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US northwest Pacific ports are showing signs of a mixed recovery, with the most northerly Port of Seattle seeing its June liftings swell 49 per cent to 190,000 TEU, driven by a 93 per cent jump in loaded imports. Export growth was at 10 per cent, while domestic traffic fell by 3.5 per cent, reports London's Containerisation International. Container...
EAST China's Ningbo port registered a 27.7 per cent increase in throughput to 159 million tonnes and a 38.6 per cent growth in container volume to 6.38 million TEU, hitting a record high and ranking the first nationwide, reports Xinhua. The outstanding growth is attributed to the recovery of global economy, foreign trade's rebound and China's domesti...
QINGDAO, China's second largest foreign trading port, saw an 8.7 per cent increase year on year in throughput to 170.48 million tonnes in the first half year, reports Xinhua. Foreign trade cargo throughput grew 21 per cent to hit 128.87 million tonnes in the first half of the year, while container throughput increased 11.5 per cent to 5.66 million TEU....
FINANCIALLY troubled Dubai World, the parent of otherwise prosperous terminal operator DP World, has announced it has presented its restructuring proposal before its lenders, after it won the agreement in principle from the Coordinating Committee of creditor banks (CoCom) and the Government of Dubai. The meeting with the larger lenders group follows the...
Polish sea ports' transshipment rates have increased significantly in the first half of 2010, at a time when global shipping levels have dropped alarmingly. Polish ports handled up to one third more freight in H1 of 2010 than they did in the corresponding period last year and operators are hoping that the rebound will allow them to at least partially r...
The Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoRA) will invest approximately € 25 million in the creation of a site of almost 5 hectares to accommodate the future expansion of Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT). The land will be gained by filling in the south western corner of the Botlek dock with some 600,000 m3 of sand. There will also be a quay wall of over 400 meters ...
Chinese ports must strengthen safety measures, the Ministry of Transport said Friday, one week after two oil pipelines in northeast China's Dalian Xingang Port exploded and spewed oil into the Yellow Sea. Ports must perform checks and remove safety hazards ahead of the loading, unloading and transporting of oil and other hazardous chemical products, th...
Kazakhstan is considering building a grain transshipment complex at the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny (Odessa region). NC Kazakhstan Tamir Joly company said they would be willing to participate in the new project, RZD-Partner.Ru reports. According to UkrZaliznytsia (Ukraine’s Railroad) tariff discounts on grain transportation have been effective to imp...
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