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Dalian port group's cargo throughput increased 14.2 per cent year on year in June to a record 18.5 million tonnes, Logistics Week reported. During the first half, throughput came to 100 million tonnes, up 11.1 per cent, an increase of 10 million tonnes year on year. Source: http://www.schednet.com
Four super post-Panamax cranes among largest in the world Malta Freeport Terminals, a major Mediterranean transshipment hub, took delivery of four ship-to-shore cranes that are among the largest container cranes in the world. The cranes, which cost $34.9 million were installed on the north berth of Terminal two, according to a report on the Web site of Malt...
Dubai-based marine terminal operator DP World has announced October 1as the date of the official inauguration of its Vietnam's Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT), located on the Soai Rap River, 15 km from Ho Chi Minh City, according to Middle East Transport and Logistics. While Ho Chi Minh City is currently served by various port facilities along th...
The handling of the XIN HONG KONG at the Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH) on 17 July 2009 marked the start of a new weekly container line service that links northern Europe with the Far East. Under the auspices of the new joint service the Chinese company China Shipping Container Line (CSCL) and the Taiwan-based Evergreen Line are cooperating in ...
Since the inception of Visakha Container Terminal (VCT) at the Vizag Outer Harbour in 2003, the terminal has seen an average of 17 per cent annual growth so far and from a throughput of a mere 10,000 Teus in 2003, VCT is expected to cross the one-lakh teu mark this fiscal, said Capt. Sriram Ravi Chander, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of VCTPL, at an interac...
The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has finally completed its review of the draft Convention on the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, known as the Rotterdam Rules. The text of this convention, for which work began in 2002, was approved on July 3, 2008, Exim News Service informs. The UN General Assembly adopted ...
The UN’s shipping agency, International Maritime Organisation (IMO), has agreed to voluntary proposals aimed at cutting carbon emissions. But environmental groups said it fell short of what was needed, it is reported. Shipping and aviation are the only industry sectors not regulated by the Kyoto Protocol, which will set targets for greenhouse gas em...
THE Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO) plans to circulate a package of interim and voluntary technical and operational measures to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) from international shipping. The MEPC has also agreed to circulate a work plan for further consideration of market-based instrum...
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