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Malaysia’s growing international trade is putting a strain on main ports, with delays in cargo handling being reported despite an increase in throughput volume, reported Business Times. Publisher and consultancy Oxford Business Group (OBG) said as majority of Malaysia's foreign trade as well as its domestic cargo transfer is moved by sea, delays ...
The Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in southeastern China recorded a throughput of more than 13.14 million TEUs in 2010, rising by 25.2 percent over the previous year, reported SinoCast, The throughput achieved in Ningbo port was over 13 million TEUs, gaining by 24.7 percent over the prior year. Ningbo-Zhoushan Port jumped to third place in terms of the throug...
US ports know where their main customers are and are wasting no time in reaching out to Asia, with Gulf of Mexico ports leading the way. Executives from Houston (Texas), Mobile (Alabama) and Tampa (Florida) have returned from an unprecedented "Gulf Coast Advantage" promotion to China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. Until now they have treat...
INDIA's Shipping Ministry is forecasting that cargo volumes handled at the nation's major ports will rise from 560 million tonnes annually to 1.2 million tonnes by 2019-20, while traffic at the smaller ports is predicted to increase from 290 million tonnes to 1.2 billion tonnes. Shipping Minister Shri Wasan predicts that overall traffic at all Indian ...
The Port of Colombo [POC], Sri Lanka has set a new record by handling 4m teu last year through the state-run Jaya Container Terminal [JCT] and the privately-owned South Asia Gateway Terminals [SAGT]. JCT handled 2.1m teu, the lion share of the overall volume, with the remaining 1.9m teu being handled by SAGT. This total represents an increase of 20%...
Work on creating a dyke system needed to support the eastward expansion of Craney Island Marine Terminal, Virginia, USA has started with the mobilisation of a spill barge. The unique barge, designed and built by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, will take dredged material and distribute it evenly, allowing layers of sand to be deposited on the bed of the E...
The port of Singapore handled 28.4 million TEUs in 2010, a growth of close on 10 percent as the container shipping market recovered strongly, although last year's throughput was still short of 2008's 29.9 million record. Total cargo throughput also increased by 6.4 percent to 502.5 million tonnes from 472.3 million tonnes in the previous year. Sin...
Colombo: The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is planning to launch ship fuel services at a new port in southern Hambantota in May, Priyath Wickrama，chairman of SLPA said. A fuel farm with 80,000 metric tonnes capacity is under construction at the new port, which should be put into operation by April 2011. "We're hoping to start bunkering by May th...
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