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The Port of Charleston’s container volume increased more than 14 percent in November, the 11th consecutive month of growth. Charleston’s container volume in November totaled 65,251 containers, up 14.4 percent from the same month in 2009 (57,039 TEU). Through the first 11 months of 2010, Charleston container volume is up 17.5 percent. Contain...
Sydney: DP World Australia, an offshoot of the Dubai World Investment Fund has announced the sale of 75% ownership of its downunder port operations to Citi Infrastructure Investors for US$1.49 bn. DP World confirmed it will keep its current 2,100 staff and continue managing container ports in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane under the deal. T...
THE Port Authority of Houston saw container tonnage rise seven per cent in the first 11 months of 2010, with container revenue up 16 per cent compared to the same period in 2009. However, November's performance continued the pattern of the past three months, with stronger steel numbers outshining container performance during the month, according to CEO...
SHANGHAI's Yangshan port registers an annual growth rate of 32.5 per cent in container throughput in the past five years to over 35 million TEU, reports Xinhua. The port's container volume currently accounts to 35 per cent of Shanghai's total. Forty per cent of the volume originates from sea-to-sea transit shipments, which is higher than the average ...
An increasing volume of Maersk's freight at the Port of Gothenburg is moved by rail, including short-haul movements. They even have their own rail shuttle. "We are aiming to expand our use of rail even further," states Karl Jivén, Sustainability Manager at Maersk Line Scandinavia. The volume of freight moved to and from the Port of Gothenbur...
Hainan P O Shipping expanded its trans-Pacific service to include a weekly call at the Port of Oakland. The vessel POS Hong Kong made the first call Monday at the Oakland International Container Terminal. The weekly service links Oakland with Hong Kong, Yantian, Xiamen, Ningbo and Shanghai. The service includes an integrated feeder network from outl...
Zeeland Seaports is ending the year with across the board throughput figures that have matched the record levels set in 2008, with transhipment volumes in excess of 33m tonnes representing a 15% growth compared to 2009. Imports rose to over 25m tonnes, whilst exports reached 7.9m tonnes. Turnover of the port authority reached €46m (US$60m), resulti...
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch, which was hit by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on September 4, is forecasting a higher interim profit after handling 15 percent more containers in the five months to November than in the same period last year, reported New Zealand Press Association. The port resumed operation within hours of the earthquake but did suffer d...
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.
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