At present arrival of 85 cruise ships has been announced and confirmed, and arrival of five cruise ships has been announced, but not yet confirmed, said BNS Leiskalne, adding that it is slightly more than in the previous years – in 2007 the Riga port served 88 cruise ships and slightly less in 2008. The ships confirmed this year represent new compan...
Japanese ocean carriers “K” Line and TSK are merging their individual services between Japan and Southeast Asia into a single service. From mid-May, the services will be merged and capacity cut “in response to the ongoing financial crisis that has drastically reduced cargo volume for this sector,” the lines said. In the inter...
Sweden's AGA Gas AB, part of German industrial gases supplier Linde , has picked NCC (NCCb.ST) to construct Sweden's first terminal for liquefied natural gas near Stockholm, NCC said on Monday. The terminal in Nynashamn is due on line around mid 2011 and will import 250,000 tonnes of LNG per year, AGA Gas said. The terminal to be erected will be the fir...
APM Terminals is aiming to set up an LNG terminal at Pipavav port as part of its expansion plans. Confirming the development Prakash Tulsiani, MD of Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd told Business Standard that they are aiming to set up an LNG terminal at Pipavav. We have 400 hectares of land for various expansion projects. One of them is setting up an LNG termina...
The RF Transport Ministry supports the idea to provide the admittance of foreign vessels into Russian inland waterways, said Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin during “Governmental Hour” in Duma, PRIME-TASS has reported according to RZD-Partner. We think that our internal waterways can be opened and free for navigation, he noted. However,...
The Freeport of Ventspils Administration: the total volume of cargo, being handled at the Freeport of Ventspils in the first three months of this year, amounted to 7.8 million tons, registering 514,000 tons less or 6% drop on the results of the same period of the last year, informs LETA. Still, the cargo turnover in the first quarter of the year ...
Commercial Seaport of Tuapse (TMTP OJSC) plans to complete the construction of a 2-mln t grain transshipment complex in the second half of 2009, PortNews IAA learnt from the company’s press center. In the first quarter of 2008, Commercial Seaport of Tuapse handled 4.2 million tonnes of cargo (-12%, year-on-year). Tuapse Commercial Seaport (TMTP OJ...
Evergreen Line is changing port rotations in Asia of two more transpacific services to achieve faster transit times between key export ports. The rotation changes will be made later this month to its Asia/US East Coast (AUE) and China/US West Coast (CPS) services. The notice comes a day after Evergreen said it was similarly switching the order of Asian por...
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