MSC PSA European Terminal (MPET) set a new record on 19 August 2019 during the handling of the Maersk Evora. A total of 8,428 containers, or 13,405 TEU, were loaded and unloaded from the vessel alone - a record for both MPET and the Port of Antwerp. At a length of 366 [...]

Ng Peng Choo is Head of Engineering for Saudi Global Ports, PSA’s terminal in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Peng Choo has been expertly resolving mechanical and electrical maintenance issues throughout his 27-year tenure with PSA. As long as you have the proper motivation, it’s easy to be innovative! Peng Choo relates with humour [...]

On 23 August 2019, PSA’s new joint venture – DCT Gdańsk in Poland – welcomed the largest container ship sailing the oceans today, the MSC Gulsun. The leviathan was in Gdańsk on a weekly 2M Silk/AE-10 service call. During its stay, about 11,000 containers (18,000 TEUs) were handled – the largest regular [...]

On 18 August 2019, PSA Marine deployed a new dual-fuel LNG harbour tug, PSA Aspen, to perform her first towage operation and successfully unberthing of a container vessel in the Port of Singapore. PSA Aspen is a 50-tonne bollard pull harbour tug designed by Robert Allan Ltd. It is equipped to operate [...]

Since its inception in November 2016, Sociedad Puerto Industrial Aguadulce (SPIA) in Colombia has matured and grown. In 2019, records for vessel productivity, using just four quay cranes, consistently reached new heights. The terminal broke its earlier record of 153 box movements per hour to hit a new high of 216 movements [...]

PSA Thailand and SCG Logistics Management Company Limited are investing in the development and operation of the Thai Prosperity Terminal in Thailand, to be rebranded - Thai Connectivity Terminal (TCT). This is part of an agreement involving the establishment of a joint venture company in Thailand, SCG-PSA Holdings Co., Ltd. The company [...]

PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) has achieved a new vessel productivity record of 210 moves per hour for CMA CGM vessel “APL Korea” on 29 July 2019. BMCT completed operations on “APL Korea” in less than seven hours, making 1,434 moves to handle 2099 TEUs. The productivity record was achieved under [...]

PSA’s Pusan Newport International Terminal (PNIT) has been recognised in a listing of the “Top 100 Companies - A Great Place to Work” by South Korea’s Ministry of Employment & Labour (MoEL). The award ceremony was held on 25 July 2019 at the Government Convention Centre in Sejong City, where South Korea’s [...]

PSA International has completed the acquisition of Halterm Container Terminal (Halterm) in Canada’s Port of Halifax, from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, a fund managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. Halterm is the only container terminal in Eastern Canada that can serve mega container vessels. It operates three container berths covering more than [...]