Somali pirates on Thursday hijacked a Dutch ship with eight crew members in the Gulf of Aden, the East African Seafarers Assistance Programme said. Pirates seized a small Dutch ship with eight crew. It was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden two hours ago (around 0730 GMT), said the head of the programme, Andrew Mwangura. No more information on the type of shi...
In January-April 2009, Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port OJSC handled 922,300 tonnes of cargo (-66.8%, year-on-year), the company states. In the reported period, transshipment of export cargo fell by 47.41% to 770,900 tonnes including 62,300 tonnes of coal and coke (down 5 times), 41,300 tonnes of fertilizers (down 1.7 times), 283,800 tonnes of rolled metal...
Tankers could begin loading at the new Russian Far Eastern crude oil port of Kozmino as early as December, reports say. Transneft told news agencies that Russian rail deliveries of up to 300,000 bpd would start this year. The Transneft facility has a designed capacity of one million barrels per day (bpd), which is the equivalent of an average suezma...
XIAMEN Port's Zhaoyin port area handled 366,600 tonnes of cross-strait cargo during the first quarter, which is more than fourfold the volume handled in the same period in the prior year, Xinhua reported. The port area handled 3.4 million tonnes during this period, an increase of 18.6 per cent comparing to the first quarter in 2008. Foreign trade cargo r...
Port of Midiya, the Konstantza (Romania) satellite, has joined the Kazakhstan’s oil transportation scheme, RZD-Partner reports. This year a new oil terminal has started work in the Midiya. It belongs to The Rompetrol Group NV (TRG), which is the Romanian asset of the JSC NK "KazMunaiGas". The Kazakh company acquired 75 % in TRG i...
Modern Terminals, the Hong Kong-based container terminal operator, has indicated that plans to develop a nine-berth terminal complex in Zhoushan in eastern China’s Zhejiang province have been delayed as a result of the global economic downturn. The company, which is 68% owned by Wharf Holdings, signed a strategic framework agreement with the Zhousha...
xIn the first quarter of 2009 the turnover of goods in Baltic ports was 34.408 million tons, 5.5 % down compared to the 1st quarter of 2008, reported Central Statistical Management of Latvia according to RZD-Partner. The share of Latvian ports in this quarter's total turnover of goods was 48.2 %, Lithuanian – 24.9 % and Estonian – 26.8 %. ...
Global marine terminal operator DP World and Flinders Ports, one of Australia’s pre-eminent port operators, have announced a new partnership arrangement, including a 30 year concession for DP World’s operations in Adelaide. The two companies have entered a joint venture partnership in DP World Adelaide, South Australia’s main container ...
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