Oil transshipment complex in Svetly of the Kaliningrad region will be put into operation by Baltnafta CJSC, branch of Tatneft OJSC and resident of SEZ in the Kaliningrad region, in February-March of 2009, Tatar-Inform cites Anatoly Parfenyuk, Director General of the company. According to the source, the terminal is ready for operation. It is capable of ha...
Construction of a large oil port in Kozmino (near Nakhodka, Far East) will be completed in 2010, ITAR TASS cites RF Transport Minister Igor Levitin according to Gudok. The Minister says this large specialized oil terminal being at least 15 meters in depth will be capable of handling tankers of up to 200,000 tonnes in displacement. RF Ministry of Transp...
Container cargo shipments at the Port of Long Beach declined 11 percent last year—the port's biggest decline in more than 20 years. Port officials said Thursday that the port handled 6.5 million containers in 2008, with an especially weak December, which reflects the global economic recession. Port Executive Director Richard Steinke sa...
The Port of Tacoma and NYK Line might downsize plans for the initial construction of a container terminal on the east side of the Blair Waterway, the News Tribune reported. The port announced in July 2007 its plans to build a 168-acre container terminal for lease to the Tokyo-based shipping line, which currently calls at the Port of Seattle. ...
Coal exports from Australia's Hay Point port, one of the world's busiest coal terminals, fell 24 percent in December as steel mills in Asia ordered less coal amid a global economic slowdown. Figures from the port operator's Web site showed Hay Point, located in the northeastern state of Queensland, exported 2.57 million tonnes of coal, down from 3.38...
Port of Qingdao's Qianwan Container Terminal phase 4 has finished building No1 to No4 berths, 14 months ahead of schedule. With the new berths, Qianwan Phase 4 terminal's land area has been expanded to 1.8 million square metres, with container yard area of 520,000 square metres and a longer quay length of 1,320 metres. Qianwan Phase 4 ...
Yang Ming will build a new 2.92-million-TEU container terminal in Taiwan’s Port of Kaohsiung and will buy $100 million in equipment for it from China in anticipation that the container industry will pick up by 2011. Taiwan’s second-largest container line expects the four-berth terminal, a new development at the port complex, to expand its operat...
Mexico's Transportation Secretary Luis Tellez says the construction of a huge new Pacific seaport in Baja California could be postponed because of the world economic slowdown. The port could compete with Long Beach and Los Angeles if built. Tellez says two U.S. banks are working with Mexico to determine if it's still possible to finance the $5 billion ...
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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