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It may have just been an accident of bad timing, but a dispute about who moves containers between Ports of Auckland's Bledisloe and Fergusson wharves went global this month, with shipping companies being warned off against using the port, reported New Zealand Transport Intelligence. The Maritime Union of NZ was acting for wharfies at the port who had l...
GLOBAL terminal operator DP World has shut its ship cargo handling operations in Sydney, Australia's Port Botany to clear away a growing backlog of containers blamed on a new terminal operating system. The system is said to have "severely" delayed truck movements, which in turn has affected all operations and caused congestion in the yard, reports Lond...
DESPITE closure of India's largest box port Nhava Sheva in August following a ship collision in Mumbai, volumes surged April-October by nine per cent to 2.5 million TEU with the country's major ports up 12 per cent year on year at 4.4 million TEU. Overall container totals for the 13 publicly-owned major ports during the seven-month period are likely t...
HONG KONG's China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) and the Port of Oakland have agreed market a comprehensive cold chain service from California to container terminals throughout China for US perishables. Oakland exports American fruit, almonds, vegetables, meats and wines. "Efforts will focus on enhancing warehousing and logistics facilities an...
A sudden strike by container truck drivers Monday morning paralyzed cargo movements to and from India’s Port of Chennai, the country’s second-largest container gateway. The Trailer Owners’ Association is protesting poor approach road conditions following recent heavy monsoon rains and persistent delays in commissioning the long-a...
The Queensland Government has signed a 99-year operational lease for the Port of Brisbane with the Q Port Holdings Consortium. Comprising of four of infrastructure investors, the Q Port Holdings consortium includes major stakeholders Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Industry Funds Management (IFM) and funds managed by QIC Limited (QIC), and a minor...
The 8,500 teu ‘CMA CGM Don Carlos’ - nearly twice the size of the average cargo vessel operating at the Port of Miami - made history on Sunday (14th November) when it arrived in the port for a “test run”. “This ad hoc call helps ensure that the Miami Port is ready and has all infrastructure needed to welcome this size of ve...
Problems of congestion at Port Botany in Sydney, Australia are increasing as the recently installed Navis Sparcs N4 terminal operating system (TOS) fails to meet expectations. Plans to suspend vessel operations will see the container facility effectively closed today (Wednesday) for a 24-hour period in an attempt to clear the backlog that has built up o...
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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