Ports in southwestern China's Guangxi region handled 13.4 million tonnes of cargo in July, increasing 28.6 per cent year on year. This is the second consecutive month that it posted a year-on-year increase in its port throughput, Xinhua reported. From January to July, these ports handled 78.6 million tonnes of cargo, up 6.1 per cent year on year. The seapo...
In January-August, 2009, Petersburg Oil Terminal CJSC handled 8 million tonnes of oil products (+2.56%) including 5.7 million tonnes of dark oil products, the company’s press center reports. In August, the company handled 1.11 million tonnes of oil products (+10.1%, year-on-year) including 798,000 tonnes of dark oil products (+69,000 tonnes, year-on-y...
In January-August 2009, the port of Ust-Luga handled 6.226.9 million tonnes of cargo (+37%, year-on-year), PortNews IAA learnt from the port’s Harbor Master Oleg Glukhov. In August, the port’s throughput increased by 42%, year-on-year, to 840,400 tonnes. In the 8-month period, the core of the throughput was formed by 16%, year-on-year, to 4.5 mi...
CHINESE sea ports registered the first increase this year in the foreign trade cargo throughput from January to July, which rose 1.9 per cent year on year to 1.2 billion tonnes, Xinhua reported. The seaports handled 1.1 billion tonnes, up 1.1 per cent, while river ports moved 106 million tonnes, up 12 per cent. In July, the seaports in China handled 189...
On the 10th of September 2009 representative of the European Investment Bank - the head of representative office in Helsinki (Finland) - Mr. Jaani Pietikainen visited Klaipeda State Seaport Authority (Lithuania). The aim of the visit was to discuss Klaipeda Port investment plans and sources of financing. (Source: Transport Weekly)
The Koper Container Terminal, initially with a 150-metre long, 33-metre wide quayside, capable of servicing vessels with drafts up to 9.5 metres, came into operation on 10th September 1979. The first container crane - which is still operational - was manufactured by the Maribor-based Metalna company. At the time, the terminal had a capacity of 50,000 TEUs p...
Colombo Dockyard, Sri Lanka, has received a US$61 million contract from an unnamed Singaporean owner to build two AHTS. There is an option for two more vessels of the same type. The vessel design has been developed by Norway’s Moss Maritime and will feature a 130-tonne bollard pull. The vessels will undertake supply duties for offshore units, AHTS, ...
Taiwanese container shipping line, Evergreen, has incorporated UK-based port, Teesport, owned by PD Ports, into its weekly shipping services from the Far East. This is a new service of transhipment over Rotterdam via Feederlink. The service operated by Feederlink, which started on August 1, is expected to bring in additional volumes of containers fr...
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