CHICAGO's biggest land developer, CenterPoint Properties, is beating the drum to attract mostly west coast containers through America's largest inland port, the US$3 billion CenterPoint Intermodal Centre at Joliet 40 miles southwest of Chicago. CenterPoint, owned by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CALPERS), the largest pension fund in...
US IMPORT cargo volume through big American container ports is expected to be 25 per cent higher year on year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates. "This is a dramatic turnaround over what we've seen during the past two years," said NRF vice president Jonathan G...
The amount of unitized cargo traffic in the port of Helsinki in January came to 705,000 tonnes, which indicates an 8% growth from January in the previous year. The amount of export goods increased by 16% from the comparison period. Compared to the year before, imports also increased a little. The number of passengers was 541,000 in January, indicating alm...
Cargotec's entire range of Hiab cranes comply with the latest Machinery Directive, strengthening its role as an industry pioneer. Cargotec, the world's leading provider of load handling equipment, takes a major step towards creating safer working environments and increased user friendliness by complying with the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. The Hiab ...
Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock mbH emphatically welcomes the rehabilitation of the entire stretch of railroad tracks between Berlin and Rostock, which, according to the recent agreement reached between Minister for Transportation Schlotmann and DB Netz, is to be completed by the end of 2013. “DB Netz is finally acting on a long-standing reques...
With effect from 9 February 2010, Arkas Algerie SPA will be taking charge of all agency duties for Hamburg Süd in Algeria. Arkas Algerie SPA has offices in the two principal ports of Algiers and Oran and succeeds Dolphin One, the agency with which Hamburg Süd has successfully worked in Algeria up to now. With the integration of Arkas Algerie SPA...
PD Ports has helped one of the UK’s leading retailers, ASDA and its George clothing range, save 1,265,459 road miles. That’s enough to make almost three trips to the moon and back. This significant saving in road miles has been achieved through the success of the port’s Logical Link shipping service, which launched in January 2009....
The Ambassador of Panama to the United States, Jaime Eduardo Alemán Healy, and Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Sarasota) met with more than 70 business leaders and area lawmakers Feb. 8th to discuss potential economic impacts for Port Manatee related to the Panama Canal’s expansion. “This is about creating jobs,” commented Rep. Buchanan dur...
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