The 250 million euro (U.S. $266.3 million) contract to deepen and widen the access channel towards Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai, India was awarded to Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and Jan De Nul.
Port terminal operator China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd. saw 2016 earnings jump 14.3 percent to $5.49 billion Hong Kong (U.S. $706.5 million) compared with the previous year as container throughput grew 14.5 percent to 95.8 million TEUs.
The subsidiary will support cement majors and sister subsidiary Ronez Limited in the British Isles and northern Europe.
The iron ore transshipment and storage facility in Uruguay’s Nueva Palmira Free Zone can transship 10 million tons per year.
The airline’s new service to Phnom Penh, Cambodia took off Monday with an A330 freighter.
Bureau Veritas promotes senior executive vice president, while Greenville & Western Railway Co. appoints general manager and manager of mechanical and transloading, and Glander International Bunkering hires two new traders in Mumbai.
The European Shippers’ Council said some shipments from Europe to Asia have been delayed up to eight weeks.
Involvement in NCBFAA a family custom for current president
President Trump nominated Kevin K. McAleenan to permanently lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is now pending Senate confirmation.
The April meeting in Beijing will be the third global regulatory summit between Federal Maritime Commission, China’s Ministry of Transport and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition.
Scheduled to commence operations in April 2018, the integration of Japan’s “Big 3” container lines – MOL, NYK and “K” Line – is a project of “monumental significance,” MOL President and CEO Junichiro Ikeda said in his annual message to employees.
Seven more container shipping lines, including OOCL and ZIM, have offered to cut terminal handling charges in China, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
U.S. District Court Judge Abdul Kallon has ruled the state of Alabama did not violate the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 by requiring railroads to pay a diesel fuel sales tax from which trucking and barge companies are exempt.
The parcel giant and third-party logistics provider has begun offering Saturday pickups and deliveries for the first time in select markets and plans to expand the program to nearly 4,700 U.S. cities by the end of 2017.
Malaysian port operator MMC Port Holdings will partner with Adani Ports and Sime Darby Property under a memorandum of understanding to study the feasibility of developing an integrated maritime city on Carey Island, Malaysia.
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has extended a port dues rebate program for automobile carrier operators handling transshipment vehicles for an additional three years, according to a statement from the Southeast Asian port.
The Madagascar government fired 43 dockworkers last month for joining a union known as SYGMMA.
The third-party logistics provider’s decision to expand warehousing space at three of its locations in Germany was fueled by e-commerce growth.
Authorities are still searching for the very large ore carrier Stellar Daisy and its 22 crew members after losing contact with the vessel in the South Atlantic about 1,500 miles off the coast of Uruguay, South Korea’s foreign ministry said Sunday.
Transportation and trade management company Taggart International has acquired Freight Quest Logistics, an international freight consultancy company.
