Marine terminals

International Container Terminal Services reported its net income in the first quarter of 2013 was $43.2 million, jumping 20 percent from $36.0 million in the first quarter of 2012.

St. Peter Port Harbour in Guernsey, U.K., has received delivery of a Terex Gottwald HMK 170 E mobile harbor crane from Terex Port Solutions.

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust reported its profit for the first quarter of 2013 fell to HK$642.0 million (approximately US$82.7 million), down 6.5 percent from HK$686.7 million in the same period a year ago.

Maher Terminals’ board of directors has appointed Gary Cross as president and CEO.

Noatum Ports has appointed Boris Wenzel as its new chief operations officer, effective May 2.

Seacor Holdings reported a net loss of $11.2 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with a net income of $36.4 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Ports America has appointed John Carver as executive vice president of business development, effective May 1, according to Michael Hassing, the terminal operator’s CEO.

DP World’s traffic declined 7 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, reflecting the sale of stakes in container terminals and lower volumes in all key markets except the Americas and Australia.

Washington’s ports led the U.S. West Coast in container volume growth in 2012, according to the recently-released Pacific Maritime Association annual report.

The Port of Houston Authority’s commission has ordered four dockside electric container cranes from Konecranes Finland for Wharf No. 1 at Barbours Cut Container Terminal.

APM Terminals Pipavav, which operates India’s Gujarat Pipavav Port, and APM Terminals Inland Services, part of global port-terminal operator APM Terminals, have signed a sub-lease agreement to build and operate a new container freight station in the port area.

Konecranes has delivered a busbar-powered, fully electric rubber-tire gantry crane to EVYAP Port in Istanbul.

Ports America has promoted Chris Smith to vice president, where he will be responsible for breakbulk, bulk and military operations on the U.S. East, Gulf and West coasts of the terminal operator’s business unit Ports America Stevedoring.

Grup TCB has selected Orbita Ingenieria to automate the truck gates at its TCB – Terminal de Contenidors de Barcelona facility in Spain.

NCSP Group reported cargo volume in 2012 increased 1.2 percent, or 1.9 million metric tons, reaching 159 million metric tons.

Grup TCB will operate the new TCQ terminal at Puerto Quetzal in Guatemala for the next 25 years with an option to renew the contract.

Eurogate, Europe’s largest container stevedore, saw profit shrink 30 percent in 2012 due to start-up costs for Germany’s first deep-sea terminal in the port of Wilhelmshaven and lower investment income.

OOCL has ordered 72 battery-powered Terex Gottwald automated guided vehicles, as well as fleet management software and a battery-changing station for the AGVs from Terex Port Solutions.

DP World has completed its dredging project at Jebel Ali Port, which deepened the draught, allowing the port to handle more big vessels.

Strikes by dockworkers at Hong Kong’s container facilities continued today, further disrupting truck operations to and from facilities in the Kwai Tsing area of the port.

Ceres Marine Terminals has named Douglas Wolfe as vice president, effective April 1.

Jubail Commercial Port in Saudi Arabia will take delivery of six rail-mounted gantry cranes from Liebherr Container Cranes.

PSA International, the operator of the Port of Singapore, reported profit in 2012 was S$1.29 billion (about US$1.04 billion), rising 11.5 percent from $930.52 million in 2011.

The Port of Felixstowe has received delivery of three rail-mounted gantry cranes, which form part of a new rail terminal at the U.K. port.

HHLA’s net profit slumped 18.9 percent in 2012 on rising costs even as Hamburg’s biggest stevedore increased container traffic amid a slump in Asian imports and boosted its market share in the North European port range.

DP World’s Vallarpadam terminal in India today received its first transshipment mainline service.

APM Terminals’ new Maasvlakte II terminal site in the Netherlands has received delivery of the first two of a total of 26 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes.

The DP World container terminals in Germersheim, Germany, and Beverdonk, Belgium, have joined InlandLinks, an online platform for container terminals in the hinterland, offering intermodal services to and from Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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Global Ports’ net profit for 2012 fell 16 percent from a year ago and revenue stalled even as the Russian group boosted container traffic by 8 percent to consolidate its near 30 percent share of the domestic market.

Container lines’ rapid exit from intermodal chassis ownership is spawning several equipment supply models that emphasize flexibility and a larger role for lessors and truckers.

Global port throughput increased only 4.8 percent in 2012, lower than 7.3 percent in 2011 and 14 percent in 2010, reflecting a worsening economic environment and decreases in international shipping and trade volume, according Shanghai International Shipping Institute’s Global Port Development Report 2012.

International Container Terminal Services reported its net income attributable to equity holders in 2012 was $143.2 million, rising 10 percent from $130.5 million in 2011.

The president of the Americas for APL is telling ports on both coasts to prepare for an onslaught of large container ships because the economic, operational and environmental benefits of big ships are so compelling.