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The throughput of Russian container ports in January-March 2018 continued growing: +12.6% to the same period of 2017. The ports overall handled 1.198 mln TEU.

Today, Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is introducing an innovative fully automated guided vehicle (AGV) for transporting containers between quayside and landside operations. The new Kalmar FastCharge AGV will be officially launched at the TECH TOC Conference within the TOC Asia taking place 24-25 April

The European Union and Italian authorities are investigating a large-scale tax fraud by Chinese criminal gangs importing goods via the port of Piraeus.

The port of Antwerp barge congestion will be addressed with the help of a roadmap of structural measures accepted yesterday by all parties involved in the regional container barge transportation.

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has announced that it will use lithium-ion battery-powered AGVs (automated guided vehicles) to move containers at its Container Terminal Alternwerder (CTA) between ships and the yard in future.

Felixstowe port has taken delivery of its first two remote control ship-to-shore gantry cranes. The new cranes were delivered on the Zhen Hua 23 from ZPMC in Shanghai.

Yesterday, 26 March 2018, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), the leading European port and transport logistics group, signed a contract to acquire Estonias leading stevedoring company Transiidikeskuse AS.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority announced the start of construction of the Container Exchange Route (CER) that is designed to link the deepsea container terminals, empty depots, rail terminals and distribution companies at Maasvlakte port area.

Vladivostok port, part of FESCO Transportation Group, completed one stage of the container terminal berth reconstruction project. The maximum allowable draft at container berths #15 and #16 was increased by 1.4m, to 11.4m.

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DP World announced the acquisition of Cosmos Agencia Maritima S.A.C., a fully integrated logistics services provider based in Peru. Cosmos Group owns a 50% stake in Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos S. A. at the port of Paita, the second largest container terminal in the country.

The major Spanish transhipment hub Algeciras increased its liner connectivity by 20.5% in 4Q 2017 as compared to 3Q 2017, becoming the second of all the global container ports, just after Singapore, with the highest rise in the number of direct service connections.

Djibouti dismissed the speculations that appeared last week about the reasons behind the governments expropriation of Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT) from DP World.

Two new ship-to-shore cranes were delivered to the Wando Welch Terminal in Charleston on 1 March 2018. The neo-Panamax STS cranes are manufactured by ZPMC in China and will be handling neo-Panamax vessels with capacity of up to 14,000 TEU.

On 1 March 2018, the Dubai-based global terminal operator signed an agreement with the Government of Ethiopia, whereby Ethiopia enters into DP World Berbera Port becoming its strategic shareholder.

Global Ports Investments PLC, the leading operator of container terminals in the Russian market, has announced that on Monday, 26 February 2018, the companys Board of Directors elected Mr. Morten Engelstoft, CEO of APM Terminals, as the new Chairman of the Board.

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), a leading Dutch expert in dredging services, has secured a contract for the port development project Tuas Terminal Phase II in Singapore.

YILPORT Holding, the Turkish Yildirim Group's port arm, reports a 9.4% increase in container throughput of all its terminals in 2017. The overall volume of Yilport facilities grew to 4.3 mln TEU.

The development of Phase 2 of Basra Gateway Terminal at the port of Umm Qasr, Iraqs main shipping trade gateway on the Persian Gulf coast, is well underway by Philippines port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

The Spanish port of Barcelona has reported its 2017 results: +26% growth to the previous year. Due to this tremendous gain Barcelona has become the fastest-growing European port. The ports total traffic reached 61.4 mln tonnes, surpassing the mark of 61 mln for the first time.