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Indonesia-based Salim group has expressed an interest in the construction of deep river port near Haldia in West Bengal. The firm is part of a consortium with Indian developer Unitech and Indonesia’s Universal Success building a chemical hub at Nayachar island, close to the proposed site of the new port which would service the hub with crude oil imp...
Ocean carriers are in a hurry to slow down in the newly expanded Green Flag Vessel Speed Reduction Program at the Port of Long Beach. The program - new for 2009 - pushes the low-speed zone out to 40 nautical miles (nm) to increase the program's air quality benefits. The new 40-nm Green Flag program saw 63 percent participation in January, the program's ...
High-value goods and trafficking of drugs and people. There are many reasons why ports are broken into. The Port of Gothenburg is no exception although after a major security initiative the number of incidents has fallen dramatically. During 2006 and 2007 the Port of Gothenburg had a serious problem with break-ins and damage. During autumn 2007 alone, the ...
The detection of traces of radioactivity in a consignment of steel exported to Germany recently has brought to the fore the dire need to equip Major Ports with sophisticated containerised cargo scanning and other detection equipment. According to Exim News Service, Major Ports do not have equipment to detect radioactivity or contaminated consignments, whic...
At the opening of the GreenPort conference in Naples on February 26, ESPO announced the installation of an annual Award to promote innovative projects of European port authorities that develop co-operative synergies with cities, improve the quality and accessibility of port areas and generally promote a positive image of the port as a place to experience, l...
The Port of Rizhao, in northeastern China's Shandong province, handled 67,000 TEU in January, up 26.4 per cent year on year, Xinhua reported. The port's cargo tonnage in this month rose 2.7 per cent to 13.36 million tonnes, 1.36 million tonnes ahead of schedule. Source: http://www.schednet.com
In 2008, Sea Port of Saint Petersburg pent over RUR 850 mln for implementation of the port infrastructure development program, the company’s press center reports. In May 2008, the first phase of automobile terminal capable of handling 80,000 cars per year was put into operation by Third Stevedoring Company. In 2008 some RUR 130 mln was invested in its...
The ro-ro-service between Fredericia, Denmark and Moss, Norway, did not last long. After only six sailings with hardly any cargo/trailers on board, it was decided to quit the service and return the ro-ro vessel Moondance to Seatruck Ferries. “We have started with extreme bad timing”, says Klaus G. Andersen, Fredericia Shipping, to the Danish ...
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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