Ports & terminals

The CSL group’s 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report shows continued progress on safety, environmental stewardship and socially-responsible shipping.

The Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd signed an MOA to purchase a secondhand 179 250 DWT capsize dry bulk carrier.

The SUEK Group commissions first rail spur line between the Toki freight yard and the Vanino terminal station as part of its railway infrastructure expansion at Vanino Bulk Terminal.

European Bulk Services is expanding its covered storage capacity in the Port of Rotterdam.

Work has commenced on a £2.3 million project to develop new warehousing space at ABP Newport in order to accommodate increasing agriculture-related cargo volumes at the port.

Canpotex Ltd has announced that its Board of Directors has decided not to proceed with construction of a new export terminal at the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd announces the delivery of Corona Victory, an 88 000 DWT coal carrier at Imabari Shipbuilding Co’s Marugame Shipyard.

NPRC has been elected the best-performing charterer in inland shipping by the Dutch shippers’ association EVO.

Diana Shipping has entered a time charter contract for m/v Thetis, a panamax dry bulk vessel, with Transgrain Shipping.

The Ministry of Shipping has created a new berthing policy for dry bulk cargo for major ports, effective 20 August 2016.

Port of Tilbury has announced it will expand the port’s grain terminal, adding 16 000 t of storage capacity.

Euroports will invests in a new storage facility and service equipment, totalling €10 million, at the Port of Gent, in Belgium.

ABB and Cavotec have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to offer complete shore-to-ship power solutions internationally.

Terminal Pacífico Sur Valparaíso has gone live with N4 terminal operating system in order to optimise its operations and yard safety.

OTEKO-Portservice orders material handling equipment from FLSmidth for the port of Taman on the Russian Black Sea Cost.