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APM Terminals’ West African Container Terminal (WACT) in Onne has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian Ports Authority to accelerate decarbonisation across the country’s ports and transport system. The agreement, which was formalised on 22 September at the Dutch Consulate in New York, during the week of the Global African Business Initiative, establishes a roadmap for electrifying containerised freight, in line with the policies of the Federal Ministry ...
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Rail continued to strengthen its position as the dominant inland transport mode at the Port of Gothenburg. During the first six months, volumes moved by train grew by 4%, reaching more than 60% all container freight at the Swedish gateway – one of the highest proportions of any major container ...
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AP Moller-Maersk and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are to extend the lease on APM Terminals Elizabeth by 33 years, to December 2062, subject to a vote by Port Authority Board of Commissioners on March 27. It paves the way for major infrastructure investments to enhance ...
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APM Terminals has added a further 1 million teu annual capacity to its MedPort Tangier facility in preparation for new Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd services from February 2025. It follows the addition of 1m teu capacity in 2023. With this expansion, the terminal now has a total annual capacity of 5.2 ...
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Nigeria’s Vice President Shettima inaugurated a US$115 million upgrade of APM Terminals' West Africa Container Terminal in Onne on 4 September. The project includes yard expansion, new equipment and a modern office complex. New mobile harbour cranes, rubber tyre gantries and other advanced cargo handling equipment will significantly reduce turnaround ...
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Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo officially launched the second phase of the Tema Port Expansion Project was officially launched on 15 November. It will include a fleet of 15 gantry cranes at the Meridian Port Services terminal and the paving of 270,000 sq m, expanding the terminal’s footprint from ...
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APM Terminals has launched the first service the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail corridor. The service is expected to move 90 containers a day. APMT first restored rail service in the port in 2013 to Kano and Kaduna on the existing narrow gauge rail line.
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APM Terminals has signed a partnership with Vietnam’s HATECO group to develop two new deep-water berths at Lach Huyen port in Haiphong, in the north of the country. Each berth will 450 metres long, capable of accommodating container vessels of up to 18,000teu and in the initial phase, the facility ...
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Frederik Klinke has been appointed country managing director, Nigeria at APM Terminals, taking over from Klaus Holm Laursen, who moves head of joint ventures, Africa and Europe. Frederik Klinke has been with AP Moller - Maersk since 2006. Most recently, he was regional head of finance for Africa and Middle ...
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APM Terminals Apapa says it is close to gaining a connection with the new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line. On a visit to the port, Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, said that arrangements had been made to remove a Customs building housing a radiation scanner, which had ...
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