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Hong Kong shipping line OOCL becomes a new customer for the Port of Go...Feb 13, 2009

The Hong Kong-based shipping line OOCL is set to become a new customer for the Port of Gothenburg. In March, a new line will commence linking Gothenburg with Russia and the continent. OOCL, Orient Overseas Container Line, is one of the world's largest shipping lines and operates worldwide. This publicly listed Hong Kong shipping line will now be putt...

Deloitte will audit Panama Canal lock bids Feb 13, 2009

The Panama Canal Authority said it has selected the accounting firm Deloitte as auditor for the third set of locks.    Bids from four competing consortia representing more than 30 companies on the project are due March 3. The locks are at the core of the waterway's expansion, which will add a new lane of traffic.    The pre-qualified consorti...

Guam port seeks strategic status Feb 13, 2009

The Port Authority of Guam is seeking designation as a U.S. Strategic Port, a move that would give the island higher priority for federal funding, according to a report Thursday in the Guam newspaper Pacific Daily News.    This designation will benefit our local economy as well as our nation's military preparedness, said Glenn Leon Guerrero, gene...

Collection of Clean Truck Fee begins on February 18Feb 13, 2009

With all systems ready to go, the Port of Long Beach will begin collecting a Clean Truck Fee on February 18 to finance the replacement of thousands of polluting cargo trucks. Also on February 18, the Port will kick off an electronic gate access system for the fee collection and to improve security at shipping terminals. It is imperative that we begin ...

DP World parent lays off 100 Feb 13, 2009

     Dubai World, parent company of terminal operator DP World, laid off 100 employees, Middle East news outlets reported Wednesday.    The company, the government-run holding company of the U.A.E. state, also has under its umbrella the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority and property giant Nakheel, which last November laid off 15 percent of its wo...

21,000 seamen made use of organised bus transport to and from Antwerp ...Feb 12, 2009

Last year some 21,000 seamen made use of organised bus transport to and from Antwerp city centre. 17,000 of them used the bus services on the right bank of the Scheldt, most of which operate on regular routes, while 4,000 made use of on-demand services from terminals on the left bank. The organised bus services are provided by Antwerp Port Authority, Antw...

Youngest terminal in India to own as many as 10 cranesFeb 12, 2009

Gateway Terminals India Pvt. Ltd (GTI), the youngest container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), recently commissioned two new quay cranes, thereby ramping up its capacity by 5,00,000 TEUs. GTI celebrated the occasion with its customers by organising an "inauguration" ceremony—of its new equipment. Congratulating GTI on installing the new e...

Port Klang container handling up 8m TEUsFeb 12, 2009

Port Klang handled 7.97 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers through its two ports — Westports and Northport — last year. This accounts for a 12 per cent rise from 7.11 million TEUs in 2007 handled by the two ports, said Port Klang Authority general manager Lim Thean Shiang. Westports’ container handling rose by 15.2 per ...

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