Fujiarah: Phase one of Gulf Petrochem’s Fujairah Oil Terminal, located in the port, is now operational with a storage capacity of 412,000 cu m. The first phase of the Fujairah Oil Terminal is able to handle Class III petroleum products such as...

Panama City: The port of Rotterdam expansion – Maasvlakte 2- will be completed by the end of this year with terminals operational in mid-2014.

Cartagena : SC Line is launching a new service linking Houston, Venezuela and Colombia. Called Gulftrade it will provide bi-weekly connections between Houston, Texas, Cartagena, Colombia and Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Dubai: Etihad Rail, developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network - has secured financing of $1.28bn (AED 4.7bn) for stage one of its railway project that could see freight shipments to ports by year end

Manila: Shipping activity in Singapore could expand two to three times by 2025 due to continual infrastructure investments and the city-state's growing importance as a trade corridor, according to a Germany-based consultant.

Athens: Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DEFSA) has awarded class society Rina Group a contract for preliminary feasibility study and basic engineering design on a Greek LNG terminal at Revithoussa.

Hong Kong: CY Leung, chief executive of the HK Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government, launched a spirited defence of Hong Kong’s continuing maritime vocation during the official opening of the HK Maritime Museum (HKMM) at in its new...

The Hague: Freight forwarder Damco has reported major growth over 2012, with an increase in net revenue of 19%, to $3272m from $2,752m in 2011.

Istanbul: APM Terminals and Turkey-based Petkim have entered into an agreement to build and operate Aegean Gateway Terminal under a 28-year concession deal with operations expected to start in 2015.

Singapore: The head of APL Logistics Jim McAdam, Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) only profitable business, is quitting.