Ship traffic has been limited at the Ventspils Port because of strong winds, as the Ventspils Port authorities informed LETA. At the moment, there is one ship waiting for permission to enter the port. Wind velocity at Ventspils Port has reached 20-22 meters per second, and it could further increase to 2...
Security officers have stopped a vessel flying the Cambodian flag with 7 metric tons of crab onboard off Sakhalin in the Russian Far East, a security service spokeswoman said on Thursday according to RIA Novosti. "The Nadzomi fishing vessel was stopped southeast of Sakhalin . Fishing equipment and some 7 metric tons of live crab caugh...
Palmali Group has increased its fleet with three IMO2 chemical tankers of unlimited navigation area, Moscow representative office reports. All the three 14,000-dwt tankers were built at Turkish shipyard Celik Тekne. Totalvalue of the vessels is $75 mln. Anspress says the tankers will be put into operation this year with the head vessel Palchem-1 to ...
Hebei Port Group, the world's largest bulk cargo port company in terms of throughput, was established Wednesday in north China 's Hebei province. The state-owned group is a combination of Qinhuangdao , Caofeidian and Huangye ports in Hebei . The bulk cargo throughput of these ports reached 281 million tons in 2008, the largest volume in the wor...
Norwegian oil and gas major StatoilHydro has signed an agreement with World Point Terminals Inc to buy the South Riding Point crude oil storage and transshipment terminal on Grand Bahama Island for $263.2 million. “The acquisition is a strategic move which supports StatoilHydro's global growth ambition. It will strengthen StatoilHydro's marketing ...
Murmansk Oblast's notification of invitation to tenders for the Murmansk Transport Hub development, was released this week. The total costs of contracts at this stage are 995 million Rubles, of which 463 million Rubles shall be used in 2009. The new Murmansk Oblast Guvernor, Dmitry Dmitriyenko, has made it his top priority to realize the completion ...
In the first half of 2009, Port Vysotsky LLC ( Leningrad region) handled 1.599 million tonnes of coal (+3.2%, year-on-year), the company’s press center reports. In June the company handled 277,786 tonnes of Russian coal (+3.2%, year-on-year). Port of Vysotsk is located in Vyborg Bay . Today stevedoring company Port Vysotsky LLC s...
In the first half of 2009, Aktau International Sea Commercial Port ( Kazakhstan ) handled 6.6 million tonnes (-26%, year-on-year), RZD-Partner reports. According to the port’s press center, transshipment of crude and oil products totaled 5.521 million tonnes (+25%, year-on-year), general cargo – 803,000 tonnes (-7%). The port...
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