Ports & terminals

The port saw a throughput increase of 3.9%.

The amount of dry bulk handled at the Port of Antwerp during the first two quarters of 2017 has increased by 1.1%.

The development is aimed at improving the requirements for cargo storage, processing and handling.

DP World has underlined its role as ‘knowledge exporter’.

Essar Bulk Terminal signs agreement with Gujarat Maritime Board for a 1100 metre jetty expansion at Hazira port terminal in India.

Essar Ports handles a record 19.62 million t of cargo in the quarter ending 30 June 2017.

Van Oord awarded maintenance contract for the Port of Kandla in India.

Terminal De Carvão da Matola reports recent infrastructure projects that are helping the terminal gear up to load panamax ships.

Noatum, a Spanish Port Operator, adds another Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbour Crane to its fleet at Noatum Terminal Castellon, Spain.

An alliance of three partners – Welhunt, Oldendorff Carriers and Haivan – introduce a coal transhipment hub in South Vietnam.

ABP’s Humber International Terminal invests £10 million in two new Gottwald 820 cranes as part of a customer improvement scheme for the site.

Millennium Bulk Terminals moves into final permitting stages for construction of the docks and dredging of the berth pocket for its coal export terminal.

Belfast Harbour’s turnover grew by 7% to £58.1 million while operating profit increased by 12% to £32.2 million according to its 2016 Annual Report.

Ecocem Ireland set to capitalise on London/southeast construction market with the opening of its second import terminal in the Port of Medway.

The ABTO has said the current measures in place to test cargoes for potential liquefaction are inadequate.