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Brisbane: The Australian port of Brisbane remains closed to all shipping activities since midnight Wednesday as the flood calamity continues to pose dangers. The Brisbane port authority has been deploying its resources to clear debris and keep the port waters safe, it announced on Thursday. Power loss due to the flooding has been restored to Whyte Island, w...
POLICE in the Port of Savannah evacuated a freight company's office after employees reported a suspicious package, according to the Savannah Morning News. Vantage Freight Systems employees received a device the size of a pack of chewing gum inside a bubble-wrap-lined envelope on Monday. A note attached to the package said the device was a bomb. Police ...
TIANJIN became the first port in northern China whose throughput hit 400 million tonnes as of December 21, at which point its container volume hit 10 million TEU, Xinhua reports. Tianjin Port Group's assets were estimated to come to CNY70 billion (US$10.6 billion) by the end of 2010, three times of the value in 2005 with revenues of CNY15 billion - 195...
SHENZHEN's western port areas - Shekou, Chiwan and Qianhai Bay - have posted robust growth in 2010 on the back of the recovery of the world economy. Shekou Container Terminal handled 3.98 million TEU, an increase of 19 per cent year on year. Chiwan Container Terminal handled 5.9 million TEU, up 29 per cent. The value of imports and exports shipped ...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) plans to spend US$45.43 million on capacity building projects this year, reported BusinessWorld. "Most of the key ports are nearing saturation level," the agency said, adding that expansion of piers is a major part of the thrust. Juan Sta Ana, PPA general manager, said that his office plans to finalise the budget...
The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs announced that port container traffic in 2010 rose by 18.3 percent from last year to a record 19.32 million TEUs and was 7.8 percent more than 2008, when cargo volume set a new record, reported Maeil Business Newspaper. As the real economy showed sound recovery in 2010, export and import cargoes (12.3...
Brisbane: Australia's Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) has warned that Brisbane port could lose power due to severe flooding of electrical sub-stations at Hemmant. The port had been shut down from midnight on Wednesday and all ships have been removed from the port in anticipation of the flood and strong currents, the Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) a...
Ahmedabad: India-based Adani Group is planning to establish up to six ports in the country before 2015 as it seeks to ramp up its cargo handling capacity. The group is looking at port locations in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Orissa and Tamil Nadu, in addition to its existing operations in the three ports of Gujarat state and one in Goa. If plans for the new por...
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