Mind out for altered States

Weserport, the joint venture of Rhenus Group and ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH, has taken delivery of a new mobile harbour crane for handling general and project cargo at Terminal 1 in the Industriehafen.

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.

Chinese-owned, Hong Kong-based Brockman Mining has struck a deal with Pilbara Ports Authority for guaranteed access to the Utah Point Common User Bulk Handling Facility at Port Hedland, despite continued uncertainty over the terminal’s ownership.

A calamity sometimes affords a timely opportunity for operators to install brand new stockyard equipment.