum through to 2019. This equates to an […]

  • Two UK contractors in partnership to transform life of field services in North Sea

    13 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Bilfinger and Global E&C have formed Torus BGP JV to transform the delivery of late-life services for CNR International’s North Sea assets.

  • Mega Boxships and Rising Demand Fueling Port Investment Race

    24 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Rising global container port demand and ever larger vessels are driving terminal operators to make significant investments in additional capacity, according to the Global Container Terminal Operators Annual Report 2015 published by global shipping consultancy Drewry. Drewry predicts average global container port demand growth of 4.5% per annum through to 2019. This equates to an […]

  • Drewry: Rotterdam’s Terminals to Become Fierce Competitors

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The new and existing terminals at the Port of Rotterdam will become fierce competitors bringing about an inevitable shake-up of customers in the port’s terminals, according to the shipping consultancy Drewry. The prediction comes in the wake of the opening of a fully-automated terminal by APM Terminals, the Maasvlakte II terminal. However, addition of the Masvlakte II […]

  • Port of Rotterdam launching a blockchain pilot project on PIN-free container handling

    10 July 2020
    Infrastructure, Innovation, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    Several industry majors led by the Port of Rotterdam are rolling out a new pilot blockchain project, in which containers are handled and released without a PIN code: a widely used verification method in this transport segment. The port authority said that the project would involve the use of a new application, Secure Container Release, […]

  • Sweden: The Environmental Court of Appeal Says YES to the Norvikudden Freight Port

    9 January 2011

    The Swedish Environmental Court of Appeal today ruled that the building of a freight port at Norvikudden in Nynäshamn could go ahead. The decision means that Ports of Stockholm can continue with project planning for the construction of the port, which is being built to meet the future demands for the provision of goods to […]

  • Australian terminals facing delays as unionized workers declare protected industrial action

    10 September 2020
    Human Capital, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Unionized workers have voted to undertake protected industrial action at Patrick, Hutchinson, and DP World terminals at Brisbane, Freemantle, Sydney, and Melbourne in Australia after negotiations on a new enterprise agreement broke down with the employers. The decision followed the approval from the Fair Work Commission to unions to hold the ballot. Patrick Terminal will […]

  • Montrose Port to become 1st Scottish port to provide shore power

    13 December 2022
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Montrose Port Authority has partnered with Norwegian company Plug Shore Power Ltd in a 50/50 joint venture to become the first Scottish port to offer shore power to offshore energy vessels.

  • CargoSmart, Cosco and Tesla in blockchain trial

    9 April 2020
    Innovation, Technology

    Tech firm CargoSmart Limited has carried out a pilot project with ocean carrier COSCO Shipping Lines using blockchain to share shipment data with a terminal operator in real-time. Apart from COSCO, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), and Tesla (Tesla) took part in the project which took place in December 2019. As part of the process, […]

  • Alphaliner: Maersk Too Optimistic on Market Recovery?

    15 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The container market has seen an inflection point in late 2016, with demand rising above supply during the fourth quarter, ushering in the start of a period of strengthening earnings for carriers, Danish boxship giant Maersk Line believes. As a result, Maersk Line predicts that carriers’ earnings could improve in 2017. The Danish shipping major expects its net […]

  • Port of Felixstowe Customer Roadshow in Hong Kong

    10 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Felixstowe, a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), launched its Asian customer roadshow in Hong Kong last week. The guest-of-honour, Caroline Wilson, the newly appointed British Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macao, made her first public appearance in her new role at the event. Speaking at the event, Caroline Wilson said, “The […]

  • Dockers in Indonesia on Strike

    3 August 2017

    Dockers unions in Indonesia are striking and protesting as they want better working conditions, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) informed. Namely, workers of Serikat Pekerja Jakarta International Container Terminal (SPJICT) will be striking from August 3 to 10 over “ruthless attacks” to workers’ rights – in particular to pension rights and performance bonuses – which […]

  • ACP Expects Double Digit Jump in Transhipment Activity

    19 January 2015

    The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) expects its Pacific coast container port volumes to reach 6 million teu after the expanded canal is opened in 2016, UK Shipping consultant Drewry said. This would be a massive 75% increase on estimated 2014 throughput levels (gateway and transhipment), however, the timescale for this anticipated increase in demand is […]

  • Harwich International Port Assists Energy Skills Centre (UK)

    17 October 2011
    Human Capital

      Harwich International Port is joining forces with Colchester Institute, the largest vocational training provider in North Essex, in order to create ‘The Energy Skills Centre at Harwich.’ The new Skills Centre, to be developed in Harwich, will have an engineering focus and is designed to meet the current needs of employers in the area, […]