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Hind Mazdoor Sabha [HMS] its Jagatsinghpur district committee on Friday staged a protest meeting at Badapadia here demanded new wage packages for all 12 major ports employees if union shipping ministry did not turn up with their claims forthwith the major ports employees federations across the country have decided to go on strike from 10 March n...
China's Tianjin Port Group will invest 12.8 billion yuan ($1.87 billion) this year, up 6.7 percent from 2008, as the company improves its ability to process coal and crude oil, the group's chairman said on Friday. The new investment would also go towards widening its port channel and cooperating with companies, such as Shenhua Energy and Sinopec, ...
Two container piers at the Port of Taipei will begin operating this week after the formal opening on Monday, reported Taiwan's Central News Agency The new facility will upgrade the Port in the Taipei suburb of Danshui as an international seaport, the second largest in the country behind Kaohsiung Harbour. The two container piers are among seven that we...
Norway's police have allowed a detained Russian dry cargo ship to leave the port of Bodo in the country's north, RIA Novosti reports. The Russian ship, the Mekhanik Tyulenev, is suspected of involvement in the collision with a Norwegian fishing boat, the Marina. The Mekhanik Tyulenev was ordered on March 3 to dock at Bodo to investigate a possible col...
China's container handling volume through its ports and harbours posted a year-on-year decline in February, expanding the drop in January as the financial crisis continues to hurt the country's exports, reported Xinhua. The volume of containers handled by ports nationwide totalled 6.97 million TEU in February, down 17 per cent compared with the same mo...
EASTERN China's port of Taicang lifted 88,000 TEU in January, an increase of 7.8 per cent over the same month in 2008. Overall tonnage of the cargoes handled by the port during this month increased 33.9 per cent to 3.4 million tonnes, Xinhua reported. Source: Schednet
SUBIC Bay in the Philippines has become a haven for ships laid up as a result of the financial crisis, according to Bloomberg. The port, 110 kilometres west of Manila, has never been so busy since the departure of the US Navy 16 years ago. Last week, 19 vessels were moored in the bay awaiting charters. Another eight vessels are expected soon, said Ferdi...
DENMARK'S Maersk Line has announced rate increases and restorations between the Mediterranean and North America as well as Asian cargo bound for Latin America. Rate restoration takes effect on cargo from Asia to Latin America with new rates of $500 per TEU between Asia and the east coast of South America and $300 per TEU between Asia, the west coast of S...
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