THE Canadian Pacific Railway and Dubai-based terminal operator DP World Vancouver have announced signing a productivity and performance agreement that will apply to Canada's west coast ports. "This agreement outlines a number of goals and specific actions such that all stakeholders in the supply chain can have measurable accountabilities," said DP Worl...
CARGOSMART, a global shipping and logistics software solutions provider has successfully integrated Ningbo's E-port systems to improve supply chain visibility and streamline shipment management over a period of three years. The companies signed the data integration agreement last September and have completed an initial trial period. Ningbo E-port opera...
THE share of container transshipment volume at the Port of Rotterdam rose from 28 per cent to 30 per cent in 2009, despite total throughput decreasing 10 per cent to 9.7 million TEU, with transshipments down two per cent to 2.9 million TEU. "The result corresponds with the expectations based on the stark rise in the number of feeder services in 2009. Es...
SHARJAH PORT handled 23 per cent more container traffic from January to May compared to the same period last year, and the terminal operator expects to post double-digit increases in container volume this year. Gulftainer, the UAE-based port operator, cited quicker turnaround times for their success. The company said it handled 1.25 million containe...
APM Terminals (APMT) has been named winner of the ‘Safety at Sea International’ award, recognising the company’s safety culture programme as “an initiative that demonstrates improved safe working practices or attitudes as a result of its implementation, either onshore or aboard ship”. In 2009, APMT conducted a comprehensive...
eModal has launched an online port community system for the iPhone, improving communication and collaboration between trucking, marine and rail communities. ‘Container Availability’ for the iPhone enables users to look up container information at over 40 US container terminals, viewing real-time status information, such as import container avail...
Port Operator (Pelindo) II plans to start operations at the 10,000-hectare Karawang Port and Container Terminal in West Java in 2020, Bisnis Indonesia reported. President director of Pelindo II RJ Lino revealed the target was fixed after Tanjung Priok port, North Jakarta, was deemed no longer able to handle the surge in exported and imported goods from ...
The Hong Kong government should appoint a shipping minister to bolster the interests of Hong Kong's maritime community and counter the mounting threat posed by cities such as Singapore and Shanghai, according to George Chao, chairman of Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings, the South China Morning Post reported. "Hong Kong is waiting to be attacked," George Cha...
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