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The Port Authority of Klaipeda (Lithuania) is considering the reviewing of the port dues, to raise them in proportion to the increasing traffic, Lithuania Courier reports citing the newspaper Verslo Zinios. The operators of port companies and ship owners have not yet commented on the possible port dues hike. However, they hope the decisions would be "re...
Eight-month freight traffic volume via the port of Riga (Latvia) fell 1.9% from the same period last year, to 19.707 million tons, The Free Port of Riga Authority said. In the reporting period the volume of dry cargo shrank by 13.9%, to 11.233 million tons, liquid bulk cargo - by 6.7% to 4.114 million tons, while transshipment of general cargoes s...
It has been revealed that the UK Port of Liverpool's Royal Seaforth container terminal will have 5,000 additional ground slots in use by the end of next month (October). Expansion of the terminal's capacity comes on the back of strong growth, and an immediate pay-off from the recent £1.1m (US$1.7m) investment in operational IT investment which h...
THE Port of Houston Authority announced that in the first seven months of the year the facility handled one million TEU on operating revenues of US$104.5 million. Container tonnage was up eight per cent compared with the same period in 2009. But steel tonnage was down 39 per cent. "Containers arriving and departing from the port are full, a good sig...
Cape Town Terminal’s battle against downtime caused by strong winds could be made easier this year, signalling some relief for an industry often hamstrung by adverse weather in the Cape. Port operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) is implementing proactive measures to ensure operational stability during the peak period for reefer cargoes, which coinci...
The Port of Felixstowe has taken delivery of the latest two ship-to-shore cranes for its South development. The first phase, Berths 8 &9 will add a further 730 m of quay dredged initially to 16 m, but capable of being deepened to 18 m when it opens in 2011. The berths will be equipped with seven ZPMC hybrid-drive eco quayside cranes, along with 22 R...
Cargo turnover of the port of Liepaja (Latvia) in January-August 2010 increased by 0,3% compared with the same period last year, to 2.728 million tons, PortNews IAA reports citing the Port Authority data. Eight-month volume of handled grain fell 26.6% to 805.700 tons, while lumber volume surged by 2.2 times as much, to 646.200 tons, transshipment ...
Dutch company APM Terminals aims to participate in the tender to modernise Muelle Norte terminal at Peru's central Callao port, the firm's regional manager for Latin America, Henrik Pedersen, told BNamericas. "We will review the tender material and if the project looks attractive we will participate," Pedersen said, adding: "From a location point of v...
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