One of the Port of Tacoma’s larger container terminals was closed for part of Tuesday while environmental workers cleaned up an early morning chemical spill, Thenewstribune reports. The leaking container held a chemical called chlorobenzotrifluoride. According to the Tacoma Fire Department, the chemical is a solvent used in the printing industry. ...
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. subsidiary Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF), which provides rail service at the Port of Rotterdam and at terminals throughout the Netherlands, today announced that it will begin dedicated terminal shunting and feeder services in the Port of Antwerp, Businesswire reports. In addition, RRF announced that it has received its license to ...
A ship sent to evacuate a thousand migrants from Misrata docked in the besieged city's port on Wednesday after spending the night offshore waiting for shelling to ease off, an international aid agency said. At least one migrant from Niger was reported killed and 10-20 injured in the pounding of Misrata port on Tuesday, the International Organisation for Mi...
THE Port of Rotterdam has posted a first quarter 12 per cent container throughput increase to 2.9 million TEU against last year's quarterly volume of 2.68 million TEU, largely attributing growth to a robust Asia-Europe trade and intra-Europe volumes. "Abundant growth is over, although 12 per cent for containers is still striking. The forecast for this ye...
Visits by cruise ships to Gothenburg continue to break new records. This year 51 vessels will visit the city. On board will be 64,000 passengers eager to discover the friendly city of Gothenburg. Last year, which was also a record-breaking year, 41 cruise ships put into the Por tof Gothenburg. In 2009, the figure was 34. At the beginning of the decade 10 ...
A spokesman for APM Terminals, the ports arm of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk , said on Tuesday: APM Terminals is interested in possibly developing a port facility at Russia's Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea, but premature to talk about a project. Company is studying potential for Kaliningrad port, but has no investment plan. - Reuter...
Viterra Inc. and the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) have signed a definitive agreement for Viterra to lease and operate the MPA Grain Terminal. The MPA Grain Terminal is a CGC licensed transfer elevator which operates year round and has a storage capacity of 262,000 metric tonnes. The terminal is located in the deepest inland seaport in North America and c...
Ships are starting to come back to Japan's quake-damaged ports, the country’s transport ministry said, despite the lingering nuclear crisis. An average of more than 15 vessels per day are docking at 14 major ports in Japan's northeast as operations are being ramped up following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Ministry said on its website....
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