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September 20, 2019

Carnival Gets Approval to Expand Terminal F at PortMiami

Carnival Cruise Line expressed appreciation to the Miami-Dade County Commission for approving a proposal for a complete renovation and major expansion of Cruise Terminal F...

FILE PHOTO: A Cosco Shipping vessel is moored at PSA's Pasir Panjang container terminal in Singapore September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

September 20, 2019

Cosco Shipping Sells Port Assets In China’s Yangtze River

On 18 September 2019, the Company (as seller) entered into the Longtan Share Purchase Agreement, Yuanyang Share Purchase Agreement and Zhangjiagang Share Purchase Agreement with...

September 13, 2019

Fifth-Best August at the Port of Long Beach

The Port of Long Beach last month had the fifth-busiest August in its 108-year history. (more…)

September 13, 2019

UK Ports bring £9.7 billion of direct value to the UK economy

New figures published today by the ports industry reveal the hidden scale of the industry across the UK. As well as being key trading gateways...

September 6, 2019

Maersk & Koole Terminals to produce 0.5% sulphur marine fuel in Rotterdam

Maersk Oil Trading and Koole Terminals announced the signing of an agreement to produce IMO 2020-compliant bunker fuel. (more…)

September 5, 2019

Piraeus Port beefs up investment plan, awaits Greece’s approval

Piraeus Port Authority (OLP), operator of Greece’s largest port, has increased its investment plans to attract more business at one of Europe’s largest harbors, a...

September 3, 2019

Piraeus Port Authority submits revised master plan

A revised master plan by the Cosco-managed Piraeus Port Authority has been tabled for review by a Greek shipping ministry ports committee in the coming...

Shipping containers sit stacked on board the upper deck of container ship Antoine de Saint Exupery, operated by CMA CGM SA, at the port of Le Harve, France, on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. France is benefiting from solid economic expansion in the euro zone after years of European Central Bank stimulus, and a trade dispute with the U.S. that could have led to higher tariffs seems to have subsided for now. Photographer: Christophe Morin/Bloomberg

September 3, 2019

China Merchants in Talks to Invest in CMA CGM Port Assets

China Merchants Group is in talks to invest in port assets owned by French shipping company CMA CGM as the state-owned firm seeks to diversify...

August 30, 2019

Piraeus driving COSCO Shipping Ports growth

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited, the world’s leading ports operator, announced interim results of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) for the six months ended...

August 29, 2019

Cosco Shipping Ports posts 70 per cent jump in adjusted profit in first half

Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP), one of the world’s largest container terminal operators, said the impact of the US-China trade war has so far been “mild”...

August 28, 2019

Drewry: Port Throughput Index Down by 1.7% in June

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports...

August 27, 2019

Greece: Dozens of Greek ports are crumbling, captains warn

The situation on Samothraki, with the ferry connection to the island in the northern Aegean cut off for 12 days earlier this month, brought to...

August 23, 2019

Cosco to submit Piraeus investment plan

Cosco, the Chinese-owned owner and operator of Piraeus port, is expected to resubmit its 800-million-euro investment master plan to the state Port Planning and Development...

August 21, 2019

U.S. Container Ports Report Surprising Growth Despite Tariffs

Despite the escalating US/China trade war, the ten biggest US container ports posted a surprisingly robust 2.7% year-on-year import throughput growth in July, for a...