In January-February 2009 seaport Temryuk handled 441,710 tonnes of cargo (up 1.95 times, year-on-year) Interfax learnt from Taman branch of RosMorPort FSUE. In the reported period the port handled 11,936 tonnes of sawn timber, 28,404 tonnes of chemical goods, 32,406 tonnes of non-ferrous metal, 349,502 tonnes of general cargo, 16,583 tonnes of grain. The in...
Major Chinese ports, including Shenzhen and Shanghai, saw volumes continue to deteriorate in February as the country sees no sign of export recovery. Big brother port Shanghai recorded another double-digit shrinkage in volumes in February. The world’s second-busiest boxport handled 1.5m teu in February and 1.9m teu in January this year, representing ...
For the first time ever the Port of Gothenburg has a Russian container line as a customer. Delta Shipping Lines will put into Gothenburg as part of the scheduled route between northern Germany and St Petersburg. Commencing on March 10, the Port of Gothenburg will have yet another link with Russia. Delta Shipping Lines specialises in transport from the con...
Cargotec Corporation's Annual General Meeting was held today, March 5, 2009 in Helsinki. The Annual General Meeting approved a dividend of EUR 0.59 per each of class A shares and EUR 0.60 per each of class B shares outstanding be paid. The dividend will be paid to shareholder who on the record date for dividend distribution, March 10, 2009, is registered a...
Harwich International Port welcomed the arrival of some unusual cargo to its Number 5 Berth this week. Turbine parts, destined for the Gunfleet Sands Windfarm, were delivered to the port whilst they await collection by the installation vessel, the Titan 2. Chris Lewis, Chief Executive Officer for Hutchison Ports, which owns Harwich International Port, comm...
Privately-held Ports America plans to make a US$150 million investment to update a section of Oakland, California's port as part of a 50-year deal to operate there, Reuters reported. Ports America, owned by infrastructure private equity fund Highstar Capital, said on Tuesday the Port of Oakland had voted to approve the deal. Under the agreement, Ports A...
With the successful calling of vessel Wan Hai 211 on Mar. 1st 2009, Shekou Container Terminals (SCT) welcomed a new service SVT (China-Vietnam-Thailand Serivce), serving the trade among China, Vietnam and Thailand. Launched by Wan Hai, SVT calls SCT every Sunday with port rotation as: Shanghai – Dalian – Tianjin - Qingdao - Hong Kong – She...
The first phase of Khalifa seaport in Taweelah will become operational in mid-2012, Maqita Al Ahbabi, Senior Coordinator, Project Development Strategy and Development, Abu Dhabi Ports Company said at the Abu Dhabi Economic Forum. Al Ahbabi said construction at the 15 million teu capacity seaport will be in five phases with the last phase scheduled to be ...
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