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The port of Rotterdam has agreed to target a 10 per cent reduction in polluting emissions in a deal ending a drawn- out legal battle with environmentalist group Friends of the Earth over the port's expansion. The Rotterdam port, Europe's largest harbour, started work on the 3 billion euro (S$5.8 billion) expansion plan last September despite ongo...
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 putti...
DP World recently signed an agreement for the more efficient 16 gallon diesel engines with Masaood, the local arm of Volvo-Penta. Speaking at the Middle East Electricity 2009 conference, Frank Aslam was careful not to overemphasize the environmental benefits of the engines. At the end of the day, we are burning diesel,he said. We can make sterlin...
Leading container terminal of the OCSP on the Carantine mole (SE "HPC-Ukraine" is an operator) has lived through the most considerable reduction of monthly container handling for last years. In January 2009 handling of containers on the 2-3 berths of the port made 19192 TEU, that does not exceed 60 % against results of last year similar period. ...
According to Victor Schoenmakers, Chairman of European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO), 2009 promises to be a challenging year for European seaports. The economic slow-down will not miss its effect on traffic volumes. Several ports are indeed for the first time after a long period of strong growth experiencing negative figures. The magnitude of the crisis i...
DP World has officially opened its new Doraleh Container Terminal in Djibouti, East Africa - a major port in the Gulf of Aden. DP World and the Djibouti government established a joint venture in 2000, with DP World being awarded a twenty-year concession to operate the Port of Djibouti, and the joint venture invested in building the nearby Doraleh...
After ending 2008 down 7.9 percent, cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to drop at an even faster pace during the first half of 2009. The monthly Port Tracker report released Friday by the National Retail Federation and the economic firm IHS Global Insight said volume for the first six months of 2009 is forecast at 6....
PD Ports, owner and operator of the UK’s third largest port by volume, has recently achieved a full calendar year without any reportable accidents at its short sea port of Howden, on the River Ouse. With a ‘safety is no accident’ philosophy as one of the Port’s core values, these results, which were achieved between January 08 and January 09, were ...
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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