First-quarter container turnover at the Port of Sydney (Australia) reached 455.500 TEUs, up 14.7% from Q1, 2009, the Port Authority statement said. In March, the Sydney Port’s container count was at 149.000 TEUs. The state-run Port of Sydney accommodates at its terminals and provides handling operations for tankers, general cargo and Ro Ro cargo car...
The Supreme Environmental Court in Sweden has agreed to allow the Ports of Stockholm leave to appeal to an Environmental Court rejection of plans to build a new container port at Norvik, near Nynäshamn, Esmerk Swedish News reported. (Source: Cargo News Asia)
With the installation of the Radio Frequency Identification Device (RIFD), Chennai can now boast of the most advanced and protected ports in the country, the Deccan Chronicle reported. “RFID will monitor all container trucks and trailers entering the port everyday and it observe the movements and directions of each vehicle. Security officials will b...
INDIA's Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) plans to build a container port at Diamond Harbour 50 kilometres southwest of Kolkata have been thwarted because the defence ministry does not want to surrender land it owns there. Sources told Mumbai's Daily News & Analysis (DNA) that the defence ministry has not given the go-ahead for the port the KoPT wants to bu...
CHINA Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) has announced its western Shenzhen Chiwan Container Terminals has introduced a new shipping schedule and adjusted its South China Common Feeder Alliance (SCCFA) service. For its weekly sailings to Huangpu, Zhongshan, Shunde and Foshan region, the company has upgraded round-trip sailings on Saturday which offer...
- Konecranes has received an order for six RTGs from Turkish terminal operator TCE EGE Konteyner Terminal Isletmeleri based in Aliaga, Izmir with the first units being delivered in January 2011. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the order. TCE EGE is part of the Spanish Grup Terminal de Contenidors de Barcelona (TCB) to whom Konecranes...
Muuga Container Terminal in the port of Tallinn is the both the first operation in the Baltic Sea and the very first feeder terminal to be assessed against the Germanischer Lloyd Container Terminal Quality Indicator (CTQI) standard. The standard aims to be a cross-industry benchmarking tool for evaluating the quality and efficiency of container terminals....
New Zealand’s Port of Otago will soon go to tender for a refurbishment of the oil wharf in Dunedin's upper harbour, which includes an improved fendering system. The fendering will be elastomeric rubber cell fenders with facing panels, spaced at about 12 metres along the wharf and 13 in total. The fendering is quite different to what Otago has at ...
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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