Tag: container port, Shanghai
Shanghai remains world’s busiest container port
China’s Shanghai port has retained its rank as the world’s busiest container port, having handled 43.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units last year, Xinhua...
Drewry forecasts modest growth for global container port
Global container port demand is heading toward a modest growth and numerous uncertainties, accompanied with muted capacity expansion plans. Most world regions would...
Drewry forecasts global container port volumes at 973m TEU
Global container port demand is forecast to rise for the next five years with box throughput reaching 973 million TEU by 2023, though capacity expansion plans are likely...
Djibouti to retain control of Doraleh container terminal
Doraleh Container Terminal will remain in state hands as the government seeks investment, a senior official said on Wednesday, in comments likely to reassure Washington...
Chinese investors dump Sweden container port plan
Following negative attention in the media and from local communities, Chinese investors decided to cancel their plans for a development of a deep-water container port in...
Global container port volumes up 6.7% in first half 2017
Underscoring an upturn in container shipping global boxport volumes grew 6.7% in the first half of 2017, and forecast at 6% for the year as a whole by Alphaliner. Survey...
Tempers flare as Hamburg selects Chinese consortium for container port expansion project
Loadstar – A storm is brewing in the city of Hamburg over the port authority awarding the development of the 42ha Steinwerder South container terminal project to a...
South Korea to fund Philippines Cebu container port
The Cebu International Container Port project in the Philippines has received approval for a soft loan from the South Korean government and is set to be completed by...
Chinese firm begins construction of Panama Colón Container Port
China’s Landbridge Group began construction of USD1.1 billion worth Panama Colón Container Port (PCCP) located in Isla Margarita, province of Colón, near the...
Portland’s container port ‘saga’ still has uncertain ending
The Port of Portland has officially regained control of its container terminal, but agricultural exporters can’t expect shipping from the facility to resume...
