In line with its program to develop cross-Channel rail freight, Eurotunnel has launched a new weekly rail service for refrigerated freight between Spain and the UK. The first freight train of thirty refrigerated containers was launched during the night of October 29th. Organised by major international transport operator, Stobart Group, the train carri...
Public hearings on ecological renovation of Nevelsk Seaport took place on November 23, 2009, reported RIA Sakhalin-Kurily with reference to Boris Gordeev, head of Sakhalin branch of FGUP Rosmorport. As per him, representatives of local Administration and citizens (about 20 people) did not express any significant volunteer any remarks on the project. &ls...
Seaspan Corporation announced that it accepted delivery of a 5100 TEU containership named the MOL Emissary from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. on November 20, 2009. This is Seaspan's seventh delivery in 2009 and expands the Company's fleet to 42 vessels. The MOL Emissary is on charter to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. ("MOL") of Japan under a twelve-year, ...
Almost one in five capsize vessels are anchored at ports, close to an all-time high, according to Global Ports. The number of capesizes waiting at larger ore and coal berths in China rose to 54 last week, up from 52 the week before, Truro, England-based Global Ports in an e-mail yesterday, seen by Bloomberg. A further 64 are scheduled to arrive in China ov...
THE Antwerp Port Authority has announced it will freeze port dues and concession fees in 2010 at 2009 levels, having already frozen most dues at 2008 levels. Furthermore, a 10 per cent reduction will be granted for transshipment of conventional/breakbulk cargo, provided employers and labour unions can make more efficient use of dock labour. "With these ...
THE Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) posted a modest increase in traffic last month, its first positive container count in more than a year, reported the local PBS TV channel, Georgia Public Broadcasting. Container volume increased 12.3 per cent in October from September to 234,000 TEU while ship calls increased by 15.1 per cent. At the same time, however, q...
The amount of unitized cargo traffic through the port of Helsinki in October was 0.8 million tonnes, which is a monthly record for this year. However, it is still some 14 % short of the volumes of the previous year. Between January and October the cargo traffic amounted to nearly 7.2 million tonnes, which is 24 % less than last year at the same time. Port ...
Vietnam has started building a major 3.6-billion-dollar international container port in central Khanh Hoa province to boost regional economic development. Once completed in 2020, the Van Phong port will have 42 wharves and be capable of handling up to 200 million tonnes of cargo a year, said an online report on the government’s website. As a coastal...
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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