APM facility cuts backlog with training, equipment, yard improvements. APM Terminals said its Apapa Container Terminal in Nigeria set a new terminal record of 47.26 moves per hour this week. The terminal's personnel performed 2,249 moves in 47.3 hours working the 2,890-TEU Maersk Pembroke.

The Phu My Bridge will span the Saigon River between Districts 7 and 2 in Ho Chi Minh City. The bridge will form part of a new ring road currently under construction around Ho Chi Minh City. The ring road will be an important transport link from the southern Mekong delta region to the central and northern parts of Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has called on domestic and foreign businesses to invest in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh to help it reduce poverty.

With its ideal location, the Hai Phong City-based Dinh Vu Industrial Zone is emerging as a strategic investment destination for domestic and international enterprises. A number of projects have been carried out in the industrial zone.

Hanjin Shipping Company said it will expand its container terminal facilities with the addition of three new terminals by 2012, Dow Jones reported.

The Nuclear Energy Supervisory Board (Bapeten) has declared the Tanjung Perak Seaport was not contaminated by any radioactive substance or waste.

Konecranes, a global leader in the manufacturing of overhead lifting equipment, offers real-time remote monitoring services to capture critical production and crane usage data on demanding process cranes.

Many enterprises have entered Long Hau Industrial Park in the Mekong Delta province of Long An to provide logistics services for the nearby Hiep Phuoc port complex in HCMC’s Nha Be District.

Vietnamese enterprises should manage to improve product values and quality for supply to multinational corporations so as to enhance their competitiveness, urged the rector of the Industrial Policy and Strategy Institute under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

OOCL, TSK Line and COSCON have agreed to operate a new joint service, the Middle East Express (MEX).