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A TASK force on port decongestion is preparing to move 2,000 containers that have been stockpiling at the Nigerian ports of Lagos to Onne Port in Rivers state, in a bid to ease heavy congestion. Task force member Malam Muhammed Bulangu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the overstaying containers were being loaded inside a vessel for the...
ACCORDING to the US Port Tracker report issued by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and IHS Global Insight, its 10 surveyed US ports in January were down 0.5 per cent to handling 1.05 million TEU. The port's traffic also fell 14.6 per cent compared with January previous, marking the 19th-straight month volume decline on a year over year basis. Febru...
THE Port of Shanghai lifted 582 million tonnes of cargo during 2008, up 3.6 per cent year on year, continued to retain its title as the world's largest port in terms of overall tonnage, Logistics Week reported. The port handled 28 million TEU last year, up 7.1 per cent, which was the second largest container throughput in the world. Yangshan Port Area ha...
South Africa’s state-owned port operator Transnet Port Terminals has announced that all 15 of its port terminals in six commercial ports along South Africa’s coastline will be closed on the country’s forthcoming voting day, 22 April 2009. Solly Letsoalo, Chief of Operations, said all terminals would cease operations at 06h00 on Wednesday...
In 2008 Italian ports reported an 11.6% growth in passenger traffic to 8.5mn people compared to 2007, marking a record increase. According to a report by Cruise Industry News, the number of cruise passengers in Europe should rise by 30% between 2008 and 2012 from 4.6mn to 6mn people. Europe accounts for 40% of the demand, while North America represents 27%....
It is reported that Liaoning-based Dalian port has imported 1.37 million tonnes of iron ore up by 26.2%MoM or 39.8%YoY. As learned, the main drivers behind the large growth on imported iron ore are as follows. 1. The national macro control policy has speeded up the operation of medium and small sized steel mills, which is considered as the major element. 2...
Oman’s largest port has witnessed a 25% increase in general cargo volumes during 2008, driven largely by a combination of rising limestone exports and new activities in the Salalah Free Zone. Throughput jumped from 2.783 million tones to 3.469 million tonnes over the course of last year, with containerised cargo rising from 2.639 million TEUs to 3....
The Kaohsiung Port Bureau in Taiwan has signed an intent of cooperation with three counterparts in Shanghai, Qingdao and Dalian in mainland China to kick off cooperation in direct shipping, logistics investments, and market information, the Taiwan Economic News reported. KPB general director Shieh Ming-hui Shieh said Kaohsiung Port will become a sister p...
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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