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The Port Authority achieved a result of € 151 million in 2008, some € 37 million more than in 2007. Goods throughput in the port of Rotterdam increased in 2008 to a record level of 421 million tonnes, 2.9% higher than in 2007. The Executive Board of the Port Authority is pleased with these figures. “We have still been able to round off the...
Dalian Port (PDA) Co. Ltd has decided to suspend the expansion of two container terminals due to sluggish foreign trade. Dalian Port managing director Sun Hong told local media that the company's container business had been affected by the international trade slump. The construction of two container berths in Phase II and three berths in Phase III develo...
AS part of ongoing efforts to reduce diesel emissions in the Puget Sound region, the Port of Tacoma Commission has authorised a new, fee-free, market-based programme to cut polluting emissions from trucks that serve the port, following the voluntary environmental stewardship of ocean carriers. Our customers and business partners have worked with port st...
THE British government's increase in lighthouse dues puts UK ports at a serious disadvantage according to north east England's PD Ports on the Yorkshire Durham border along the River Tees. The Department of Transport said the increase in light dues - 67 per cent for big ships - was based on a corresponding increase in costs. Said PD Ports director Mar...
AS of end of February, northeastern China's port of Qingdao has handled 1.64 million TEU during this year, up 2.2 per cent compared to the same period in 2008, Xinhua reported. The port's cargo throughput tonnage during the first two months cumulated to 51.97 million tonnes, up 3.9 per cent. Both the port's box volume and cargo tonnage have set new hig...
Brazil's government plans to investment 795 million Brazilian reals ($359.7 million) on expanding, repairing and dredging Rio Grande port in the south of the country, said Ports Secretary Pedro Brito, according to the local Estado newswire. The expansion of the dock is due to be completed this year and dredging is expected to begin in May. Rio Grande is ...
The first tanker will be accepted by the specialized sea oil-loading terminal in Kozmino Bay (PrimorskiTerritory) in December 2009, VGTRK Vladivostok cites Vladimir Petrovski, representative of the contractor participating in construction works. “We expect the first tanker by December. We manage to follow the schedule,” he said. According ...
The Kochi port has registered a marginal fall of 3.34 per cent in its cargo throughput as it handled 15.23 million tonnes during the financial year 2008-2009 compared with 15.75 mt in the previous fiscal. The shortfall is mainly attributable to a fall in the uptake of crude oil by BPCL-Kochi Refinery, which imported 82,11,820 tonnes of crude in 2008-09 agai...
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