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India's Private Public Partnership Advisory Committee has given the go-ahead for a new $776m container terminal to be built at Chennai. This will boost capacity from 2.2m teu to 4m teu. A contract is expected to be issued in March. (Source: Port Strategy)
Against a background of struggling volumes and a 20% drop in ship numbers transiting the Suez Canal, the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) showed an unexpected 11% rise to a record 2.7m teu in 2009. Operator APM put the increase partly down to the terminal’s willingness to install sophisticated scanning equipment which helped turnaround times, an...
Responding to changing market conditions, Hamburg Süd has replaced its current Med-Caribbean service through a slot charter agreement with Hapag-Lloyd’s MGX service. This allows an improvement of the frequency while maintaining the present coverage of ports in the Mediterranean, the Gulf Coast of Mexico and Atlantic/Gulf Coast of the United State...
Paradip Port crossed another milestone when it handled 50 million tonnes of cargo this fiscal till February 17. Despite the global slowdown resulting in reduced exports and imports, the Port managed to achieve a growth rate of 27.06 per cent—the highest among Major Ports during the current financial year. Besides, it currently stands 5th amongst the...
A YEAR after Hong Kong's airline Cathay Pacific started sending cargo planes to Miami three times a week, it's to add a fourth trip bringing cargo from one of China's manufacturing hubs to Miami at the end of March, reports Miami Today. Cathay is joined by China Airlines and Seoul-based Korean Air as the only Asia-based cargo shippers in bringing cargo...
THE Port of Miami is investing more than US$1 billion in infrastructure that is expected to be put into use over the coming five years ready for the scheduled 2014 completion of the Panama Canal's expansion. "The expanded canal will be a game changer for container trade. America's trade with East Asia, China in particular, is expected to increase a shif...
After an in-depth evaluation the Permanent Commission for Supervision of Scheldt Navigation has concluded that the world's largest container ships can reach Antwerp safely and smoothly. As a result the Commission has decided to permanently modify the rules for sailing up and down river. The navigation windows have been extended, and the maximum draught for...
- The Port of Seattle is replacing fender piling at the Maritime Industrial Center’s (MIC) east pier with plastic piling. Part of a pilot programme, the new low-maintenance pilings are made of recycled materials that are impervious to marine borers, and resistant to corrosion. American Construction Company of Tacoma is driving these innovative plast...
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
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