Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said on Wednesday that the government would launch a tender on April 30 to expand Beirut Port at a cost of $120 million. Aridi has previously announced plans to expand Tripoli and Batroun ports. The expansion of Beirut Port should be completed in 30 months, according to the terms of the contract. Aridi, spe...
In February of 2009 the sea ports of Ukraine have transferred to the State Budget UAH 190 mnwhich is 306% from the showing of 2008 (UAH 62 mn). So, over the two months the ports have filled the budget of Ukraine with over UAH 253 mn which is 251% from the showing of 2008. On the outcomes of February of 2009 the turnover of goods has amounted 16 million 15...
APL closes its container service to the port of Novorossiysk, PortNews IAA learnt at the company’s representative office in St. Petersburg. According to the source the service was absolutely unprofitable and it is unreasonable to manage a service at the Black Sea due to the current supply-and-demand situation. APL Logistics (subsidiary of Neptune O...
The Port of Tallinn reported to Tallinn Stock Exchange: the Port of Tallinn or AS Tallinna Sadam will redeem its bonds, listed on the Tallinn Stock Exchange bond list, paying interest on bonds on March 17, 2009, in the amount of 27.7 euros per bond, informs LETA. Interests and the redemption payments will be paid to the investors, who, according to the Es...
The Port of Tallinn has signed a 40m ($50.7m) loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on what port spokesperson Sven Ratassepp described to Port Strategy as “highly favourable rates” and hopes to have additional funding in place by the end of the second quarter. The money will help finance part of the initial phase of the e...
Taking a step to boost participation in a voluntary clean-air program for oceangoing vessels, Long Beach Harbor Commissioners on Monday, March 9, 2009, gave preliminary approval to a plan to cover more of the costs of switching to clean fuels near the Port of Long Beach. The Port of Long Beach on July 1, 2008 began compensating ocean carriers for the diffe...
AIDA Cruises and Unikai have set up a joint operating company for Hamburg’s cruise terminals. From the 2009 season, they will run the two cruise terminals in the Elbe metropolis through the new venture HCC Hanseatic Cruise Centers GmbH. From the start of this season AIDA Cruises and Unikai will be operating the two Hamburg cruise terminals, the one ...
TAIWAN's Port of has been expanded to take advantage of Cross-Strait shipping ties with mainland China in the hope of becoming a hub shipping facility for the Asia Pacific region. This comes as two new container terminals have been officially opened at the Port of Taipei, construction of which was carried out by ocean shipping lines Evergreen Marine Corp...
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