The UAE has reopened the Jebel Ali export terminal after it halted operations on Sunday morning due to bad weather conditions, a shipping source told Reuters. “The Jebel Ali ports has now reopened and is operating normally, but the weather is still bad which might lead to another closure,” the source said. However, the Jebel Dhanna po...
Analysts from Industrial Securities believe that China's ports are on the path of continuous recovery. According to relevant statistics, the total throughput volume of China's seaports remained at 408 million tonnes edging down by 0.8%MoM but rising by 9.9%YoY making it in positive growth for four consecutive months. In H1 of the year the throughput volum...
THE Port of Long Beach port, the second-busiest port in the US, recorded a hefty June drop in container movement of 28.7 per cent compared to year previous with overall box trade to date down 27.4 per cent like for like, reported The Associated Press. Imported and export cargo also dropped 28.4 per cent and 28.8 per cent respectively. Empty container move...
YANGPU, the main port of China's southernmost province of Hainan has posted 3.5 per cent year on year cargo growth in the first half to 12.28 million tonnes, representing a measure of economic recovery in the global downturn, reported Xinhua. Tax revenue from the Yangpu Economic Development Zone hit CNY550.5million (US$80.4 million), an increase of 8.2 p...
THE Virginia Port Authority has received two additional bids from companies competing to operate VPA-owned container terminals over a term of 60 years. The two new bids were submitted by the Carlyle Group, a Washington-based private equity company, and Carrix Inc, based in Seattle. They are reported to be now competing with a bid submitted in March by Cen...
On Friday 31st July a large barge transporting a new crane for Luka Koper’s Container Terminal, was moored alongside Pier I. Manufactured by Liebherr in Killraney, Ireland, it was assembled at the Trieste shipyard, before being transported to Koper, by barge, for installation. The post-panamax crane has a maximum lifting capacity of 75 tonnes, but m...
“The Board of Directors of the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has appointed Sylvie Vachon to the position of President and CEO,” announced Michel M. Lessard, Chairman of the Board. Ms. Vachon had been Vice-President, Administration and Human Resources at the MPA since 1997. “Following a rigorous candidate search process with an independent...
EASTERN China's Rizhao Riqing Container Terminal, a joint venture with Qingdao and Rizhao ports, has launched a Rizhao to Dalian container service, reports Logistics Week. The service runs weekly and reportedly eliminates the need of shipping cargo from Shandong and Suzhou to North China by avoiding Bohai Gulf, and cutting down transit time and costs....
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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