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Portcentric PD Ports takes strategy to SMEsOct 21, 2010

PD Ports, which introduced portcentric logistics into the UK, says the concept is now well established and moving into its second phase. The port company owns Teesport, Hartlepool and various other port facilities. Helene Lyall, sales and marketing manager of PD Ports, told delegates to the Freight By Water Conference in Middlesbrough that not only ...

Green light for Dalian Port's Shanghai IPOOct 21, 2010

Shanghai: China’s securities regulator has approved Dalian Port's planned $556m initial public offering on the mainland, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said on its website. Dalian Port, north China's largest port operator, plans to issue up to 1.2 billion shares in the IPO. As part of the listing plan, Dalian Port will acquire th...

Hutchison's Amsterdam terminal to slash two-thirds of staff Oct 21, 2010

HONG KONG's Amsterdam Container Terminals (ACT), owned by Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), is expected to lay off 70 of its 105 staff, and to sell four of its nine post-panamax quayside gantry cranes. "ACT will keep sufficient a complement [staff and equipment] to allow it to operate as a small but mature deepsea container terminal," said a statement fro...

Mainland ports slip off peak as August eclipses SeptemberOct 21, 2010

MAINLAND China's top 10 ports handled a total of 12.3 million TEU in September, a decline of three per cent compared to August's peak of 13.1 million TEU, as the annual slack winter season begins. On the other hand, growth in the first nine months of the year hit 20.7 per cent with total throughput of 96.8 million TEU, compared to the same period last...

Pakistani port to open automated bulk cargo terminalOct 20, 2010

Pakistani's Port Muhammed Bin Qasim in Karachi is set to kickstart operations at its fully automated dry bulk terminal by late October. The automated terminal will be the first of its kind in the country and it is set to welcome its first vessel later this month, Ahmed Rana, CEO of Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminals (FAP) told The Express Tribune. ...

Manila suspends import green lane Oct 20, 2010

The Bureau of Customs (BoC) has temporarily suspended the green lane color operation at the Manila International Container Port (MICP), where random checks of import shipments were conducted. BoC-MICP district collector Ricardo Belmonte said the green lane system has been put on hold as Customs officials review it for risk management. "Green lane is...

Bangladeshi port gets back to workOct 20, 2010

Chittagong Port is returning to normal after deployment of the army personnel following a workers' strike that shut down the country's economic lifeline, said coordination officer of the Chittagong Port Security Cell Major Shahriar Morshed. Morshed said staff at the port had returned to work. "Seventy nine ships have anchored at the outer anchorag...

Virginia receives federal funds to expand barge shipping Oct 20, 2010

THE US Maritime Administration has awarded US$1.1 million to the Virginia Port Authority to buy barges to ferry shipping containers within the Port of Hampton Roads, and to and from Richmond. The James River Container Expansion Project, sponsored by the Port Authority, is one of three projects nationwide selected to receive $6.2 million in federal funds...

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