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The Port of Manta passed back to the control of the government of Ecuador from April 1 closing the door onlast year’s failed concession attempt. It had formerly been transferred to Terminales Internacionales del Ecuador (TIDE), which abandoned the concession in February 2009. The government had been in subsequent negotiations with an interested pr...
Small port operations should follow other marine safety initiatives and start reporting handling equipment “near misses” as well as accidents, says manufacturer Jungheinrich. Jungheinrich believes that forklift truck users of all sizes should implement “near miss” reporting procedures if they want to reduce the number of actual acc...
Independent shipping and logistics specialist, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has unveiled its vision of a zero emissions marine terminal. Powered by the sun and wind, the so-called Castor Green Terminal will use no conventional power or fossil fuels and will release no harmful emissions into the atmosphere. While primarily aimed at the ro-ro trades, Er...
Freight traffic via the Port of Nakhodka in January-April 2010 rose by 5.5% from the same period 2009, to 5.39 million tons, PortNews IAA reports citing the statistics report of the Eastern branch of RosMorPort. The volume includes ferrous metals 6.3-percent gain, to 1.717 million tons, coal (anthracite and charge) that increased by 48% to 846.400 tons. T...
A record 21,762 tonnes of industrial salt with a hook output of 1,451 tonnes was discharged on May 10 from the vessel m.v. Hawk-1 at EQ-7, according to Exim News Service. The cargo was imported by Andhra Sugars. The Port thus surpassed its previous best discharge of 18,308 tonnes with a hook output of 1,220 tonnes effected on March 25, 2008 from the ves...
- Transit times through the Panama Canal have seen a notable decline during Q2-2010 compared to the same period in 2009, according to figures released by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). The overall average time taken for a vessel to transit the Canal including waiting time for passage, decreased 24.7% from 26.22 hours to 19.75 hours. Time for vessels ho...
- Cargotec recently handed over three of eight automatic stacking crane (ASC) blocks to Hamburger Hafen und Logistik's (HHLA) Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) in Hamburg. The crane blocks are each equipped with three Kalmar ASCs and related technology. It is the first crane supplier to provide the automation and control systems in a project of this s...
DP World said as much as US$1 billion may be invested in the first Indian port able to handle the largest container ships as the company tries to challenge Colombo s grip on India’s maritime trade with Europe and China, Euclid Infotech reported. What we are trying to do is compete in the regional and international market, Anil Singh, the company&rsq...
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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