Josif Vinski, Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine obliged state companies within the Ministry’s framework to terminate joint operation agreements with private companies, the Ministry’s press center reports. Josif Vinski said latest inspection of Iljichevsk port confirmed inefficiency of such agreements. The Minister set...
The Klaipeda Port Management web-site reports that during January and Febuary container trans-shipments through the seaport of Klaipeda (Lithuania) fell by 29.1% in comparison to the same period in 2008 down to 41,250TEU. Yet this port remains the leader amongst Baltic Ports for container movements: the reductions of container traffic through ports in nea...
Valeri Federov has left the post of Lipetsk Vice-Mayor of his own will, Ivan Koshelev, deputy head of the city said yesterday. According to him, Valeri Fedorov plans to start work in Rumelko company managing the assets of Vladimir Lisin, owner of Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK). According to the source, Fedorov will “manage operation of St. Petersburg and Tu...
Rizhao is planning to establish an international iron ore trading centre. It is invested by Shandong Huaxin Industry Co., Ltd., Rizhao Zhongrui Native Produce Corp., Ltd, Shandong Wanbao Logistics Ltd., Rizhao United Ore E-commerce Ltd. and Rizhao Longning Huasheng E-commerce Co., Ltd. The total fund is 20 million yuan. The new iron ore trading centre wi...
February loaded oceangoing cargoes at the side-by-side ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach fell 36.6 percent from the previous February, the two ports showed in separate reports, seen by Reuters. The slowdown for February is much more pronounced than it was in January, when the year-on-year decrease in cargo traffic at the two Southern California ports w...
In January-February 2009, container throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg fell by 39%, year-on-year, to 178,000 TEU, St. Petersburg Seaport Administration reports. It should be noted that First Container Terminal CJSC handled 70% of all containers, Petrolesport OJSC accounts for 13.8% of the port’s container throughput. Transshipme...
Dredging works are in process at the approach channel and water area of port Vysotsk, press center of Port Vysotsk LLC cites the company’s Director General Igor Dubrovski according to ABN. Igor Dubrovski said the company had to review the program’s schedule because of the crisis though major decisions on renovation are to be implemented in com...
In January-February 2008, Ust-Luga port handled 1.184 million tonnes of cargo (+21%, year-on-year), PortNews IAA learnt from the port’s Harbor Master Oleg Glukhov. In the reported period, transshipment of coal grew by 22% to 1.091 million tonnes including 1 million tonnes handled by rosterminalugol OJSC and 91,300 tonnes – by Ust-Luga branch of ...
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