The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is pleased to mark German shipping line Hapag-Lloyd's 125-year presence in Canada. The company's first ship to serve the Canadian market called at the Port of Montreal in March 1892.

The weekly Ocean Alliance NEU4 service, operated by French-based CMA-CGM, will link the port of Zeebrugge with the Asian ports of Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, and Yantian, China as well as Busan, Korea, beginning with the first call of the 13,380 TEUs capacity APL Changi on May 16th.

Commenting on the Conservative Party's General Election Manifesto, published on Friday, the British Ports Association Policy Manager, Mark Simmonds, said: On proposals to withdraw from the customs union:
"We welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to 'frictionless trade', post-Brexit. Any new customs arrangements must meet that objective and ensure that there are no additional burdens placed at our frontiers. 95% of UK trade goes through UK sea ports and it is vital that both goods and passengers are able to move as freely as possible across the border"

Today, the cContainer vessel "MOL Triumph" will call at Le Havre, France, for her maiden call. Built in South Korea by the shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries, the "MOL Triumph" posts a capacity of 20,170 TEUs; she is 400m long and 58.8m broad.

Work has begun at the Port of Oakland to heighten four massive ship-to-shore cranes. The project involves raising 366-foot giants by 27-feet in a 9-month project.

Bothra Shipping Services Pvt Ltd. has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LRS 545 Reachstacker for its Kakinada Port container operation.

South Carolina Ports Authority reported 10 percent fiscal year-to-date growth of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled through April at its two container terminals.

A few months after the arrival of the Maersk Elba (13,092 TEU) followed by few more of Maersk's mega container ships, MSC sets a new record for Israel with its first mega ship ever to arrive to Haifa Port's state-of-the-art Carmel Terminal, the MSC Cristina (13,259 TEU).

Monday 15 May around nine in the evening the MOL TRIUMPH, one of the biggest containerships in the world, made fast in Hamburg at HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB).

As the world's leading port network, Hutchison Ports is no stranger to significant infrastructure investments or world-leading technologies. As the container terminal operator at SOHAR Port in Oman, Hutchison is taking its next bold step towards modernisation and full automation, with the launch of its new Auto Gate system at Terminal C.