Project Monitor reported that Ennore Port Ltd has planned to construct a general cargo berth for which tendering for construction works has begun. Senior EPL officials said that by the current plan of action, contractors were likely to be finalized by February end. The facility is expected to turn commercial during the Q3 July to September of 2010. Offici...
Iran inaugurated the first phase of a national project for offering bunkering service at the Shahid Rajaee Port Complex in Hormozgan Province. According to PIN, the private sector has invested 740 billion rials (about $76.5 million) in the project to build an 84,000 cu. m. tanker, establish 15 kilometers of pipelines, and launch seven bunkering vesse...
DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, on Saturday officially opened its new Doraleh Container Terminal in Djibouti, the largest and most modern terminal in East Africa. The Doraleh terminal has the capacity to handle 1.2 million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent container units) annually while its 18-metre draft and 1,050-metre quay can eas...
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 ...
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently named Krzysztof Szymborski Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia, Poland. Szymborski brings to BCT over two decades of experience in the maritime and food processing industries. He had been with the Gdansk Port Authority for three years...
Korean ocean carrier Hanjin Shipping said Friday its operations have begun at its new dedicated container terminal in Busan Newport. The 4,000-TEU Hanjin Los Angeles was the first ship to call at the new terminal, which has a design capacity of 2 million TEUs per year, with three berths and nearly 700,000 square meters of yard space. Busan N...
H THOMAS Kornegay announced his retirement following 37 years of service of which he spent 17 as Port of Houston Authority's (PHA) executive director citing his immediate reasons for departure because of family bereavement. Mr Kornegay is credited with developing the master plan for the Fentress Bracewell Barbours Cut Container Terminal, which opened ...
The Burnie City Council in northwest Tasmania plans to expand operations at its port, after State Government reassurance that freight services will continue as normal, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. The Council became concerned last year that Toll was considered moving its container shipping to Bell Bay, near Launceston. Ge...
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