A container shipping terminal at the Port of Long Beach is now using new, zero-emissions cargo-handling tractors to test the readiness of the equipment to handle the workload at a busy seaport.
Bolloré Ports, APM Terminals and the Côte d’Ivoire government are launching the construction work on the Côte d’Ivoire Terminal, the second container terminal at the Port of Abidjan.
NCL has confirmed that it will commence a new, direct weekly container service from Norway to the UK on 23 September when MV “Rumba” will make its first call at London Container Terminal, Tilbury.
Plans include increasing the draft to enable larger vessels to be received and allow local traders more economical import of refined products and access to re-export markets.