DP World today announced financial results from its global portfolio of marine terminals for the first six months of 2012, reporting profit before tax at $310 million, 12 percent ahead of the prior period on … Read more
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H. J. Heinz Company and CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading non-asset based supply chain management companies, announced, on August 28, 2012, a groundbreaking five year Oceanfreight contract. In a strategy led by Heinz’s global … Read more
Cargotec has introduced a new range of electrically-driven offshore winches that offers proven safety and reliability, with improved operability and reduced environmental impact. Cargotec can now offer electrically-driven versions of its proven range of offshore … Read more
Union Minister of Shipping, G.K. Vasan has informed that the Indian government has held discussions with several countries on bilateral issues concerning ports and shipping sector during the last three years. These countries include Sri … Read more
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured an £8 million contract to design and power a highly specialised buoy tender vessel for India. The vessel will be operating in remote waters off the east coast … Read more
India aims to attain self-sufficiency in ship-repair and emerge as a dominant ship repair centre in Asia by raising the share of Indian shipbuilding in the global shipbuilding market to 5 percent share by 2020. … Read more
The Tampa Port Authority is pleased to announce Charles Klug, the authority’s deputy port director of administration and port counsel, was selected unanimously, at today’s regular board meeting, to step up as interim port director/chief … Read more
Southampton’s strategic role as a regional gateway for the new generation of ultra-large container ships (ULCS) was reinforced yesterday with calls from two ocean carriers – among the largest and newest in the world – … Read more
On Wednesday 22 August, Russia will have joined the World Trade Organization as 156th country. It is the last large economy to join the WTO, ten years after China. China’s joining resulted in a huge … Read more
In the first half year, the Port of Rotterdam Authority result increased by €21 million to €119 million (22%), compared with 2011. The growth is a result of increased returns, while costs remained stable. The … Read more
