European shipping and offshore interests are pursuing business in Iran with news this week that MSC...

Editor’s Synopsis

• Mundra Port to emerge as a major transhipment hub catering to Middle East,...

X-Press Feeders is pleased to announce our new fixed day twice-weekly service with port rotation of...

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A has resumed vessel operations to Iran, after services were su...

**“The Adani International Container Terminal Private Limited at Mundra Port will have an annual han...

Hapag-Lloyd informs about a terminal change.

We would like to inform you about the terminal change...

**“Peel Ports’s much anticipated Liverpool2 container terminal was originally scheduled to open by t...

**Port developer and operator Abu Dhabi Ports, set a new annual cargo-volume record in 2015, posting...

**The Virginia Port Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Cuban National...

**South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) is seeking to restructure...

**“The Ocean3 Alliance, comprised of ocean carriers CMA CGM, CSCL and UASC, will remove an eastbound...

**The government has said the processes for the construction of the Bagamoyo Port will not be halted...

**“Canaveral Port Authority commissioners on Friday unanimously picked Capt. John W. Murray, current...

Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. has announced that Rafi Danieli is resigning from his role as...

**Shanghai-listed equipment manufacturer Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co Ltd (ZPMC) has won a c...

APM Terminals and International Container Terminal Services didn’t submit binding bids

Chinese...

**Influential financial body estimates US$30 a tonne tax on emissions from international transport c...

“The French ocean carrier will make its maiden call to Port Bronka, located on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, on Jan. 28.” For more details, please see the original article at American Shipper. Source: American Shipper

Hapag-Lloyd introduces a new service effective February 16, 2016.

We are pleased to inform you...

**The Blue Stream service is operated by StreamLines, N.V., part of the Seatrade Group, providing re...

**The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will be granting an additional 10 per cent conc...

**China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited (CMHI) has purchased approximately 1,180...

PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) handled 64.10 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of contain...

**To increase the retention of women following childbirth or adoption, the Maersk Group is from 4 Ap...

WASHINGTON — Amazon has received a license from the Federal Maritime Commission to operate as a non-...

China Cosco Shipping Group, the new shipping conglomerate created by the merger of Cosco Group and C...

**The Dutch Port of Rotterdam experienced an increase of 4.9% in goods throughput reaching a total o...

“Container volumes at the Port of Long Beach grew last year, while the Port of Los Angeles experienced a drop in throughput compared to 2014.” For more details, please see the original article at American Shipper. Source: American Shipper

The Kenya Ports Authority has been sued over a tender for the construction of the second container t...

**Shareholders of UTi Worldwide Inc. overwhelmingly approved a $1.35 billion acquisition by Denmark’...

“The Belgian port reported a surge in vehicles throughput in 2015, but container volumes fell dramatically compared to the previous year.” For more details, please see the original article at American Shipper. Source: American Shipper

The new terminal will be located in Matadi, the chief sea port in Congo

MANILA, Philippines — P...

“The port handled 574.9 million tons of cargo in 2015, a 1.1 percent decline from 2014.” For more details, please see the original article at American Shipper. Source: American Shipper

**“The European Commission has opened an inquiry into whether the Port of Antwerp violated EU state...

**Contship Italia Group maintains leading market position in Italy with Maritime Terminals (includin...

**“Hindered by the slowdown of global and domestic economies, the South Korean port handled approxim...

**“Wan Hai, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Interasia Lines (IAL) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) w...

**“The Polish Port, which made numerous investments throughout 2015, handled 35.9 million tons of ca...

**“The Saudi Arabian port reached a throughput of 1.3 million TEUs in 2015 and opened its fourth ber...

**USD $200 million in facility upgrades and equipment will be invested to accommodate larger contain...

**“DP World Russia, an 80/20 joint venture between the port terminal operator and the Russian Direct...

**China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has released a profit warning stating that it expects to clo...

**The reality of the disaster 2015 has been for the container shipping industry is starting to hit h...

**As the Italian port of Livorno today formally invites tenders for the construction and operation o...

The 80-knot ship concept, introduced by Norway’s former Viking Ships, now InSvivia Technologies, has...

**Fresh from success in securing control of Piraeus Port Authority SA, Chinese shipping giant Cosco...

“The French port handled 81.7 million metric tons of cargo in 2015 and expects to handle 83.7 million metric tons of cargo in 2016.” For more details, please see the original article at American Shipper. Source: American Shipper

**French container shipping company CMA CGM has signed a preliminary agreement with the Islamic Repu...