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The ups and downs of Canal metrics Jan 29, 2010

- The Panama Canal Authority’s operational metrics from October to December 2009, show that Canal Waters Time (CWT), the average time it takes a vessel to transit the Canal (including waiting time for passage), significantly decreased despite increases in total transits and net tonnage. CWT decreased 27.5% compared with the corresponding period in t...

ISO 9001 for DunkirkJan 29, 2010

 France’s Port of Dunkirk has achieved the ISO 9001 certification following audits conducted in October and November 2009. In line with the Strategic Plan, this certification marks a new phase in the improvement drive that has been on-going for several years. According to port authority management this accreditation, together with the certifica...

The Port of Dover applies for privatisation Jan 29, 2010

- Dover Harbour Board has announced that it has made a formal application to the UK Secretary of State for Transport to move from trust port status to voluntary privatisation. The Board believes that the change would ensure that the necessary capital was secured for investment in the port to deliver new capacity as and when required, guaranteeing the port...

FedEx-commissioned report stresses SMEs, Asian consumer demand Jan 29, 2010

SMALL and medium sized enterprises - 95 per cent of Asian businesses, employing 80 per cent of the workforce, will be vital to economic recovery this year, says Asia Pacific FedEx Express president David Cunningham. Mr Cunningham made his statement based on a FedEx commissioned study from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) entitled "Towards the Recover...

Ecuador's Guayaquil Multipurpose/Container Terminal is ISO-certified Jan 29, 2010

CONTECON Guayaquil S A (CGSA), operator of the Guayaquil Multipurpose and Container Terminal in Ecuador, has received four ISO certifications: ISO 9001 (Quality Management System); ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System); OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety); and ISO 28000 (Supply Chain Security Management Systems). CGSA was certified by Burea...

Hanjin takes over APM Terminals’ Kaohsiung concessionJan 29, 2010

Hanjin Pacific Corporation (HPC), a terminal subsidiary of Hanjin Shipping, and APM Terminals, the independent port operating division of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, have announced they have entered into an agreement in which Hanjin Pacific will take over APM Terminals facilities at Piers 76 and 77 in Kaohsiung and combine them into Hanjin’s current...

DP World's Vietnam Terminal adds MISC to customer listJan 29, 2010

DP World, the world's fourth-largest container terminal operator, said on Wednesday that it welcomed Malaysia's MISC Berhad as a new customer to its brand new Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. MISC is adding two weekly calls to SPCT, with the maiden call of Bunga Teratai Empat, a 1,725 TEU (twenty foot equivalent con...

Sea Port of Le Havre (France) granted ISO 28000, 1st European port cer...Jan 29, 2010

The Sea Port of Le Havre (GPMH) (France) was granted on December 11 2009 the ISO 28000 certification as compliant to standards of security supply chain management system established at the port by the authorities, the port press service reported today. The port turned to be the first European port certified and the world’s second after Houston (USA). ...

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