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TRANSPORTED Asset Protection Association (TAPA) is to hold a 24-hour conference to address the subject of "Freight Security in Practice" following last year's hefty toll of 3,800 cargo crimes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) that cost EUR120 million (US$149.9 million). The conference, held in the seaside town of Brighton, UK will present case...
RUSSIA's Kaliningrad Commercial Seaport throughput increased by 14 per cent year on year during the reported period January to April with its stevedoring company transhipping 190,500 tons of imports, a 25.8 per cent year-on-year increase. Exports rose 11.7 per cent year on year to 861,600 tons, a figure that breaks down to 223,300 tons of petroleum produ...
SAUDI ports volume for the first quarter of the year showed an overall cargo increase of 3.4 per cent year on year to 33.5 million tonnes, with containers up 14 per cent to 1.15 million TEU. Exports at the country's ports dropped 8.4 per cent while imports were up 24.7 per cent. Transshipments in the first quarter rose to 369,735 TEU, a 19 per cent incre...
RECOVERING trade bolstered China's 10 largest container ports' volume increased 26.2 per cent year on year to 26.02 million TEU following 2009's year-on-year drop of five per cent. Ports on the Bohai Rim showed the strongest gains with Lianyungang up 60.8 per cent while Yingkou posted a 61.1 per cent gain. Bucking the global downturn trend was the resu...
SOUTH AFRICA container ports ceased to function over the weekend as the two big transport unions stuck to demands for a 15 per cent pay increase from the state-run ports and logistics company Transnet, which is only offering 11 per cent. Workers from the South Africa Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) and the United Transport and Allied Trade Uni...
SOUTH China's Guangzhou port posted an increase of 29.7 per cent in container throughput, also reporting a 16.4 per cent increase in overall cargo volume in the first quarter, reports Xinhua. Both gains accounted for 23.5 per cent of the port's annual target volume. Moreover, its foreign trade grew 39.3 per cent in the same period. (Source: www.sched...
The International Institute of Marine Surveyors (IIMS) is promoting itself as the 'local contact for marine surveying operations' for ports in the Middle East, Australia and India. Formed in 1991, it is only in the last five years that the expansion of the Institute has really taken off. “The expansion is now happening rapidly,” explained ...
The Balearic Islands Port Authority has issued a tender for the expansion of Poniente Quay at the Port of Palma. The work will cost €36m ($48.9m) and be completed within 16 months. The existing quay will be lengthened by 50 metres and two new berths, each of 380 metres, will be constructed. (Source: Port Strategy)
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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