Mainland ports continued to report double-digit growth in container throughput last month, but the ports of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta have yet to return to pre-crisis levels, reported the South China Morning Post. The container throughput of mainland ports rose 24 per cent from May last year to 11.7 million TEUs, the Ministry of Transport. ...
DRIVEN by a surge in exports, the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) is teaming up with the Charleston region's rail-served warehouses to serve targeted export accounts through the Port of Charleston. The new business development programme aims to build business through the port and 14 rail-served warehouses with 2.7 million square feet of sp...
ST PETERSBURG's First Container Terminal volume climbed to 102,072 TEU during the month of May alone, 32.9 per cent up on the same period last year with imports led by 52,398 TEU and exports just below at 49,674 TEU. The total throughput of the four-month reporting period from January to May 2010 climbed to 454,792 TEU, up 31.4 per cent year on year. T...
THE Antwerp Port Authority has organised a trade mission to China this month with port authority president Marc van Peel, governor Cathy Berx, Antwerp's economic representative from the province Koen Helsen, members of the port authority, POM Antwerp, the customs authorities and a number of private companies are all taking part. The aim of the visit is...
Russian ports may see container traffic rise by 3% to 7% in 2010, despite a disproportionately high boost in throughput in the first quarter. For the first three months, tonnage handled rose by 40%, with St Petersburg reporting a 39.7% rise to 394,206 teu. (Source:www.portstrategy.com)
Latest figures from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) detail a 6.8% drop in numbers of containers handled in the 20 leading ports in South America last year. The ECLAC ranking remains headed by Santos, with 2.25m teu, despite suffering a drop of 15.7% compared with 2008. In second and third place, with 2.21m teu and...
Georgia Ports Authority’s silt suspension system in place at the Port of Savannah has not only reduced the demands of maintenance dredging, but has also been modified to increase oxygen levels in the Savannah River. Consisting of 15 units online at Savannah’s Garden City Terminal, the computer-controlled system produces a low-velocity flow t...
Garment exporters have demanded that the government keep Chittagong Customs House open on Saturdays to expedite unloading of imported accessories at the port, the Bangladesh Financial Express reported. The exporters have urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to consider keeping the port open for the time being on the government holiday Saturday to m...
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