On 19 November 2019, vessel Zhen Hua 25 entered the Port of Antwerp carrying a load of five new quay cranes – two of which were bound for PSA Antwerp’s Noordzee Terminal (Noordzee). Zhen Hua 25’s call at Antwerp symbolises the completion of what has been a two-year investment in port [...]

Mersin International Port (MIP) in Turkey set a new monthly record with the handling of 175,857 TEUs in October 2019, representing the highest container volume to be handled in a single month by a Turkish port! Prior to its latest milestone, MIP had handled one million TEUs from January to June, [...]

On 21 November 2019, DCT Gdańsk (DCT) celebrated the inaugural arrival of the first Euro-China train from Xi’an in China. The train arrived at DCT via Adampol Małaszewicze (Adampol), a land terminal in Eastern Poland and subsidiary of Korean logistics provider – Hyundai GLOVIS, with another train from China planned for [...]

On 26 November 2019, PSA International’s Halifax-based operations in Canada, previously known as Halterm Container Terminal, proudly announced its new name and logo, “PSA Halifax”. Acquired by PSA International (PSA) in July 2019, PSA Halifax is PSA’s first coastal terminal in Canada and currently the only container terminal in Eastern Canada that [...]

On 18 November 2019, PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (PSA Mumbai) and Gateway Rail Freight Limited (GRFL) held a trade meet in Gurugram, Haryana in India, to launch a weekly train service. The service is operated by GRFL and will provide regular train connectivity between PSA Mumbai and GRFL’s network of Inland [...]

Mersin International Port (MIP) won the “Port Operator of the Year” category for the ninth time at the 2019 Atlas Logistics Awards. Held in Turkey on 14 November 2019, the awards ceremony took place in conjunction with the Logitrans International Transport Logistics Exhibition at the Istanbul Expo Centre, bringing together leading companies from across the [...]

PSA Marine, together with its Taiwanese partner, Ta Tong Marine Group have formed a new joint venture company called ‘Ventus Marine Co., Ltd,’ to service a long-term contract awarded by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S for the Formosa 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. For its operations, Ventus Marine is leveraging Njord [...]

(L-R) Front row: Wärtsilä Singapore MD Mervin Ong and PSA Marine MD Peter Chew. Back row: Singapore’s Ambassador to Finland H.E. Jaya Mohideen; Finland’s Ambassador to Singapore H.E. Antti Vanska; Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs Katri Kulmuni; Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore Chief Executive Quah Ley Hoon; President and CEO Wärtsilä Jaakko Eskola [...]

PSA’s Bharat Kolkata Container Terminals (PSA Kolkata) set a new monthly throughput record of 61,755 TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) in October 2019. In the same month, PSA Kolkata reached the milestone of handling a cumulative total of 3 million TEUs since the start of its operations in November 2014! For more information, [...]

Hans Raj is currently the Head of Engineering for PSA Mumbai and started his PSA career in Singapore about 30 years ago. Over the years he has worked in various PSA terminals across Singapore, Vietnam, Yemen, India, Saudi Arabia and China. His duties have ranged from assisting in green field start-ups, commissioning equipment, reviewing terminal [...]