BEST container terminal in the Port of Barcelona, received 6 new Automated Stacking Cranes (ASC) from the Finnish supplier Konecranes, thereby increasing its storage capacity from 24 to 27 automated blocks. Currently, these blocks are being assembled and tested and they are expected to be fully operational in June this year.
These cranes are electric and move on rails, like most of the terminal´s equipment, since Hutchison Ports has been committed since the beginning to build an efficient and environmentally sustainable terminal in the Port of Barcelona.
Synergy, the logistics operator of Hutchison Ports group, has launched a 3rd train frequency between the Port of Barcelona and Miranda de Ebro, thus consolidating in record time its commitment to Miranda de Ebro and northern Spain.
Last October, Synergy decided to expand its multimodal offer by operating the first container train to Miranda Container Terminal (TCM), in Miranda de Ebro, from the Port of Barcelona.
Since then, several rail services have been put in place between the two enclaves thus consolidating the offer and therefore a third weekly frequency has been added in each direction.
KA Petra Sdn Bhd (‘’KA Petra’’ or ‘’the Company’’), Malaysia’s pioneer and leading Ship-to-Ship (“STS”) transfer specialist, today signed a Heads of Agreement (“HOA”) with Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (“Hutchison Ports”) as a strategic partner to jointly develop the world’s largest Ship-to-Ship Transfer Hub in Malaysia.
Hutchison Ports Thailand, the leading port operator in Thailand, officially opened its Terminal D facility at Laem Chabang Port, Chonburi.
Already attracting some of the world’s largest ocean going container vessels, Terminal D’s world leading remote control technology will significantly boost Hutchison Ports Thailand’s operational efficiency and productivity, heralding a new era for Thailand as a global shipping hub.
A new intermodal rail freight service connecting the Port of Felixstowe with the Birch Coppice terminal in the Midlands has been launched by GB Railfreight.
Nine leading ocean carriers and terminal operators today signed a formal statement of intent for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a consortium to develop the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), an open digital platform based on distributed ledger technology.
Hutchison Logistics (HK) Limited (Hutchison Logistics), a member of Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust), yesterday signed a Framework Agreement on the “Southern Transport Corridor – Hong Kong-Chongqing Ocean-Rail Intermodal Logistics Cooperation” with CCI Eurasia Land Bridge Logistics Development Co. Ltd., that supports the Belt and Road Initiative, and aims for all-round co-operation in various fields.
Hutchison Ports Yantian was named the Best Container Terminal Asia (over 4 million TEUs) at the 2018 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards presented on 15 May at the Wanda Reign on the Bund Hotel in Shanghai. The awards, hosted and organised annually by Asia Cargo News, recognise leading service providers including air and shipping lines, airports and sea ports, logistics, 3PLs and other associated industry professionals.
Hutchison Ports Thailand, the leading port operator in Thailand, today at a media briefing introduced its US$600 million Terminal D facility at Laem Chabang, featuring the world’s first container terminal that will be fully equipped with remote control technologies.
Hutchison Ports FCP is pleased to announce the arrival of three new Super Post Panamax Ship to Shore cranes from China . The new equipment will bring back FCP’s fleet size to 10 quay cranes and is expected to restore full terminal operations.