APM Terminals has found its new operational head after Thursday's announcement that the current one will take the helm at the company's Gothenburg and Aarhus divisions, which are being merged into APM Terminals Nordics.
Greek authorities have given the thumbs-down to Cosco's plans to open a fourth container terminal at the Port of Piraeus. However, the rest of Cosco's expansion was approved.
APM Terminals' management teams in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Aarhus, Denmark, are now being pooled, and a new executive will head the combined unit dubbed APM Terminals Nordics.
The Port of Hamburg now throws EUR 76 million into establishing onshore electricity to power container ships and the major cruise ships while they are berthed in the port. The facility will be up and running from 2023.
South Korea now bans transport and piloting of dangerous cargoes in a number of terminals at major port Ulsan. This happens after two tanker ships caught fire in the port in late September.
A total of 18 people have been arrested at two Greek ports. According to AP, this is due to charges of having misinformed container ships on how many tug boats were necessary to bring them ashore.
Dover stands to lose business worth GBP 1 billion per week if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, port CEO predicts. Bloomberg writes that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given the EU an ultimatum to land a deal within nine days.
Going forward, shippers and freight forwarders will be able to track containers digitally using a new app launched by the Port of Rotterdam Authority.
APM Terminals allegedly considers selling the oldest of its two terminals in Rotterdam, sources inform analyst firm Alphaliner. Maersk declines to comment on the rumors but says that it is keeping its options open.
The UK has invited Danish ferry operator DFDS to bid on a new round of Brexit contracts. DFDS has previously won a contract, which ended up being canceled when Brexit was postponed.
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