The Latvia-based terminal Noord Natie Ventspils Terminals is planning to commission a warehouse for refrigerated cargoes in the autumn of 2011, the NNVT Board member Sergey Goncharov, speaking at the Baltic Forum in Riga, PortNews reported. The storage facility encompasses 14,700 square meters. The warehouse is being constructed by an outside investor, Mr...
Based in Free Port of Ventspils Baltic Coal Terminal expects a twofold growth of coal throughput year-on-year up to 4 million tons, BCT’s Board Chairman Ilya Sokolov, said speaking on Thursday at the Baltic Forum. Major coal shippers are MPO Kuzbass (co-owner of the terminal) and Siberian Business Union. Commenting on the possible impact of the coal...
Total traffic at the Port of Montreal reached 25.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2010, up 5.7% over 2009, it was learned Thursday at the Annual General Meeting of the Montreal Port Authority (MPA). Every sector of cargo handled at the Port of Montreal experienced growth. In 2010, the volume of containerized goods handled at the Port of Montreal climbed to 12...
Free Port of Ventspils plans to increase cargo throughput by 20% from 2010’s figures, to 30 million tons until 2014, the port’s Chief Executive Officer Imants Sarmulis said speaking at the Baltic Forum, PortNews correspondent reported. In coming years, freight turnover of Ventspils is projected to reach 27 million tons a year. According the po...
SOUTHEAST China's Guangxi Qinzhou Fee Trade Port Area recorded a trade value of US$7.82 million in the first quarter since it operated in February this year, reports Xinhua. The imports stood at $7.66 million while the exports came to $1.58 million. The port area's container throughput grew 18 per cent to 73,401 TEU in the first quarter. Qinzhou por...
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) unveiled yesterday the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai. The event was attended by over 200 VIP guests from various companies and industries in India. The guests were introduced to Kizad and watch on as Mr. Khaled Salmeen, Executive Vice President Industrial Zones at ADPC prese...
Hi Tech Solutions (HTS) has released a third generation (3G) optical character recognition (OCR) technology across its port automation and security systems product lines, including systems for automating container and vehicle data capture at terminal gates, on cranes and at rail facilities, enabling increased operational efficiency and accuracy of results. ...
The first foreign ship to arrive at Sendai-Shiogama port in Miyagi Prefecture since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami will dock tomorrow, reported Kyodo. A Panama-flagged vessel will haul about 10,000 tonnes of coal to the largest port complex in northeastern Japan, after which a container ship on June 8 will be the first to leave the port after the dis...
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