Investment for Port of Namibe

Hansa Heavy Lift has transported a huge shiploader, with the largest unit weighing 513t and measuring a total of 65,480 cbm, from Antwerp, Belgium to Namibe, Angola.

The Queensland sugar export port of Bundaberg has a new import commodity, with the commencement of gypsum shipments to supply a new A$70M Knauf Australia plasterboard manufacturing plant.

Pacific Bulk Terminal (PBT), an operator at the Free Port of Vladivostok (FPV), has started construction of a state-of-the-art terminal at the Pacific harbour of Slavyanka, located 200 km by road and 50 km by sea south of Vladivostok.

Italian-headquartered coal trader Coeclerici Group is considering acquiring a Russian port asset, according to Urbano Clerici, deputy chairman and CEO of its trading division.

The New South Wales port of Newcastle has reported that a surge in coal and wheat exports has underpinned a new trade record, handling just under 168 Mt in 2016 (trade value: A$18.69B), an increase of 3.8 Mt on the previous year.

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions entered into a partnership with National Ports, an Australia-based developer and operator of large-scale floating port solutions, to make the operation of bulk carriers and materials handling equipment more efficient and environmentally friendly in shallow water ports around the world.