Marine terminals

The global container port sector remains “dynamic” and “profitable,” despite numerous changes currently taking place, according to Drewry Maritime Research’s latest report, “Annual Review of Global Container Terminal Operators.”

Modern Terminals has hired Vivian Tso as CFO.

Making the Port of New York and New Jersey more resilient is a tough challenge. This summer’s fiasco reinforced the port's reputation as a place where even a tiny glitch can send things haywire — and where it’s difficult to get operations back on track quickly.

Global port activity as measured by The Journal of Commerce’s Top 50 container ports in 2012 demonstrates the importance of macroeconomic trends on container shipping. The fastest-growing ports last year were located in those regions with the most vibrant economies.

APM Terminals boosted second quarter operating profit to $179 million from $160 million a year ago even as traffic stalled in a growing global market.

Wilson Sons reported a net loss of $7.0 million in the second quarter of 2013, compared with a net loss of $3.9 million in the second quarter of 2012.

Contecon Manzanillo, operator of the Specialized Container Terminal 2 in Mexico’s Port of Manzanillo, has received its first vessel, the 5,500-TEU Maersk Kalamata.

HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai at Germany’s Port of Hamburg has received four new gantry cranes designed for the latest generation of mega-ships.

London Gateway has landed its first shipping line service, the Southern Africa Europe Container Service, which will start calling at the DP World-operated container terminal in November...

International Container Terminal Services reported its net income in the second quarter of 2013 was $44.2 million, jumping 26 percent year-over year from $35.0 million.

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, India’s largest private port infrastructure developer, reported its consolidated net profit in the first fiscal quarter, which ended June 30, was $68.5 million, increasing 51 percent year-over-year.

Hutchison Whampoa reported its throughput for its ports and related services division was 37.9 million 20-foot-equivalent units in the first six months of 2013, up 2 percent year-over-year.

Seacor Holdings reported its net income in the second quarter of 2013 was $19.3 million, increasing 71.3 percent from $11.2 million in the second quarter of 2012.

Budapest Intermodal Logistics Center Kombiterminál, an intermodal logistics center in Hungary, has joined InlandLinks, representing the first Hungarian terminal to join the online network.

DP World handled 26.6 million 20-foot-equivalent units in the first half of 2013, down 5.8 percent compared with the same period last year.

Spain’s Terminal de Contenidors de Barcelona, part of Grup Marítim TCB, has set a new company record for movements in handling a single ship.

APM Terminals Apapa in Nigeria is expected to receive five new rubber-tire gantry cranes out of a series of 10 in August as part of its third phase of a $135 million terminal upgrade.

Global terminal operators APM Terminals and DP World are among the five organizations pre-qualified for the contract to build and operate a new container terminal at India’s Port of Kolkata.

The Port of New York and New Jersey is battling its seventh consecutive week of cargo delays and long truck lines that began last month with computer problems at Maher Terminals and have spread to other terminals.

U.S. container terminals have a good deal of ground to make up if they are to achieve vessel productivity numbers achieved at some terminals in Europe and Asia, the JOC Port Productivity database suggests. Automation might just be the silver bullet — or perhaps not.

The July 22 debut of JOC Port Productivity research comes with a message that rings loud and clear: Marine terminal operators must do a better job of delivering the vessel productivity required by ocean carriers and those whose cargo is aboard their ships.

Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group reported consolidated cargo turnover for the first half of 2013 was 72.1 million metric tons...

Officials from Port of Hueneme in California and Ports America have formally christened the stevedoring company’s new Liebherr LHM 420 Litronic mobile harbor crane.

Wilson Sons reported total container volume in the second quarter of 2013 was 229,300 20-foot-equivalent units, increasing 6.0 percent from 216,300 TEUs in the second quarter of 2012.

Malaysia’s Kuantan Port is expected to start laying foundations for a major expansion next year.

Adani Group, India’s largest port infrastructure developer, has announced the formation of a joint venture with ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. to operate the Adani International Container Terminal at Mundra Port.

Israel Ports Co. has published the first stage of an international tender for the operations of new container terminals to be built in Haifa and Ashdod, Israel.

Total freight traffic for all ports in the U.K. in 2012 decreased 4 percent year-over-year to 501.2 million metric tons, according to the United Kingdom’s Department for Transport.

The West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Agreement today announced an 8.1 percent increase in the traffic mitigation fee at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., effective Aug. 19...

Konecranes has received a $56 million order from the Port of Houston Authority for four super-post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes and three rubber-tire gantry cranes.

Maher Terminals has diverted three more ships from its terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey to other marine terminals at Port Elizabeth, N.J., to be discharged.

TCV Stevedoring Co., a Grup TCB subsidiary that moves goods at the Levante and Llovera docks in the Port of Valencia in Spain, has received its fourth super-post-Panamax crane...

Russia and Eastern Europe are the only bright spots in an “otherwise gloomy” outlook for Europe’s container market, according to APM Terminals.

Maher Terminals reported a “system outage” temporarily interrupted traffic at its Port of New York and New Jersey terminal this morning, resulting in heavy backups of trucks.

Construction has started on the Dominican Republic’s first logistics center, Caucedo Logistics Center, which is a joint venture between DP World and the Caucedo Development Corp.

Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group reported consolidated cargo turnover from January to May was 61.3 million metric tons, falling 10.4 percent from 68.4 million metric tons in the first five months of 2012.

Gulftainer will be taking over full management of terminals at the Saudi Arabian ports of Jeddah and Jubail after acquiring a majority stake in Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company.

Maher Terminals said its gate processing was flowing smoothly today and that its main terminal and chassis depot will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for import deliveries.