CARGO originating from Busan has been transshipped via rail to the Port of Vostochny in the Russian Far East on the Sea of Japan, following the launch of a new Trans-Siberian Railway service from Vostochny and Slavok in Poland. The experimental service's frequency is still undetermined, reported London's Containerisation International, though today it ...
CHINA's western border town of Alashankou Pass, on the Sino-Kazakhstani border, handled 25.2 million tonnes of cargo last year, an increase of 8.6 per cent compared to 2009, Xinhua reports. Imported cargo came to 20.1 million tonnes, up 9.1 per cent. Exports went up 6.8 per cent to 5.2 million tonnes, ranking the first of all overland customs checkpoint...
Kiel handled 5.8 million tons of cargo last year, the best result ever recorded by the port. This was an 19,3 % increase over the previous year and considerably more than even the 5.3 million tons handled in 2007, the year before the economic crisis. Managing director Dr Dirk Claus said: “All the indications are that we will handle more than 6 million...
Logistics provider Dachser is reinforcing its position in the Benelux countries with a new branch in Luxembourg. The new company based in Grevenmacher is directly connected to the eurohub in Überherrn, Saarland/Germany. “This enables us to offer all European facilities regular connections with standardized shipment times, even if they don&rsqu...
- Dragados Servicios Portuarios y Logísticos S.L. (DSPL), the leading Spanish operator of maritime terminals and shipping, has changed its legal name to NOATUM Ports S.L.U. The company has interests in Bilbao (Abra Terminales Maritimas “ATM”), Valencia (Maritima Valenciana “MARVALSA”), Málaga (Terminales del Sureste ...
Driven by container and dry bulk volumes, Marseilles Fos handled 86m tonnes last year, a 3% increase on 2009 despite lengthy nationwide strikes over the French government’s reforms. Container traffic grew 9% to 953,435 teu, although strike diversions cost the port 107,000 teu, causing it to miss its million teu target with, and the Fos deep-sea ter...
- Carrier Traniscold is currently undertaking extended field trials of its ‘NaturaLINE’ environmentally sustainable reefer containers, which use CO2 as the refrigerant. This follows what the company calls the ‘world’s first’ successful global trials of such units during 2010 in partnership with Hapag Lloyd. With the focus no...
Ocean freight e-commerce solutions provider INTTRA has formed an alliance with Amital Data Limited, a software provider for freight forwarders, shipping agents, airline cargo sales agents and customs brokers. As Israel's leading provider of software solutions for freight forwarders, Amital Data has been at the forefront of the industry for over 20 years...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi