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Hutchison Ports

Hutchison Port Holdings Limited, trading as Hutchison Ports, is a private holding company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. The port operator group is a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings. Some operation of the company were listed as Hutchison Port Holdings Trust in Singapore Exchange.

ACM clears acquisition of container terminal of APM Terminals by ECT’s parent company

The Netherlands Authority for Consumer and Markets (ACM) has cleared Hutchison Ports Netherlands, parent company of container terminal operator ECT, to acquire...

Huge fire erupts in Beirut port, 36 days after deadly explosion

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) September 10, 2020 – A huge fire erupted in Lebanon’s largest port of Beirut in a warehouse storing cooking oil and then...

Hutchison Ports to work on new container terminal in Egypt

Hong Kong-based port operator Hutchison Ports has entered into an agreement with the Egyptian Navy to develop and operate a new container terminal in Egypt...

Beirut Container Terminal back in operation

Beirut, (PortSEurope) August 14, 2020 – Four days ago on Monday August 10, the Beirut Container Terminal restarted operations. On the afternoon of 4...

Terms for tender of concession of Beirut port container terminal change

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) July 19, 2020 – Earlier this year, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport issued a tender for the concession of Beirut...

Barcelona Hutchison Ports BEST achieves status of Authorized Economic Operator and Temporary Deposit Warehouse

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – The semi-automatic terminal of the port of Barcelona Hutchison Ports BEST has obtained the status of...

Barcelona port produces positive rail audit

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – The Port of Barcelona has successfully completed the audit of its Security Management System and Railway...

APMT Barcelona: COVID-19 Terminal Status Update – April 7, 2020

News Update – COVID-19 Terminal Status Update – April 7, 2020 General status: APM Terminals Barcelona is operating normally. The action...

Barcelona port reduces cost of stay in terminals for import containers

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2020 – Port de Barcelona is to reduce the cost of storing import containers at the port’s terminals, a...

Five consortia interested in operating Beirut port container terminal

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 30, 2020 – The Ministry of Public Works and Transport issued a tender for the concession of Beirut port container...

Hutchison BEST adds reefer offer at Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2020 – Hutchison Ports’ Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) has announced that the local port...

GSBN counts down to inauguration as shareholders sign shareholders’ agreement

Feb. 27, 2020 – CargoSmart.ai CargoSmart Limited, a leading logistics technology solutions provider, today announced that nine industry-leading ocean...

Barcelona port improves transport links with Bayonne

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2020 – At a Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bayonne meeting, Barcelona port has presented its services...

Prat Pier (Hutchison Ports BEST) & Madrid-Abroñigal lead intermodal rail traffic in Spain

News Release – Hutchison Ports BEST – January 10, 2020 The Annual Report of the Railway Sector prepared by the National Commission of Markets and...

Hutchison Ports BEST to set up intermodal service with Bayonne port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2020 – Hutchison Ports BEST subsidiary Synergy has signed a contract with Navarra-based GIMEX to establish an...

Letter of intent for sale of APM Terminals Rotterdam to Hutchison Ports

APM Terminals has signed a letter of intent for the sale of APM Terminals Rotterdam to Hutchison Port, which owns the adjacent ECT Delta terminal, located in...

Fundación Valenciaport delivers the Infrastructure Master Plan of the Port of Buenos Aires

Fundación Valenciaport – November 18, 2019 Last week, the Valenciaport Foundation delivered the new “Master Plan of Infrastructures of the Port of...

Hutchison Ports signs memorandum of understanding to set up container terminal in Egypt’s Abu Qir port.

Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) August 7, 2019 – Local sources have reported that Hutchison Ports of China has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to...

Hutchison Ports BEST increases connection capacity for refrigerated containers

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 23, 2019 – Hutchison Ports BEST terminal (Barcelona Europe South Terminal) has increased its storage and connection...

CargoSmart and Maritime Industry Operators Commit to Transforming the Shipping Industry

News Release – CargoSmart and Maritime Industry Operators Commit to Transforming the Shipping Industry – July 12, 2019 Leading global shipment...

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