South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has announced a Request for Information (RFI), calling on private sector participants to submit project proposals for the introduction of a renewable energy programme at its eight commercial seaports.TNPA recently carried out an internal au...

Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), a division of Global Ports located at the Vostochny Port in Primorye, has begun servicing a new regular container service by shipping line SITC, a division of Asian transport and logistics group SITC International Holding.SITC launched the service from the V...

The Government of Japan has agreed to provide a loan of $306 million to Cambodia for the expansion of a new container terminal at the Port of Sihanoukville.According to a recent release from the Cambodian Foreign Ministry, the loan was approved and signed on 6 August.Cambodia’s Foreign Minister,...

Norwegian carrier MPC Container Ships ASA (MPCC) has ordered two carbon-neutral 1,300 TEU vessels from Chinese shipyard Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering in a bid to establish a green transportation corridor in Northern Europe.The vessels come with a dual fuel engine setup which enables operation on...

The Port of Nansha, China has begun operations of its fully automated terminal, the first of tis kind in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area.According to Guangzhou Port Group (GPG), this is part of the fourth phase of the modernisation project at the Port of Nansha, combining multimo...

The managing authority at Lekki Deep Sea Port has announced that the new deep sea port is 95.56 per cent complete, as construction works are slated to be concluded by September.Dredging and reclamation work is 98.43 per cent done, while work on the quay wall is 96.07 per cent finished, according ...