Ports

This page features all the latest news from ports around the world.

Ports

December 29, 2020

DP World in talks to invest $190m in Angola port

Dubai-based DP World has been selected as the preferred bidder to enter into discussions with the Government of Angola for a 20-year concession and operation...

December 28, 2020

Argentina Calls Meeting to End Grains Ports Strike

Argentina is moving to resolve a ports strike that has bogged down agricultural exports from one of the world’s main bread baskets by calling a...

December 24, 2020

DP World to build new port in Senegal costing over $1 billion

Global port operator DP World has signed agreements with the government of Senegal to develop a deep-water port at Ndayane worth a total of $1.127...

December 24, 2020

Clogged U.K. Port Reopens in Chaos as Truckers Await Covid Tests

Vital trade and travel links between the U.K. and continental Europe slowly reopened after France eased border restrictions, but huge backlogs that could take days...

December 23, 2020

U.K. Warned That No-Deal Brexit Would Exacerbate Port Crisis

U.K. port snarl-ups would be exacerbated in a no-deal Brexit, shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd AG warned as vital ferry links to France remained closed for a...

December 23, 2020

Argentine soymeal exports stalled as wage strike reaches 13th day

Wage talks between Argentine port workers and soymeal manufacturers were stalled on Tuesday, with a labor strike going into its 13th day, bogging down agricultural...

December 22, 2020

Port Throughput Indices Recover In October

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 235 ports...

December 17, 2020

Britain’s Retail Industry Demands Probe of Disruption at Ports

Britain’s retailers and food manufacturers have called on lawmakers to urgently investigate ongoing disruption at UK ports, warning that delays were hurting their plans to...

December 17, 2020

COVID blamed for bottlenecks at world’s busiest ports – report

The Port of Felixstowe on England’s eastern coast has for months struggled to process thousands of shipping containers delivering vital goods for the pandemic-hit UK...

December 11, 2020

Port of Long Beach November Volumes Jump 30%

The Port of Long Beach has marked its best November ever. (more…)

December 11, 2020

Piraeus Port Authority awarded 3 ISO management system certificates by LR

Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA S.A.) was awarded with three ISO management system certificates by Lloyd’s Register (LR) in a virtual ceremony on 9th December,...

December 10, 2020

Piraeus Port Authority: New investment at Perama Ship Repair Zone

PPA S.A. announces the signing of the agreement for the implementation of the project: “Infrastructure Improvement of Ship Repair Zone in Perama – Phase Β”,...

December 9, 2020

Gulf Oil to acquire Ocean Tankers facility in Tuas

Gulf Oil International has reached an agreement to acquire the lubricant blending plant from Ocean Tankers. (more…)

December 4, 2020

Odfjell to acquire Lindsay Goldberg stake in Korea terminal

Odfjell SE has reached an agreement with Lindsay Goldberg (LG) to acquire their indirect 24.5% shareholding in Odfjell Terminals Korea (OTK) at a purchase price...

December 1, 2020

Container Port Throughput Index Almost Stagnant – Drewry

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 235 ports...