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A FACTORY in the Los Angeles area has begun manufacturing electric trucks to move containers around port terminals. The new factory is operated by Balqon Corporation. "The support and collaboration we received from the port and City of Los Angeles enabled us to develop, test and now move into production with a first-of-its-kind, heavy-duty electr...
LIANYUNGANG Bonded Logistics Centre (B type) has been approved, which is the first bonded logistics centre in north of Jiangsu Province and is the fifth one approved within the province, reports Xinhua. After the inspection by the state in one year, goods from home and abroad can enjoy preferential policies upon entry into the centre, whose main functions...
THE Pacific container Port of Lazaro Cardenas on Mexico's west coast is bracing for a blockade by angry miners in response to job losses in the country's mining sector. The union is backing fellow miners through the Mexico National Mining and Metal Workers Union in their efforts to disrupt operations impacting on trade. Hong Kong's Hutchison Port Hol...
As expected since the beginning of this year, the port of Antwerp ended the first quarter of 2009 with negative growth figures. The total volume of goods handled in January, February and March was 19.3% down overall on the same period last year. On the other hand, the absolute growth in freight volume during the first three months was significantly higher. ...
Singapore's port container volumes rebounded slightly in March compared to the previous month, even though volumes were down from a year ago, Portworld reports. PSA International's flagship Singapore terminals moved 2.14 million TEUs in March, up from 1.8 million TEUs recorded in February. For the first three months this year, PSA handled 5.86 milli...
The Azerbaijan Transport Ministry is planning to start the construction of a new international sea port in the village of Alyaty (Garadagskiy district in Baku) in 2010, Sadraddin Mammadov, the Head of the Azerbaijan Transport Ministry’s Department of Transport Policy & Economy announced to journalists, RZD-Partner reports. Earlier the Deputy M...
Europe ’s largest terminal operator, Eurogate, will resist pressure from container lines to reduce prices for its services “Every day we conduct negotiations with lines which want us to reduce our prices,” Eurogate managing director Thomas Eckelmann told Lloyd’s List. Terminal operators are facing pressure from large container li...
In the first quarter of 2009, Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port handled 3.003 million tonnes of cargo (-31%, year-on-year), the port’s administration states. In the reported period, crude transshipment increased by 43.5%, year-on-year, to 345,300 tonnes while transshipment of oil products fell by 41.8%, year-on-year, to 1.295 million tonnes. Transship...
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
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