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- A third Gottwald HMK 260 E Generation 4 crane mobile harbour crane (MHC) has been ordered by Integra Port Services (IPS) for its operations within the public terminal at the river Port of Paramaribo, Suriname. Two similar cranes, one new and one used, already operate at the port for handling containers and general cargo. The first crane was commissioned...
- The Montreal Port Authority has signed a US$1.6m agreement with R.J. Corman Railpower to purchase the next generation of environmentally-friendly locomotives, with an option for four additional units. Using multiple-generator GenSet technology developed by Railpower in Canada, the locomotives provide a total of 2,000 horsepower but can reduce diesel con...
WHILE "2009 was a tough year with our port recording a steep 13 per cent drop in containers handled, we maintained global leadership in bunkering, vessel tonnage and overall container flows," said Singapore's junior transport minister Lim Hwee Hua in response to a parliamentary question. "The maritime industry remains a key pillar of our economy, contrib...
EAST China's Ningbo port posted a container throughput of 966,100 TEU in January, growing 19.4 per cent year on year, reports Xinhua. The export volume was 507,100 TEU, up 23.4 per cent while the import volume increased 15.3 per cent to 459,000 TEU. Ningbo experienced an increase in international trade since the end of last year, continuing to set a le...
PORT of Shanghai lifted 1.88 million TEU in February, up 23 per cent over the same period a year ago, Xinhua reported. On February 5, the port achieved a record a daily throughput for the month at 102,123 TEU. In the first two months of year, Shanghai recorded a cumulative box volume of 4.12 million TEU, up 20 per cent year on year. In February, Shang...
HIGHER than expected increases in container volume at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex with analysts have suggesting that the numbers point to a recovery, while others say it is just an inventory swing, reports the Los Angeles Times. LA's February imports grew 29.8 per cent while exports went up 32.6 per cent year on year. Long Beach reported a 39...
The French port of Le Havre is set to complete the second phase of its Port 2000 container complex in June 2010, La Tribune reported. The cost of works is estimated at US$432 million, of which 80 percent paid by Le Havre and 20 percent by the State. In June the new container port will have a new 2,100-metre long quay to be added to the existing one of 1...
The marine sector received a shot in the arm with news that a concession on port dues is to be extended by six months, the Straits Times reported. The concession - introduced by the Government last April to help ship operators and marine service providers lower their costs - was to expire at the end of this month. The extension means all ocean-going shi...
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