ST PETERSBURG Big Port handled 550,206 TEU, up 43.7 per cent year on year from January through April with volume increasing 16 per cent to 15,752.392 tons according to Russian Transport Daily Report. Container turnover for the period increased over 3.2 times compared to the same period in 2008 driven by general cargo increases of 18 per cent and ferrous a...
RESPONSIBILITY for the AP Moller-Maersk Group's involvement in inland trucking and container depot development is expected to fall to APM Terminals (APMT) after being managed by the parent company's container shipping and related activities division. "The hope is that the service will in future appeal more to all of our customers, not just to Maersk Lin...
GEORGIA Ports Authority's (GPA) executive director Curtis Foltz has announced a 25.6 per cent increase in container volume April at the Savannah terminals, the fifth consecutive month of double-digit growth. "The volume increases experienced in most commodity groups signals a continued economic recovery in most global markets," said Mr Foltz. "We are esp...
Los Angeles: Import cargo volume at major US container ports is expected to be up 10% in May, with double-digit increases likely to continue into the autumn as the economy improves. "Consumers are feeling better about the economy and retailers are building up their inventories to meet that demand," said Jonathan Gold, vice president for supply chain and c...
HONG KONG's Kerry Logistics has announced the expansion of container handling capacity at its Laem Chabang terminal in Thailand with the arrival of a third gantry crane. The crane started work in April and has increased terminal lifting capacity to 85 from 65 moves an hour, said a company statement. "To increase competitiveness, we are investing to impro...
MAINLAND China's 10 largest container ports have all posted double digit increases in the volume growth during the first quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2009. The aggregate total shows the ports handled 26.02 million TEU in January-March, an increase of 26.2 per cent year on year. Total volume handled by the ports in 2009 amounted to 9...
Israel's ports are seeing a strong recovery in activity, despite strikes and the looming economic crisis in Europe, according to Euclid Infotech. About 44 percent more full containers left Ashdod Port in the first quarter of 2010 than in the corresponding quarter of 2009. However, Israel Shippers Council chairman Gad Sheffer warns that the European cri...
Trade flows passing though the Big Port of St Petersburg in January-April 2010 grew by 16 percent to 15,752 tonnes, according to SKRIN Newswire. Container trade totalled 550,206 TEUs, up 43,7 percent from the same period in 2009 and nearly 3.2 times over the first quarter of 2008. Source: Cargo News Asia
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.
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