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The Japanese Keihin and Hanshin port areas have been tipped as international freight shipment hubs whose facilities and services will be improved as part of efforts to regain the nation's position as Asia's primary shipping hub, reported the Daily Yomuri. The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry will decide in early August which harbou...
Productivity and customer service is set to increase at DP World Djazair, the joint venture between DP World and the Algiers Port Authority (EPAL), with the arrival of two Gottwald state-of-the-art mobile harbour cranes (MHCs The cranes, the first in Algiers to have twin-pick handling capability, will give a major boost to the handling capacities at the...
SOUTHEAST China's Houzhu port in Fujian province has launched a direct service to Taiwan on a fixed twice-weekly schedule of Mondays and Thursdays, reports Xinhua. Houzhu port, Shijing port and Shihu port in Quanzhou city of Fujian have offered cross-strait cargo services one after another since 2008. The new service is the first one on a fixed schedul...
SHANGHAI port reported a 19 per cent year-on-year increase in container throughput in the first half of the year to 13.86 million TEU, hitting a record high, reports Xinhua. The port's container throughput would likely beat the earlier projection of 25.5 million TEU for full-year 2010. The Waigaoqiao port area saw container throughput up 13.5 per c...
Oman International Container Terminal (OICT) has opened a new inland container depot (ICD) or “dry port” in Muscat. The Muscat Container Depot is Oman’s first ICD complete with customs facilities. It allows for the handling of containers at a point between Muscat city and its hinterland and the Port of Soha, serving as an extended gate...
The Port of Hamburg has examined the possibility of deepening the Elbe River, following the first call of the largest containership handled in the Port of Hamburg, the ‘CMA CGM Christoph Colomb’, Baird Maritime reports. Business and port representatives have called for the deepening of the fairway of the Lower and Outer Elbe, connecting the ...
Maersk Line said it will apply a congestion surcharge on all import containers handled at India’s Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru), the country’s largest container gateway. The surcharges will be $60 per 20-foot equivalent unit and $120 per 40-foot equivalent unit or high cube container, effective July 20 for shipments not requiring ta...
Import cargo volume at the United States’ major retail container ports is expected to increase 16 percent in July compared with the same time last year, but double-digit increases could taper offer as retailers cautiously manage their inventories, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett...
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