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APM sets productivity record at Nigerian poJun 19, 2009

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...

Tampa gets "A" rating from FitchJun 19, 2009

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...

Officials accused of inflating cargo figures Jun 19, 2009

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...

NCSP operating results for January-May 2009Jun 18, 2009

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...

LNG terminal ready for constructionJun 18, 2009

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. ...

Traffic between January and MayJun 18, 2009

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 investment to reduce sulphur emissionsJun 18, 2009

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...

32 new container ship orders call for MacGREGOR hatch covers Jun 18, 2009

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...

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