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Haiphong attracts Japanese interestAug 13, 2010

Hanoi: Japan’s Mitsui.O.S.K Lines Ltd, Nippon Yusen KK and Itochu Group, are planning a joint-venture with Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) to construct a large container port in Haipong, reported the Japan’s newspaper Nikkei on August 12. The project will have a total investment capital of US$350 million, 51 percent of which come...

Russia's NCC increases first half box volume 30.7pc Aug 13, 2010

NATIONAL Container Company's (NCC) terminals in Russia, the First Container Terminal in St Petersburg and NUTEP in Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, between January and July 2010 handled 720,323 TEU, an increase of 30.7 per cent year on year. The throughput of First Container Terminal from January-July was 645,544 TEU, up 30.6 per cent. In July FCT handle...

Alternative businesses proposed for Savannah's shelved Jasper PortAug 13, 2010

THE development of a new maritime port on the Savannah River in Jasper County has been shelved amid revised forecasts that container capacity at the neighbouring ports in Charleston and Savannah will not be reached until 2024. Two years ago the Georgia Department of Transportation had conveyed a 1,500-acre port site to a new joint venture owned equally ...

Mumbai's port re-opens to smaller vessels after ship collisionAug 13, 2010

MUMBAI's port facilities partially re-opened yesterday with the arrival of a ship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port and the announcement that docks would be accessible to ships drawing nine metres or less at high tide, Bloomberg reports. An Indian navy vessel would escort ships admitted into the port area at a top speed of four knots, said a port executive....

South Carolina expansion settlement Aug 12, 2010

The year-long battle between South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) and the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League (CCL) has come to an end, with both parties reaching a settlement to enable expansion of Charleston’s new container terminal and port access road to proceed “in the most environmentally responsible manner”. Inclu...

New crane boosts operations at Australian portAug 12, 2010

Operations at the Port of Townsville have ramped up a notch with the arrival of a US$1.8 million mobile crane to handle bulk ore concentrate as well as containers, according to Townsville Bulletin. The crane, a Liebherr LHM1300, can lift 27.9 tonnes at a 27.9m radius or 50 tonnes at a 32m radius and has outriggers and wheels, enabling it to be moved fro...

Saturated Qingdao building new portAug 12, 2010

Qingdao City, Shandong Province, will build a new "Tungjiakou Port" off Liangye Bay in the southwest of Jiaonan City, adding competitive edge to its port economy, reported NewsTrak Daily. Tungjiakou Port, a peninsula in the southwest of Shandong, has a natural coastline of 29km and water depth of 15 to 20m. It is one of the deep-sea ports that are natur...

Channel closure could cost JNPT dearAug 12, 2010

Mumbai: The oil spill in Mumbai harbour caused by the Panama-flagged container vessel MSC Chitra, after a collision with the merchant vessel Khalijia last Saturday, could cost Jawaharlal Nehru port (JNPT) at least Rs45 million (close to $1 million) per day. “The port will remain shut until the salvage operation ends,” said JNPT’s chief...

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