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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
apm terminals
News

Maersk’s APM Terminals Expands in Latin America with Acquisition on Spanish Rival

  By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S’s terminal unit said Tuesday it agreed to buy a Spanish rival to expand its port

September 8, 2015
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Monday, August 17, 2015
Port of Hamburg Slashes 2015 Volume Forecasts on China, Russia
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Port of Hamburg Slashes 2015 Volume Forecasts on China, Russia

  HAMBURG, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The Port of Hamburg Marketing Association has slashed its forecast for container volumes at Hamburg’s port, a

August 17, 2015
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Tianjin Port Resumes Operations After Blasts
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Tianjin Port Resumes Operations After Blasts

  SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Many operations have resumed at China’s Tianjin port, trade sources said, after explosions last week

August 17, 2015
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Friday, August 14, 2015
Port of Long Beach Sets Cargo Record
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Port of Long Beach Sets Cargo Record

  Cargo container volumes surged through the Port of Long Beach in July with an 18.4 percent increase over the same month in 2014, making it a record

August 14, 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Dubai’s DP World Kicks Off $1.6 Billion Jebel Ali Port Expansion
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Dubai’s DP World Kicks Off $1.6 Billion Jebel Ali Port Expansion

  By Tom Arnold DUBAI, July 28 (Reuters) – DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, has started building a new $1.6 billion

July 28, 2015
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Monday, June 29, 2015
Georgia Ports Authority Sets All-Time Container and Total Tonnage Records
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Georgia Ports Authority Sets All-Time Container and Total Tonnage Records

The Georgia Ports Authority set all-time records for both container volumes and total tonnage in May with strong growth across several key business

June 29, 2015
Total Views: 47

Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Maersk Line Will Continue Houston Port Calls After APM Terminals Exit
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Maersk Line Will Continue Houston Port Calls After APM Terminals Exit

  The world’s biggest shipping company, Maersk Line, and its affiliated shipping services, SeaLand and Safmarine, has agreed to continue to call at

June 24, 2015
Total Views: 226

Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Singapore Opens Next Phase of $3.5 Billion Container Terminal
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Singapore Opens Next Phase of $3.5 Billion Container Terminal

Singapore opened the newest addition to its container port on Tuesday, aiming to handle more of the increasing number of mega-ships plying the

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 156

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Port of Long Beach: May Was Busiest Month Since 2007
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Port of Long Beach: May Was Busiest Month Since 2007

  Cargo rose at the Port of Long Beach by 6 percent in May, the third consecutive month of growth, the busiest month since October 2007, and the busiest

June 17, 2015
Total Views: 43

Friday, June 12, 2015
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APM Terminals Joint Venture Seals $1.5 Billion Port Deal in Ghana

  APM Terminals, the container terminal operating unit of Maersk Group, and its partners have sealed a massive $1.5 billion investment in Ghana

June 12, 2015
Total Views: 146

Thursday, May 14, 2015
Incidents

Bremerhaven Container Crane Fails, Operator Killed

Bremerhaven police have confirmed the death this morning of a 52 year old crane operator who was loading and unloading containers on Wednesday night from the

May 14, 2015
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015
News

Petrobras to Use Edison Chouest Offshore Base at Brazil’s Açu Port

Petrobras will use offshore docks operated by U.S. ship-leasing company Edison Chouest to handle oil-service vessels at the Brazilian Port of Açu, the head of

May 13, 2015
Total Views: 86

Saturday, April 25, 2015
Maasvlakte II terminal
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APM Terminals Opens High-Tech, Zero-Emissions Maasvlakte II Container Terminal in Rotterdam

APM Terminals has opened its new Maasvlakte II container terminal at the Port of Rotterdam, said to be the most technologically advanced and environmentally

April 25, 2015
Total Views: 482

Tuesday, April 7, 2015
santos port fire
News

Fire Still Restricts Trucks from Brazil’s Largest Port

A fire at a fuel-storage facility at the Port of Santos, the largest port in Brazil, burned for a sixth day on Tuesday, restricting access to trucks delivering

April 7, 2015
Total Views: 114

Monday, April 6, 2015
Watch: Parking a Triple-E at Felixstowe – Tug’s Perspective
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Watch: Parking a Triple-E at Felixstowe – Tug’s Perspective

This two-part series comes to us from Shipping TV‘s Chris Gosling who was aboard the tug Svitzer Stanford for the maiden call of the Triple-E

April 6, 2015
Total Views: 67

Saturday, April 4, 2015
Fire Spreads at Port Santos, Brazil
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Fire Spreads at Port Santos, Brazil

A fire at a fuel storage facility run by Ultracargo near Santos, Brazil's largest port, spread further on Saturday as it entered its third day despite

April 4, 2015
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Thursday, April 2, 2015
Fuel Storage Tanks on Fire Near Port of Santos, Brazil
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Fuel Storage Tanks on Fire Near Port of Santos, Brazil

Eighty firefighters were battling a fire at a fuel tank storage facility run by Ultracargo near Brazil's port of Santos, Latin America's largest, the local

April 2, 2015
Total Views: 103

DP World to Acquire Prince Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal
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DP World to Acquire Prince Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal

UAE-based DP World, one of the world’s biggest port operators, says it has reached a deal to acquire Maher Terminal’s Fairview Container Terminal in

April 2, 2015
Total Views: 252

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Congestion Slowly Easing at U.S. West Coast Ports
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Congestion Slowly Easing at U.S. West Coast Ports

Cargo congestion at the two busiest U.S. container ports has eased considerably in the six weeks, but port officials said it would take several more weeks for

April 1, 2015
Total Views: 66

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Britain’s Top Port Operator to Sell $2.4 Billion Stake
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Britain’s Top Port Operator to Sell $2.4 Billion Stake

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Hermes Infrastructure are to buy a 30 percent stake in Associated British Ports for about 1.6 billion

March 31, 2015
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