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Cargotec's Kalmar business area has been awarded a repeat order from Patrick Terminals to supply automatic straddle carriers to the Fisherman Islands terminal in Brisbane, Australia. The four new ESC350WA straddle carriers will be introduced into service in Brisbane before September 2009, taking the total number of Kalmar fully automated straddle carr...
THE Port of Montreal is expected to have handled a record 1,460,500 TEU in 2008, an increase of 7.2 per cent over 2007, according to preliminary results. Port Authority of Montreal chief Patrice Pelletier described the anticipated container throughput in a statement as an exceptional result achieved despite the economic slowdown that affected us durin...
KOCHI: The container trailer strike at the Kochi Port continued for the third day on Thursday, bringing cargo operations at the port to a standstill. The container trailer operators called off their services on Tuesday in protest against imposition of parking fees on trailer lorries that remained in the port premises for more than six hours. V. P. C...
Chittagong, Jan 8 (bdnews24.com) – The government will move to set up a deep sea port in Chittagong as the Awami League had pledged in its election manifesto, shipping minister Afsarul Amin said on Thursday. If the deep sea port is set up it will change the outlook not only for the people of Chittagong, but the whole country will be benefited, Amin to...
The California Trade Coalition has asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to improve the competitiveness of the state’s ports by standardizing state port regulations, increasing private sector investment in port development, and forgoing cargo container taxes. The move by CTC, an association of international trade and freight-related industry groups, ...
EXCESS capacity is one of the biggest challenges confronting shipping lines at present. As a market rebound, adequate to absorb the existing tonnage plus the newbuildings on order is unlikely to occur soon, carriers are increasingly resorting to restructuring and streamlining services. A key concern among carriers is whether ports are able to accommod...
Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment at the Port of Mersin, sent from Iran and bound for Venezuela, because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives, according to a Reuters report. Customs authorities in Turkey intercepted the shipment among a 22-container consignment labeled as tractor parts. The shipment was brought to Turke...
The Shanghai International Port Group, the state-owned entity that operates the Port of Shanghai, reported a 27 percent net profit increase in 2008, to $674 million, Reuters reported. As reported on American Shipper.com Tuesday, container volume through Shanghai increased 7 percent in 2008. The financial information was filed this week with Shangha...
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
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