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Tianjin Binhai International Airport has received approval for its second phase expansion project from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner, reported Xinhua. The expansion project includes building of a new terminal with a floor space of 220,000 sq m, a 346,000 sq m parking apron and other accommodation fa...
OCEAN liners calling at ports in West Africa have been deploying new generation vessels that require deeper water than available, thus creating an urgent need for transshipment feeders to low-draught local ports. According to Hans Ole Madsen, vice president business development for APM Terminal's Africa, Middle East and India region, the establishment ...
SOUTHEAST China's Fujian province recorded a 25.6 per cent in port container movement to 4.09 million TEU in the first half year, reports Xinhua. The province's Fuzhou port moved 711,000 TEU with a increase of 27.8 per cent while Xiamen port handled 2.74 million TEU, up 28.3 per cent year on year. Ports in the province posted a 0.9 per cent growth...
CALLS for dredging the fairway of the Lower and Outer Elbe connecting the Port of Hamburg with the North Sea, to accommodate large containerships, such as the CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, have taken on greater urgency. It's estimated that over 100 ships, more than 10,000 TEU each, will call at Germany's biggest port this year. The new flagship from ...
Cargo movement at major ports - an indicator of export-import activity - fell 1.4% at 44.8 million tonnes (mt) in June. In June 2009, these ports handled 45.4 mt of cargoes. Last time the cargo volumes fell was in July 2009 when the figure dropped by 1%. "The timely arrival of the monsoon in coastal regions (Andhra Pradesh, Kochi, Tamil Nadu) impacted c...
The new Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTIA) facility was officially opened at a ceremony in the Spanish port on Monday. Owned and built by the South Korean shipowner Hanjin Shipping and located in the Strait of Gibraltar, TTIA is the first semi-automatic container terminal both in the Mediterranean and Southern Europe. It is the larg...
Cargotec has been awarded a contract by Baltic Stevedoring Company (BSC) for six Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and 10 Kalmar TR618i terminal tractors to improve handling capacity at the Port of Baltiysk as container volumes in the Kaliningrad area continue to rise. Delivery of the terminal tractors along with four RTGs is scheduled for ...
Oil imports were still blocked at the major Chinese port of Dalian on Tuesday following a fire and oil slick, while authorities recruited an additional 500 fishing boats to help with the clean-up, reported Reuters. But container operations had returned to normal, and shipping lanes were open after temporary restrictions, reported Xinhua. Refinery op...
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