On 9 September 2020, PSA Halifax welcomed container ship CMA CGM Brazil, the largest vessel to call at a Canadian Port to date. The 366-metre-long and 51-metre-wide vessel with a capacity of more than 15,000 TEUs berthed at PSA Halifax at approximately 6:00pm (ADT). The inaugural call of the CMA CGM Brazil [...]

Saudi Global Ports (SGP), one of PSA International’s subsidiaries, has assumed management of both the First and Second Container Terminals in King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam (KAPD) with effect from 1 October. This makes SGP the sole container terminal operator of the port. To mark the momentous occasion, key representatives from PSA [...]

Spearheading transformation in India’s e-payment scene, PSA Mumbai has launched a digital online payments solution for its Direct Port Delivery (DPD) customers with local technology platform ODeX. With this solution, PSA Mumbai’s DPD customers will now be able to process documents and pay terminal handling charges with a single click on the [...]

PSA and HMM have joined forces to form a joint venture in Singapore, working together for enhanced operational excellence and efficiency in container operations. This strategic partnership will offer long-term hubbing certainty to HMM’s fast expanding global vessel fleet in PSA Singapore. Regional CEO Southeast Asia Ong Kim Pong said, “We are [...]

At the recent DBS Asian Insights Conference, PSA International Group CEO Tan Chong Meng shared his insights on the disruption that global supply chains are facing in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and how businesses can retain their relevance in a post-pandemic world. The event, hosted by Singapore bank DBS on [...]

In July 2020, PSA Antwerp in Belgium began offering log handling services alongside a redesigned Churchill terminal, quay 410, in the Port of Antwerp. The service is offered in collaboration with PSA Breakbulk and is a first for the Port of Antwerp. Customers of the new log handling service will have the [...]

PSA Sines handled a total of 4,861 containers on the vessel MSC Sveva in July, setting a record for the highest number of containers handled during a vessel’s single call at the port. Seven PSA Sines quay cranes worked on the MSC Sveva, for just over 24 hours. This operation surpassed PSA [...]

On 19 July, PSA Panama set a record number of moves in a single call with the arrival of MSC Anchorage, almost doubling a previously set record of 2,700 moves to 5,154 moves for a single call. Over 30 per cent of the containers moved were reefers. MSC Anchorage – with [...]

Tiam Her is presently AVP for the Engineering & Equipment Development Department under the Engineering Division of PSA Singapore. The department has both components of operational services and developing new solutions to key labour challenges in our port. Innovation is part and parcel of life for Tiam Her, perhaps going as far [...]

MSC PSA European Terminal (MPET) in Belgium, handled 17,840 TEUs on container ship MSC Mina in June 2020, setting a record for the highest number of containers handled during a vessel’s single call in the Port of Antwerp.MPET had surpassed its previous handling record, set earlier in April when it handled 15,237 TEUs on [...]