International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has submitted a proposal to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to develop two ports in Iloilo – the Iloilo Port Complex and the Port of Dumangas, an investment estimated to cost over P5 billion.

The ESPO secretariat received four submissions for the 10th edition of the ESPO Award. Under the theme “Ports as a good work environment for everyone”, the ESPO Award 2018 will award the port authority which has an innovative approach to promote the wider port area with its businesses and companies as an attractive work environment for everyone around the port looking for a new career.

An historic diesel engine locomotive was discharged from Spliethoff’s vessel Floragracht by Euroports Belgium in Antwerp.

Transported from Milwaukee on Lake Michigan in the United States an historic NS 2000 diesel locomotive is being transported to the port of Antwerp for final destination The Netherlands. Here the locomotive will be restored by a museum. The NS-locomotive 2000 is a diesel-electric locomotive that was deployed by the Dutch Railways between 1946 and 1960.

ABB has signed a formal agreement with Wuchang Ship Building Group to deepen cooperation with an emphasis on developing greener ships and digital solutions. By utilizing ABB’s power and propulsion expertise along with its focus on maritime software, the partnership will help Wuchang Ship Building Group manufacture highly efficient and technologically advanced vessels.

Alexei Kadilov, Director General of Baltiysky Zavod – Sudostroyeniye LLC (United Shipbuilding Corporation), and Sergei Zavyalov, head of Rosenergoatom’s Board on Construction and Operation of Floating Nuclear Power Plants, have signed an order on the beginning of harbor tests for the world’s first floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov. According to the construction schedule, the tests start on July 1, 2016, says Baltiysky Zavod shipyard.