The Port of Rouen and the ports of Caen-Ouistreham and Cherbourg have announced that they will take part in a joint development study in order to identify opportunities for collaborative port activities. "This initiative fits perfectly into the strategic action plan for Ports of Normandy Authority [PNA] and demonstrates that the joint association is aim...
More main line operators’ container vessels will be calling at the Sapangar Bay Container Port in Kota Kinabalu with the arrival of two Panamax-size ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes, said the port’s chief operating officer Mohd Shahid Nawab Khan. Bought from Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co Ltd (ZPMC) at a cost of US$13.78 million, the ne...
THE US trend of east coast ports winning transpacific traffic over west coast ports had a reverse with the west coast taking a 70.3 per cent share in first quarter 2009 and 72.9 per cent in third quarter 2010. According to latest data from the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) the increase was mostly attributed to intermodal traffic up 28 p...
SHANGHAI International Port Group's (SIPG) has acquired 25 per cent shareholdings of Zeebrugge port, its initial step in the company's internationalisation programme. "Our international strategy is crucial in our march towards becoming a leading port group in the world. We see there are risks in international investment, so we will hold a cautious att...
The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), which runs the twin dock systems at the Kolkata and Haldia complex, will introduce midstream transloading facilities, where a bigger vessel can offload goods to smaller ones, reported The Hindu. Arrangements in this regard are being made off the Sagar Islands in Sandheads, at the mouth of the Hooghly river where it merges ...
Kerry Logistics has opened the first phase of its Product Customisation & Consolidation Centre (PC3) in Tai Po Industrial Estate, Hong Kong. The new 257,000 sq.ft facility will target leading fashion and retail brands. In line with Kerry's aim to support greener supply chains, the purpose-built facility has incorporated green technology i...
The Port of Long Beach is joining a Calif.-based developer to test zero emission drayage and terminal tractor vehicles. The port and Vision Motor Corporation of El Segundo, Calif., will develop and demonstrate a hydrogen fuel cell plug-in electric Class 8 truck for harbor drayage and a hydrogen fuel cell electric zero-emission terminal tractor for marin...
Asian Terminal Inc’s (ATI) net income rose by double digits in the third quarter due to a one-time gain and the recovery of international trade, reported the Philippine News Agency. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the port operator said its net income went up by 88.84 percent to US$17.22 million, up from $9.12 million in the same...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi