AFTER more than two and a half years of year-on-year declines, import cargo volume at major American retail container ports is expected to see three straight months of gains in early 2010, according to the monthly Port Tracker report issued by the National Retail Federation and IHS Global Insight. "We've been seeing hints of a turnaround in our past few ...
FRENCH dockers are planning two strikes at Le Havre on Thursday January 4 and at Marseilles on Thursday January 11 in their continuing resistance to the privatisation of container terminals nationwide Dockers have already refused night work and overtime. The Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT) union said its members will stage 24-hour walkouts because...
India is pushing leading importers to quickly clear stocks of imported sugar from ports to improve domestic supply, and may confiscate consignments that are not moved out, senior government officials said. Imported sugar amounting to 656,094 tonnes was lying in port warehouses at Kolkata, Tuticorin, Kandla and Visakhapatnam ports as on October 27, the off...
Port Pipavav has tied up with French Container Liner CMA CGM for bringing in cargo through their ships to the Gujarat-based port. "Pipavav Port signed a contract with the container liner on October 26 for their Europe service," a senior port official said. However, he declined to divulge further details about the tie-up. Port Pipavav will be added as a ...
The shipping ministry approved the setting up of a captive handling terminal by Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) at the Tuticorin Port. The terminal will be constructed at a cost of around Rs 2.5 billion and comprises a Rs 500-million berth. It will handle imported thermal coal for the Rs 49-billion power plant being set up by NLC along with the Tamil Nadu...
Russian authorities gave the go-ahead for a unit of the troubled Dubai World conglomerate to buy a 25-percent stake in the management company at a major port on Russia's Pacific coast, writes AFP. Vostochny is a warm water port and one of the largest transport hubs in eastern Russia -- close to Chinese, Japanese and South Korean markets. The Vostochny comp...
Ports management and logistics company, Gulftainer, has announced a new service calling at Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT), which it operates on behalf of the Sharjah Ports Authority. Hanjin and follow Korean partners STX Pan Ocean and Sinokor have initiated their ‘FMX’ service in order to enhance their regional coverage from the export cent...
Estonian shipping company TALLINK has sent a letter to Economy Minister Juhan Parts with a request for reduction of port charges levied by the state-run Tallinna Sadamad (Port of Tallinn), balticbusinessnews.com reports citing the company authorities. The letter, signed by the deputy chairman Andres Hunt, reads, the company has managed to cut down it&rsqu...
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.
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