GREENPEACE campaigners were reportedly arrested today after boarding a coal vessel bound for the Kingsnorth power station in Kent , southern England . The environmental activists, who oppose coal-fired power stations, climbed aboard from inflatable speedboats about 2250 on Sunday as the vessel approached the power facility near Hoo, according to th...
A BOMB exploded today in the Spanish city of Vigo at the headquarters of a business association involved in talks over the industrial dispute between business executives and workers from the metal and shipyard industry. The small explosion wrecked the façade of the building, which a spokesman from the businness association said was directl...
The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor welcomed a load of 94 wind turbine blades from Europe on Friday and Saturday. The blades, each measuring 132 feet long, will be used in the first phase of constructing the Meadow Lake wind farm in northwestern Indiana . At full build-out, the 26,000-acre wind farm located between White and Bent...
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asked Congress Wednesday to consider passing an interim, 18-month surface transportation reauthorization bill to replenish the Highway Trust Fund while a long-term spending plan is crafted, but the chief House negotiator said such an approach "is not acceptable." LaHood said the Highway Trust Fund, a ...
American shippers and transportation providers are willing to financially contribute to upgrading the nation’s ability to move freight efficiently, as long as fees are equitable and collected by the government specifically for that purpose. “Target understands that as a user of the system, we will have to pay increased user...
YRC Worldwide said Thursday it has finalized an agreement with a Teamster pension fund under which it will be able to put up real estate as collateral in lieu of pension contributions. The trucker also reached a deal with lenders to amend a credit agreement with its lenders, and said it is continuing to close of sale and leaseback d...
CMA CGM said Wednesday it is adjusting its services between Asia and Europe, offering slots on 10 services that reach 260 port pairs with 26 direct loading ports in Asia and 10 discharge ports in Europe . The services will all be branded under CMA CGM's familiar FAL name, including loops on which the line has arran...
THE gloomy shipping market conditions have dragged down the container throughput of Taiwan 's port of Kaohsiung by 20 per cent year on year during the period from January to April, said Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau director general Shieh Ming-hui. Kaohsiung is not only the only sufferer of the economic downturn, said Mr Shieh, quoted by the report ...
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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