Forced by unrest and uncertainty in Egypt, Yang Ming's Post Panamax vessel "YM Maturity", a 6,572 TEU capacity container vessel, docked last week at the new Carmel terminal in the port of Haifa, Israel. The vessel diverted to Israel instead of its usual berth in the region at the Port Said, Egypt.

Terminal quayside container unloading operations need to be linked flexibly with yard stacking operations. The new Boxrunner straddle carrier from Konecranes is the flexible link between ship-to-shore cranes and automated yard cranes and  offers unique container handling performance to two distinct container handling operations. The first is represented by large container terminal operators that are adopting automation technology for greater efficiency. The second is represented by a potentially diverse range of companies that do not have container handling as a core competence, and yet handle incoming and outgoing materials in containers – often using trucks and trailers or custom-engineered, stationary gantry cranes. Boxrunner can be a much more effective solution for their container handling needs.

Four major shipping companies – Hanjin, UASC, CCNI and Cosco – have included the Port of Itajai, Brazil, in a new joint venture service. The service will greatly improve overall container volume handled by APM's Terminal Teconvi – the Port of Itajaí's container and general cargo shipping facility.

The new Vallarpadam terminal, DP World's first dedicated transshipment and gateway hub in India, has been opened last Friday by India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in a ceremony attended by more than 5,000 customers, officials and dignitaries. The prime minister and DP World Chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem laid the foundation stone for the terminal back in February 2005.

Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH with its headquarters in Germany has opened a new subsidiary in Dubai, UAE. Under the name Aumund Middle East the new office...

The new Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT), located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and operated by Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), has started the year with impressive operational performance, the highest since its opening in October 2009. During January 2011 shifts working at the terminal consistently achieved 28 moves per Gross Crane Hour (GCH) - GCH is the common measure of productivity and represents the number of containers each crane moves per hour. 

Services and shipping across Cambodia's two major ports generated total revenues of USD35 million in 2010, according to official data, a rise of around 31%. Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, the biggest port in the Kingdom, generated about USD28.42 million in revenues last year, according to pre-audit figures. This was up USD3.27 million from USD25.15 million in 2009.

The Buhler Technology Group, Switzerland, can look back on an encouraging business year 2010. For the first time in the Group's 150-year history, order intake exceeded the two billion Swiss francs mark. Also sales and operating result (EBIT) continued to grow. The anniversary year will be known as one of the best in Buhler's history.

Dragados Servicios Portuarios y Logísticos SL (DSPL), the leading operator of maritime terminals and shipping in Spain, with interests in container terminals in the ports of Bilbao, Valencia, Malaga and Las Palmas, has changed its legal name to NOATUM Ports SLU. The company, which also has interests in the largest vehicle terminal in the Mediterranean, along with bulk and general cargo terminals in Santander, Castellon and Sagunto, will be branded “NOATUM” with effect from 4th February 2011. 

Naviland Cargo, a subsidiary of the SNCF Geodis group and French market leader in Combined Maritime Transport, has launched a new international rail shuttle linking the French port of Le Havre with the state of Rhineland-Palatinate (south-west Germany) via Strasbourg. On Friday, January 28, the Grand Port Maritime du Havre (GPMH) and Naviland Cargo presented their customers with the new international service linking Le Havre to the hub of the German chemical industry.