Container traffic is back to 2007 levels and not so far short of the 2008 record, so the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is confident it will deliver a sound operating profit in 2010, the Montreal Gazette reported. But yesterday it posted a US$21.7-million final loss for 2009 after tax payments to the city of Montreal for 2004 through 2008 and also 2009, ...
APM Terminals CEO, Kim Fejfer has met with the Indian Minister of Shipping G K Vasan and other government officials to discuss existing and new terminal and port development projects in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. He was in India to review progress at APM Terminals facilities at Gateway Terminals India (GTI) located in Jawaharlal...
FOREIGN buyers, including importers from Europe, have been complaining about the growing delays in container handling at the Port of Chittagong. Some big importers are reported to have already asked their foreign suppliers to strictly follow the production schedules as the delivery of cargo through the port is taking an "unusually" long time. The Eu...
LOS ANGELES posted a 32 per cent increase in container volume in June to 203,871 TEU year on year while Long Beach went up 25.8 per cent to 141,935 TEU, beating all June figures since records began. But empties played a large role in the increase, 53 per cent up to 203,871 TEU year on year for LA and 141,935 TEU for Long Beach. Imports led at Los An...
Workers at Europe's largest port in Rotterdam are under attack, the Wall Street Journal reported. When they have to work on the chimneys, cooling towers and other elevated parts of the port's infrastructure, they have to go out in pairs, and remain alert and vigilant against an airborne enemy: seagulls. In this industrial hub, the tension between ...
The Port of Corpus Christi, on the western Gulf of Mexico, has won praise from the largest dedicated project cargo organisation in the world for its support of specialist training for heavy-lift freight forwarders. The Project Professionals Group’s (PPG) 3PL network is represented in over 100 countries and will run a training program as part of th...
Mumbai: APM Terminals CEO, Kim Fejfer, met with Minister of Shipping G. K. Vasan and other government officials to discuss existing and new terminal and port development projects in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. He was in India to review progress at APM Terminals facilities at Gateway Terminals India (GTI) located in Jawaharlal Nehru P...
VLADIVOSTOK Container Terminal (VCT) in the first half of 2010 handled 134,510 TEU, an increase of 55 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier. In the first six months of the year, VCT handled 51,265 TEU of outbound containers, 37,635 TEU of inbound, while short sea trades reached 45,151 TEU. Reefer container volume amounted to 13,500 TEU. ...
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