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Commercial Port of Vladivostok OJSC has sold its 51-pct share in the authorized capital of Universal Operational Complex (UNECO CJSC), the company officially states. Commercial Port of Vladivostok owned 51% of UNECO from September 21 till September 28, 2009. Stevedoring company UNECO CJSC operates at the 13th berth of Commercial Port of Vladivostok. Com...
A new Port of Long Beach grant program with $15 million in funding is scheduled to debut in November with a call for grant proposals. The first grants, designed to help offset the impact of port operations on the community and beyond, could be distributed at the beginning of next year. The Port Grant Programs were established this spring. The Board of Har...
Dubai World has announced the appointments of Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah as group chief executive officer, and Maryam Sharaf as group chief operating officer. The company has not specified a date for assuming these positions, the Shipping Gazette reported. "Both the posts are newly created as part of initiatives to streamline the group's overall business op...
PORT of Yantai, in eastern China's Shandong province, broke its monthly throughput record by handling 12.4 million tonnes of cargoes in August, an increase of 16.9 per cent compared to the same month in the prior year. From January to August, the port altogether handled 88.4 million tonnes of cargo, up 7.3 per cent, Logistics Week reported. (Source: ...
THE Port of Galveston is taking a Houston businessman to court to force him to remove four container cranes at Pier 10 he purchased last year at an auction. The port has filed the lawsuit against CRP International and its manager, Richard Perez, who in April last year paid US$40,000 for the cranes. According to the Galveston Daily News, terms of the agr...
Britain's ports handled 246 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of the year, down 11 per cent from the 276 million tonnes moved in the same period of 2008. Figures released by the Department for Transport show imports fell 12 per cent year on year, while exports were down 8.4 per cent. Although their throughput also fell, the grouped ports of Gri...
STATISTICS posted by the China Customs show the country's foreign trade value in the first eight months slid 22.4 per cent year on year to US$1.34 trillion. Export value fell 22.2 per cent to $730.47 billion. Import value decreased 22.7 per cent to $607.9 billion. Trade surplus was $122.8 billion, down 19 per cent, Logistics Week reported. The European...
THE Port of Oakland, on San Francisco Bay, has announced the "substantial" completion of the Oakland harbour project to dredge the harbour to 15 metres. Completion of this 12-year project is regarded as significant by port authorities as it is expected to allow larger containerships access to the port 24/7. "Recent trends in the shipping industry have s...
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