WESTPORTS in Malaysia 's Port Klang has handled its largest containership to date, the 11,400-TEU CMA CGM Andromeda operated by the world's third largest container shipping group. The vessel arrived last week as part of its inaugural deployment in the French Asia Line (FAL) westbound service between Asia and Europe , reports the Bernama news agen...
PORTS are set for a radical shake-up of their business model as pressure grows on loss-making shipping lines to sell off non-core container terminal assets in order to survive the global downturn. Moreover, a bankruptcy among the major container lines would put in train a series of terminal reshuffles as newly formed shipping alliances switched their g...
The Australian Embassy underscored the Philippines ’ need to sustain its port and maritime security following the culmination of the five-year Philippines-Australia Port Security Capacity Building Project (PAPSCBP) pegged at more than A$4 million. Australian Ambassador Rod Smith expressed hope that port and maritime security in the Philipp...
HONG KONG transport secretary Eva Cheng announced the launch of the preliminary study and environmental impact of the planned expansion at Southwest Tsing Yi container terminal. The study has been pushed ahead in light of the 20 per cent slowdown in container volumes for the first four months of the year because "advance works would have to be under...
South Carolina ’s House and Senate voted Tuesday to override the governor’s veto of a bill, passing a law that will change the make-up of the board of the state port authority. The votes were overwhelming: 35 -9 in the Senate and 102 -2 in the House. Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed the bill earlier this ...
The Federal Maritime Commission said Tuesday it is dropping its challenge to the clean trucks program of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach . Meanwhile, Port of Oakland commissioners reportedly voted 5-1 on Tuesday to adopt their own clean truck plan to effect Jan. 1, 2010, and restrict truck models older than 1994, as well a...
Richard Wainio, port director and chief executive of the Tampa Port Authority, has been elected chairman of the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council. The council is a public policy making group for the State of Florida created by statute and charged with enhancing the state's economic development mission...
Richard Wainio, port director and chief executive of the Tampa Port Authority, has been elected chairman of the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council. The council is a public policy making group for the State of Florida created by statute and charged with enhancing the state's economic development mission...
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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