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Ports of Auckland Ltd is preparing to service the next generation of container vessels by confirming a multi-million dollar investment in a berth deepening and lengthening programme. The investment will see the deepening of the northern berth at the Port’s Fergusson Container Terminal, and the construction of a mooring “dolphin” that w...
Located in the southern Caribbean Sea about 27 kms north of the northern coast of Venezuela, Aruba has two main seaports Oranjestad and Barcadera, which are owned and managed by the Aruba Ports Authority (APA). Occupying 1.4m sq ft (130 ha) with a storage capacity of 7500+teu, Oranjestad is used primarily for domestic import and transhipment cargoes. ...
Miami-based SeaFreight Line has introduced a weekly fixed day service linking Florida with Costa Rica and Nicaragua via Puerto Limón. The first sailing departed Jacksonville on December 6 and it will depart Port Everglades today (December 8) for the six day transit to Costa Rica. Nicaraguan cargo will be trucked overland to and from Puerto Limó...
The New York-New Jersey Port Authority has enacted a US$7.2 billion budget, freezing spending, reducing its work force by 200 jobs and boosting airport security with steel barriers to protect terminals, reported Reuters. The bi-state agency, which is redeveloping the World Trade Center complex, is also selling two helicopters as part of its austerity me...
Rizhao Port’s acquisition of a 24-percent stake in Rizhao Lanshan Wansheng Port was approved by the Fiscal Bureau of Rizhao, reports Yicai.com, citing a company filing. Rizhao Port previously announced it would spend 34.37 million yuan to acquire five percent equity in Rizhao Lanshan Wansheng Port from Hong Kong Xianghe International and an additi...
Best Shipping News reports that in 2011 the Mexican government will finally launch a tender for construction of the long-delayed mega-port at Punta Colonet, on the country’s Pacific Coast. Secretary of Communications & Transport Juan Francisco Molinar said Punta Colonet will take advantage of transpacific trade, linking US markets with Asian e...
Marine works are set to be undertaken in the Ex-Wan Chai Public Cargo Working Area over the next 36 months. The project is set to involve site investigation, dredging, temporary reclamation, and the construction of a seawall and tunnel. The works will be carried out by a number of vessels including a jack-up platform, grab dredger, split hopper barg...
Cargo throughput of Free Port of Riga (Latvia) in January-November rose by 2.1% from the same period of 2009 to 27,816,500 tons, the Port Authority statistics said. In the 11-month period the port handled 15,954,300 tons of bulk cargo, a 9.5-percent drop, 5,907,800 tons of liquid bulk cargo (-1.5%), while general cargoes surged 49.9% from Jan-Nov, 2009 ...
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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