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Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) has taken delivery of two new post-panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes. With an outreach of 18 container rows and a handling rate of 30 moves per hour, shipping line customers can expect cost savings through higher productivity and port capacity, according to APM Terminals, which operates ACT in a joint venture with the Aqaba ...
Gladstone Ports Corporation shrugged off the first half blues of 2009 and announced a record throughput of more than 81 million tonnes for last year, of which coal made up over 58 million tonnes. Around three-quarters of this is coking coal destined largely for Asian steel mills, while most of the rest goes to power stations, likewise in Asia. Not only ...
A flurry of export orders strained capacity at Shanghai port, reported the China Daily, who also noted the shipping prices spiked dramatically. According to the China Containerised Freight Index, the month running up to the Chinese New Year last Sunday saw a rise of 11.95%, bringing the Index to a high of 1124.91 points. Certainly the upturn in internat...
- Belgium-based Delphis Group has appointed Fred Kamperman as general manager of the Sjursøya Container Terminal (SCT) in Oslo. Previous he has held the posts of terminal manager for the Baltic Container Terminal in Riga and general manager of the new DCT container terminal in Gdansk. Delphis acquired the container terminal activities of Norsteve O...
- A new US$12.4m state-of-the art container scanner has been installed at the Israeli Port of Haifa to facilitate container clearing and enhance the quality of services delivered to customers. In 2007, Haifa became the 55th operational port globally to comply with the ‘Container Security Initiative’ to target and pre-screen maritime cargo cont...
- Damietta Container and Cargo Handling Company (DCHC) has taken deliver of 10 new terminal tractors from the Dutch company Terberg, increasing increase the total number of trucks in operation at the facility to 65. Commenting on the latest order, Mohamed El-Alfy, from DCHC marketing department, said that the company is about to purchase a further 20 truc...
APM Terminals has presented an offer to modernise Callao port's Muelle Norte terminal. The bid will rival the US$1.3bn proposal presented in 2008 by DP World, which already holds the 30-year concession of the port's Muelle Sur terminal. APM's offer involves building and operating a modern, multipurpose cargo terminal, as well as modernizing national po...
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), virtually at a standstill during the past week, managed to edge slightly higher this week, despite Chinese celebration for the new Lunar Year, writes Hellenic Shipping News. As a result, the BDI, the dry bulk industry’s reference point for the cost of hauling commodities like iron ore and coal onboard ships, closed at 2,704...
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