In January-August 2009, the port of Archangelsk handled 2.26 million tonnes of cargo (-34.2%, year-on-year). According to the materials of the port administration, transshipment of import cargo increased by 49%. In particular, import of loaded containers fell by 62.7%, year-on-year, to 11,300 tonnes while import of the general cargo increased by 68.5% to 29...
Evergreen, the Taiwanese container shipping line, has incorporated North East 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 01 August is expected to bring in additional volume...
The 12 major ports in India have registered a 1.17 per cent increase in traffic to 180 million tonnes during the April-July period compared with the same period a year earlier. A report by The Times of India noted that container volumes are now beginning to show some signs of upwards movement. In July 2009, container volumes increased by 3.1 per cent over...
South Eastern China's Fujian province plans to complete the merger of its Fuzhou Port and Ningde Port in the course of the year, Xinhua reported. Ningde port has four port areas and a usable coast line of 222.9 kilometres, able to accommodate 211 berths with a potential annual capacity of over 400 million tonnes. Fuzhou port is one of China's major se...
Chinese ports recorded a container throughput of 66.7 million TEU during the period from January to July, down 9.9 per cent year on year, Xinhua reported. Aggregate throughput tonnage increased 3.9 per cent to 3.9 billion tonnes. Seaport throughput fell 9.6 per cent to 60.2 million TEU, cargo tonnage rose 3.5 per cent to 2.7 billion tonnes. River port v...
Chinese ports recorded a container throughput of 66.7 million TEU during the period from January to July, down 9.9 per cent year on year, Xinhua reported. Aggregate throughput tonnage increased 3.9 per cent to 3.9 billion tonnes. Seaport throughput fell 9.6 per cent to 60.2 million TEU, cargo tonnage rose 3.5 per cent to 2.7 billion tonnes. River port v...
Odessa Commercial Sea Port has opened a new terminal for handling of ro-ro vessels, Oddesski Portovik newspaper refers to the engineer of the company’s construction service. According to the source, the new berth (N36) is 119.4 meters long, depth near wharf face – 9.75-12 meters, area of the berth territory – some 5,000 sq. meters, limit l...
Ankara will pressure Tbilisi to overturn a Georgian court decision to imprison a Turkish tanker captain for trying to deliver fuel to rebel Abkhazia, violating an economic blockade, a government source said on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is expected to visit Tbilisi to ask Georgia to overturn the decision to jail the captain for 24 years a...
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