New bulk cargo carrier Prisco Udokan has been built by STX Shipbuilding (Republic of Korea) for PRISCO, the Corporation reports. Prisco Udokan is the second vessel of the series. Its length is 190 m, breadth - 32 m. The vessel with five cargo holds and four 30-tonne cranes is designed for transportation of dry bulk and loose cargo: grain, iron ore, sulfur...
In January-August, 2009, the ports of the Baltic states handled 87.01 million tonnes of cargo (-1.9%, year-on-year), the Baltic Course informs. In the 8-month period, the port of Tallinn handled 20.77 million tonnes of cargo (+6.5%, year-on-year). Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo by the terminals of Tallinna Sadam (mainly heavy fuel oil) accounts for 75...
As part of its Eastern strategy, BLG also operates a car terminal in Kiev with a local partner. Pavel Byglevski, manager of the E.H.Harms Automobile Logistics Ukraine joint venture, together with Ruslan Semchuk and Viacheslav Bevza, managers of the joint venture partner ViDi Group, was awarded the honorary certificate of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers. ...
Tartous International Container Terminal jsc is set to take delivery of two new quay cranes (QCs) in late September for Tartous International Container Terminal (TICT). The QCs will be the first of their kind to be used in the Port of Tartous. Purchased by the Tartous Port General Company, the QCs are expected to upgrade TICT’s container...
As of September 17, the 5th weekly sailing for Transfennica on Zeebrugge – Bilbao is a fact. The Managing Director of the Port of Zeebrugge, Mr Joachim Coens, welcomed MV Caroline Russ on her first arrival in Zeebrugge. Mr Coens explains what Transfennica’s service means to Zeebrugge: “We all read and hear many stories about ferry compan...
Figures from the Hong Kong Marine Department show the port handled 1.936 million TEU in August, a fall of 10.7 per cent over the 2.168 million TEU in August of last year. Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority reported an 13.8 per cent decrease in container movement in August, having handled 2.277 million TEU compared to 2.642 million TEU in August of l...
NEW ZEALAND's Ports of Auckland has announced a controversial re-financing scheme through the sale of NZ$50 million (US$53.2 million) in new shares to its parent, Auckland Regional Holdings (ARH), itself the business unit of the local government, Auckland Regional Council. Rival terminals and local ratepayers have already criticised a NZ$20 million loan ...
Just eight days after raising the rates on eastbound cargo shipped from North Europe and the Mediterranean to Asia, CMA CGM announced a rate increase in the opposite direction. The French line said today it will apply new rates on Oct. 1 on all cargo moving westbound from Asia to the Mediterranean and North Europe, The rate increases will be $250 per 20-...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi