Hervé Martel has been named interim managing director of the Marseille-Fos port authority following his nomination by the French transport minister.
Martel’s nomination is due to be ratified by the supervisory board.
He will succeed Christine Cabau Woehrel, who left the position in March 2019 upon completion of her five-year term.
Meanwhile, Marc Forneri has been re-elected for a second five-year term as supervisory board chairman.
Freight forwarder AsstrA Associated Traffic has coordinated the delivery of OBSL modules for Ineos Project One – the first of up to 100 modules that it expects to move for the project.
Port Houston reported a strong surge in activity at its multipurpose facilities in September 2024. Steel imports were up 25 percent year on year.
For the first nine months of 2024, the port of Antwerp-Bruges saw a total throughput of 210.5 million tonnes, an increase of 3 percent compared to the same period last year and a stabilisation in comparison to the second quarter of 2024.
Ro-ro shipping group Wallenius Wilhelmsen has posted its second-best quarter to date, with an adjusted EBITDA of USD503 million for Q3 2024.
Trailer manufacturer Faymonville has selected a site in Little Rock, Arkansas for its first USA production facility.
Ro-ro shipping group Wallenius Wilhelmsen has entered into a five-year agreement with an agriculture, forestry and roadbuilding equipment manufacturer.
