APM Terminals is touting improved productivity at its container terminal in the Nigerian port of Apapa . The terminal operator said that productivity records -- in terms of container moves per hour -- have been set for 14 consecutive vessels calling at the terminal, culminating in the call of the 2,890-TEU Maersk Pembroke, which...
Port of Tampa said New York-based Fitch Ratings has affirmed an “A” rating of the port authority’s $151 million revenue bonds. Additionally, Fitch provided the port authority with a ratings outlook of “stable.” In a release issued by Fitch Ratings, the firm said financial ope...
Press reports say 46 people from largest port in Taiwan and eight shipping lines have been accused of inflating cargo volume data. Both Reuters and AFP said both officials at the port of Kaohsiung and major shipping lines were accused of exaggerated cargo volumes. AFP quoted prosecutors as sayi...
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port ( Russia ) announces consolidated operating results for January-May 2009: in the reporting period cargo turnover of NCSP totaled 36,041.3 thousand tones, which exceeds the turnover of the same period last year by 11.4% or 3,647.6 thousand tonnes. Grain handling volumes from January to May 2009 inc...
Höegh LNG has been granted final approvals to go ahead with its Port Meridian Deepwater Port project in UK . On June 15th the Department of Energy & Climate Change (Offshore Environment and Decommissioning, OED) confirmed that a favourable Environmental Impact Assessment approval decision is given for the offshore part of the project. ...
The amount of unitized cargo traffic in the Port of Helsinki between January and May was 3.46 million tons, representing a decline of 28 per cent from the previous year. In May 2009 alone, 0.7 million tons of cargo were transported – again 28 per cent less than the previous year. Roro traffic has decreased more than container traffic. In May, ...
DFDS Tor Line has decided to invest in a scrubber system to reduce the sulphur content in exhaust fumes from vessels. Scrubbers use a process where salt water is added to the flue gases to remove the sulphur. "The use of scrubbers is as an effective means of reducing sulphur emissions, which in turn reduces acidification of the marine environ...
MacGREGOR – part of Cargotec Corporation – has secured new orders worth close to €10 million for 32 shipsets of lift-away hatch covers destined for container ships under construction in Japan and South Korea . During the second quarter of 2009, MacGREGOR received orders from a...
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