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Antwerp Port Authority has presented its new Business Plan. "In today's fast-changing world we aim to be a safe home port and act as a lever for all those who see opportunities and embrace challenge," says CEO Jacques Vandermeiren. "Our main advantages for this are our great adaptability and our strong focus on innovation and digitisation...
This year’s first-quarter throughput total was notable for a rise in conventional general cargoes, a lower figure of bulk cargoes, a stable trend in container handling and distinct growth on container transport services by rail.In the first quarter of 2018, the Port of Hamburg achieved total throughput of 32.7m tonnes (down...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is accelerating its port infrastructure projects after port revenues posted strong figures in the first three months of the year.PPA continues to post favourable performance after posting a banner year in 2017 in terms of revenues and dividend remitted to the national coffers.PPA General Manager...
The British Ports Association, representing over 350 ports, terminal operators and port facilities across the UK, has published its view on the Government's customs proposals.Chief Executive, Richard Ballantyne explained the BPA’s view: “A very public debate over the UK’s future customs arrangements has been playing...
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has received federal funding for projects that will improve the flow of goods to and from the Port of Vancouver.Dry and liquid bulk cargoes account for approximately two-thirds of annual tonnage. Bulk carriers regularly call at the port because of the diversity and availability of western...
The first Silk Road train exclusively destined for Antwerp arrived on Saturday 12 May. The freight train, which had left the Chinese port of Tangshan on 26 April, was officially welcomed in the port of Antwerp. This direct railway link between China and Antwerp is part of the transnational Chinese ‘Belt and Road Initiative...