The Sanduao International Container Terminal, which is situated in the Sanduao port area at southeastern China's Fujian province, has commenced construction, Xinhua reported. Managing director of Sanduao International Container Terminal Wang Xiaobin said the construction is divided into two phases. Phase 1 comprises two 100,000-tonne berths, which cost ...
Nanshan freight port in Sanya of South China's Hainan province has completed construction of its main terminals, coupled with the terminal facilities and stock yard being built. The port is expected to be put into use in the first half of this year, reports Xinhua. The port's first phase project is invested with CNY300 million (US$43.9 million) of which ...
Celebrating the maritime industry's continued efforts to reduce diesel emissions in the Puget Sound region, the Port of Tacoma Commission recently applauded the voluntary environmental stewardship of ocean carriers and authorized a new, fee-free, market-based program to reduce emissions from trucks that serve the Port. Our customers and business partners...
Having operated a Siwertell coal unloader for over 25 years, a US power company knew that it wanted another one when the time came to replace the original unit. Through a competitive bidding process, Cargotec’s MacGREGOR has secured a Siwertell ST-790 D coal unloader order from American power company Public Service of New Hampshire’s Schiller ...
International Registries, Inc. (IRI), the Administrator of the Marshall Islands Maritime and Corporate Registries, has further expanded its worldwide network with the opening of offices in Houston and Dubai. This expansion enables the Registry to further augment its services and will provide clients in these areas with the full expertise of the Regist...
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is to shut down its worldwide Business Development Department, which will see around 50 staff made redundant, mostly in Hong Kong and the UK. It is believed some staff could be offered alternative positions within the HPH terminals sector According to one source, redundancy notices to staff working for Hutchison is somethin...
The country’s largest multi-product port at Mundra, developed by the Adani Group, handled around 2,200 vessels and approximately 38 million tonnes of cargo volumes across all segments during the financial year 2008-09. Last year (2007-08), the Mundra port had handled 1,624 vessels and 28.79 million tonnes of cargo, a company official said here on Wed...
Throughput at southern Irish ports fell 20% in the second half of last year, returning to 2005 levels, according to the latest edition of the Irish Maritime Transport Economist. Data from the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) show that 2008 began with a moderate slowdown in traffic volumes in the first half of the year, before market conditions de...
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.
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