CTL Logistics has commenced intermodal transport connections from Hamburg and Bremerhaven ports to Poland, Euclid Infotech reported. The number of movements is expected to increase fourfold in the coming months. Currently CTL Logistics operates connections from Hamburg and Bremerhaven ports to Katy Wroclawskie twice per week. However, a direct service t...
LUKA Koper, Slovenia's only port, has extended its agreement with Malaysia's Infinity Logistics, which currently serves as the facility's south east Asian representative. Infinity has organised a number of promotional events over the past year in an effort to further attract new business to the port, which positions itself as a gateway to Central and E...
VIRGINIA Ports Authority's (VPA) March figures saw container volume at Hampton Roads increase 22.3 per cent to 167,262 TEU year on year with April promising new gains. Port authority spokesman Joe Harris said the increase is the third month in a row across the VPA state-owned terminals and APM Terminals' facility, indicating an improving economy after a...
HONG KONG custom authorities seized contraband of cigarettes of US$2 million street value on route from Huangpu Port, Guangzhou to the United Kingdom using x-ray detection which spotted a discrepancy in density of the cargo against goods manifest. The FEU was aboard a inbound domestic trade freighter when the 852 boxes of 8.5 million cigarettes were disco...
A new weekly shipping service to Australia has been launched at the port of Tianjin. This Tianjin's first shipping line to Australia. Service operator Mariana Express Lines Ltd has deployed five 1,100-TEU ships, which will call at Manila, Darwin and Townsville. The Port of Tianjin is aiming at a throughput target of 10 million TEU by the end of this ye...
JAKARTA's Tanjung Priok Port international container terminal TPK Koja was the site of a violent clash at the main gates between local residents and workers over the demolition of an Islamic cemetery within land owned by state-owned port operator PT Pelindo II. Indonesian transport minister Freddy Numberi said the disturbance over the grave yard, which i...
The first-quarter trade flows through Chinese seaports gained 22.2% to 1.81 billion tons from Q1,2009. Container counts reported by the Ministry of Transport of China also rose by 22.1% to 31.87 million TEUs. Volumes of coal, crude oil, iron ore handled this first quarter, some 30.3% over Q1,09, heavily added to overall growth in commodities volumes, than...
Xiamen International Port has seen full year profits slide 43% due to the harsh trading conditions and stiff competition. The Hong Kong-listed port group reported net income for last year of CNY271m ($40m) versus the CNY474.2m seen in 2008. Revenues were a shade over CNY2bn, 40% or CNY1.3bn, down on the CNY3.4bn in revenue the company had in 2008. How...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi