The global major port operator Cosco Shipping Ports Limited (CSP) has published its interim financial and operational results for the first half of the year, recording increases in all sectors. In particular, CSP’s gross profit had a robust rise of 49.6% over H1 of 2020, exceeding US$148 million, while gross profit margin increased by 4.4 […]

Cảng Container Quốc tế Đảo Meishan (MSICT) của Cảng Ninh Ba đã gần như trở lại hoạt động bình thường, sau khi nhiễm trùng Covid-19 đã tạm dừng hoạt động ở đó vào ngày 11 tháng 8. Nhà điều hành hãng tàu Pháp CMA CGM cho biết trong một cuộc tư vấn khách hàng vào […]

Ningbo Port’s Meishan Island International Container Terminal (MSICT) has nearly returned to normal operations, after a Covid-19 infection halted operations there on 11 August. French liner operator CMA CGM said in a customer advisory on 24 August that MSICT has been resuming partial operations since 18 August. “We expect a gradual return to full operations […]

Container ships, operated by CMA CGM and Ocean Network Express (ONE) were robbed or burglarised while at anchorage in Manila in the first two weeks of August. The crew members were threatened with knives and guns, and the robbers made off with items from the ships. The incidents were disclosed by the Regional Cooperation Agreement […]

A crew member of the 11,000TEU container ship, YM TRAVEL, was tested positive for Covid-19 and as a result, there will be delays on the original vessel schedule. YM Travel is currently deployed in THE Alliance’s Far East – Pacific South West Coast Loop 6- PS6 service and the Covid-19 positive case was found, when […]

The risk of spread of coronavirus among the crew and staff of Chittagong port is rising as the presence of the deadly virus was detected in the body of crews of two vessels in a span of one week period. The unloading of goods from a vessel namely MV Serene Juniper remained suspended at Chittagong […]

Bangladesh government set a target to complete the construction work of Bay Terminal and make it operational by 2024. This plan was announced on 19 August by the junior shipping minister Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury while he was visiting the terminal construction site with other high officials, including the CEO of the Public Private Partnership Authority […]

The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has published its operational results for July, recording a slight increase in container volumes during the previous month, but a significant year-to-date growth. In particular, Valenciaport handled 456,650TEU in July, which translates to a 0.7% increase over last year’s same month. Regarding the seven first months of the year, […]

The largest container alliance in the world, 2M Alliance comprising Maersk Line and MSC has announced changes in its AE7/Condor service on North Europe to Far East network. Maersk said that as a result of high yard density and exceptional waiting time for its vessels in the port of Hamburg, the import call can only […]

Taiwan’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) will invest US$1.37 billion in a five-year plan to upgrade seven of the island’s international ports. The ministry’s Comprehensive Commercial Port Development Plan aims to boost aggregate container throughput to 18.6 million TEU and turn the ports of Kaohsiung, Taipei, Keelung, Hualien, Taichung, Anping and Su’ao into environmentally […]