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A main line container vessel of Pacific International Lines (PIL), m. v. Kota Arif, called at New Mangalore Port on February 1 from the East African port of Mtwara, according to Exim News Service. The vessel unloaded 176 TEUs of raw cashew for distribution among the local processing units and loaded 206 TEUs of export cargo like fish meal, fish oil, grani...
FRENCH cargo port Marseilles Fos has announced that container throughput grew by four per cent in 2009 to 882,580 TEU compared to the previous year. On the other hand, total cargo volume fell by 13.3 per cent last year to 83 million tonnes, compared with 96 million tonnes in 2008. "The overall downturn in cargo reflected the impact of the global downtur...
- Construction of the new rail link between the Port of Auckland and the Wiri Inland Port has been completed, providing a rail intermodal option for cargo to Wiri. The first train was scheduled to arrive at Wiri today (3 February). Considered to be a major step forward for the Auckland region, Jens Madsen, Ports of Auckland managing director said, “...
London: Dubai World's investment arm Istithmar has put port and shipping agent Inchcape Shipping Services up for sale for $600 million to $700 million and has attracted interest from private equity groups, writes Reuters quoting the Financial Times. Dubai World is seeking to offload assets as part of a restructuring plan after the state-owned conglomerat...
London: INTERTANKO has announced that access to Terminal Vetting Database (TVD) is now available to those who are tanker owners/operators, terminal owners/operators, PSC authorities and others with a legitimate interest in improving safety, but who are not members or associate members of the association. Access to the TVD continues to remain free of charg...
THE prospects for the container shipping market are looking much better than 12 months ago, as both volumes and rates have been rising recently and the increases "appear to be to be resilient," according to the Paris-based consultancy Alphaliner. It points towards growing "optimism among operators with a stronger-than-expected surge in demand in the pre-l...
Despite an extremely tough market environment Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has fulfilled its lifted earnings forecast made last autumn for the financial year 2009. Provisional, not yet certified figures indicate that in the financial year 2009, HHLA achieved Group revenue of approx. 988 million euros (previous year: 1,327 million euros) and an o...
Eastern China province Shandong's sea ports handled 13.1 million TEU in 2009, down 0.7 per cent year on year, but the decline is narrower compared with a year ago, Xinhua reported. Tonnage rose 11.1 per cent to 730 million tonnes. Foreign trade cargo grew 12.6 per cent to 420 million tonnes, added the report. Last year, the province achieved a road car...
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