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Sri Lanka is anticipating a de-listing from the war risk surcharge with an expected visit by the Lloyd’s inspection team in February. The Sri Lankan delegation that visited London recently invited the Lloyd’s team to look at the ground situation to conduct an assessment. The decision will be known by March. A number of port upgrades and new t...
The Port of Singapore continued to maintain its global leading position in containers handled, vessel arrival tonnage and bunker sales in 2009 despite the decline in world trade, according to advance estimates by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). The Singapore Registry of Ships also continued to grow in size and ranks among the top 10 worl...
China has expressed displeasure with Japanese plans to build a port on the Okinotorishima atoll, according to Reuters. Previously, China had argued that the Pacific landmass, which Japan owns, did not meet the U.N.'s criteria for an island because it was uninhabitable. If Okinotorishima was recognized as an island, then Japan would have indisputable cl...
THE MALAYSIAN Port of Tanjung Pelepas has announced the retirement of its chief executive officer Ismail Hashim which took effect at the end of 2009. He had provided more than 10 years of service to the port. Captain Ismail had been CEO since 2008 and led the port to new levels of growth, port authorities said in a statement. "PTP is perhaps the only ma...
A DOCUMENT issued by the China National Development and Reform Commission, requires container terminals in Shenzhen to stop charging "gate fees" on container trucks, Logistics Week reported. The measure is said to reduce the cost of Shenzhen's container truck industry by nearly CNY300 million (US$44 million). Shenzhen's terminals first started chargin...
THE Hutchison container port of Felixstowe has been shut down because of high winds and snow with trucks parked along A14 highway approaches to the harbour, reports BBC News. Suffolk County Council is rationing road grit to priority routes, A and B roads only and is conserving road salt. Rail services were running in the county, but 30 schools have been c...
EAST China's Rizhao port has put its electronic data interchange (EDI) centre of logistics information into operation, reports Xinhua. The facility is expected to enhance the port's operation quality and efficiency of container business. The EDI project commenced on April 22 and was completed five months later. It will provide data for port companies, s...
Hanjin Shipping is introducing a West Africa Service with UASC effective March 1st, 2010. Named WAF (West Africa Service), this new service will be running between Valencia, Lagos, Cotonou, Tema and Abidjan with two 1,700TEU class ships, one deployed by Hanjin Shipping and the other by UASC. In addition, Hanjin Shipping reveals that they are planning to...
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