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Daybreak Transportation and Rail Transfer of Longview, Wash., has launched a monthly barge service to and from Hawaii through the Port of Longview, the port said over the weekend. The service began in May with building materials, lumber, steel, construction equipment, and project cargo. On the return voyage, the barge will carry ...
Moody's has revised its outlook for the U.S. port industry from stable to negative, as weak consumer confidence and the economic downturn have deteriorated global cargo movement and port revenues, a trend that is expected to continue into 2010, the bond rating service said in a recent report. "Revenue flexibility will deteriorate as competit...
The Port of Montreal last week saw the first call of a service connecting it to the Mediterranean and Cuba. Melfi Marine Corp. provides the service, which previously called at Halifax, with three 1,388-TEU ships that call at Naples, Valencia, Havana and Montreal every 10 days. The port said container volume has grown 14 p...
The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners on Monday laid out a case against arming vessels to protect against piracy attacks. “The use of any arms carried on board ships will escalate the violence of pirate attacks and armed robberies and increase the risk of loss of life,” the association said in a statement. &ld...
In the first half of 2009, Port Vanino OJSC (Khabarovsk Territory) handled 2.942 million tonnes of cargo (-almost 14.7%), the company states. In June the company Port Vanino handled 520,100 tonnes of cargo (-5.1%, year-on-year). In the 6-month period, export accounted for 51.3% of the total volume – 1.509 million tonnes of different cargoes (-7.6%, ...
THE Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will soon solicit bids for the fourth and last dry excavation project, said a communique. The project will be the final phase in creating a critical access channel that will link the new Pacific locks with the Canal's existing Gaillard Cut (the narrowest stretch of the waterway), said the statement. As the seco...
EASTERN China's Zhejiang province currently has the third largest seaport capacity in the nation, Xinhua reported. Since 2000, the province has built 47 new berths of over 10,000 tonnes, bringing an extra capacity of 174 million tonnes. By the end of 2008, Zhejiang already had 128 seaport berths over 10,000 tonnes with an aggregate capacity of 500 millio...
XIAMEN port registered volume of 114,000 TEU in its trade with Taiwan in the first five months of 2009, consisting of 55,000 TEU inbound and 59,000 TEU outbound, reports Xinhua. Seven shipping lines in Xiamen port have operated 10 direct cross-strait services, covering Kaohsiung, Taichung and Keelung with a monthly frequency of 48 sailings. Xiamen 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.
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