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MINOT, North Dakota's "port" near the Canadian border may be turned into a customs facility in a bid to attract shipping containers into the state for the benefit of its agricultural exporters. The proposal is being considered by Minot Area Development Corporation (MADC) and North Dakota Port Services (NDPS) to address a container shortage that's affe...
A MAJOR box depot firm, Container Connections (M) Sdn Bhd, has opened a new MYR8 million (US$2.5 million) terminal in Northport, Malaysia. With its regional expansion plans extending to 2012, the Singapore-based firm provides logistics services to domestic and international shipping sectors. "Container Connections brings a fresh approach to depot se...
ANTWERP and Zeebrugge reported substantial year-on-year gains in container volumes but slower quarter-to-quarter growth, reported London's Containerisation International. Antwerp was up 16.5 per cent to 2,187,000 TEU year on year in the second quarter, but only slightly ahead of first quarter volume of 2,013,236 TEU. Zeebrugge's second quarter was up ...
DURING the first half of this year, Xiamen customs recorded a trade value of US$39.3 billion, a strong increase of 48.1 per cent compared to the same period a year ago, Xinhua reported. Export cargo valued $24.2 billion, up 36.3 per cent year on year. Import value jumped 72.1 per cent to $15.1 billion. In June, the customs recorded a monthly trade v...
Orient Overseas Container Line, adding to a growing list of surcharges to compensate for port congestion in the Indian sub-continent, said Monday it will apply port congestion surcharges on shipments from Hong Kong, Macau and South China to Bangladesh. The charges effective Aug. 1 follow Cosco Container Lines’ announcement that it will impose a co...
Cosco Container Lines said it will impose a congestion surcharge on cargo moving through India’s Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru). Effective Aug. 15, the planned surcharge will be $150 per 20-foot equivalent unit. The carrier said the surcharge will apply to both east and westbound shipments between Nhava Sheva and destinations in Northw...
The Port of Los Angeles has begun the final phase of its 13-year, US$370m main channel deepening project (MCDP) after a five-year break in the project to identify and environmentally assess additional disposal sites for the soil dredged up by the deepening. On Thursday July 22, 2010, a barge containing roughly 4,000 tonnes of boulders and fill material ...
The merger of Cape Town Port terminals has increased productivity and performance, according to Western Province terminal executive Velile Dube. Transnet Port Terminal (TPT) had merged its container and multipurpose terminals last month as part of a recovery plan after three weeks of industrial action in May, reported the South African Press Association...
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
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