CARGOTEC's Kalmar unit has received two orders to supply its E-One rubber tyre gantry (RTG) cranes to Terminal Darsena Toscana (Contshipitalia Group) in the Port of Livorno, near Leghorn, Italy, said a company statement. The first two RTGs will be there before New Year's and the other four will arrive this summer, said a Cargotec statement. All ...
Dozens of police officers, some in riot gear, were called to the Port of Oakland over the weekend to maintain order during an ongoing labor turf battle between union dockers, several other local unions and the California Department of Transportation. The police presence was sparked by protests that began at the port on Friday by members of th...
The Belgian Port of Antwerp said it would handle 190 million ton of freight, 4 percent more than in 2007 and the seventh record year in a row. The figures for the first nine months were excellent, and while the last quarter clearly showed the effects of the downturn in the world economy, the port of Antwerp continued to do relatively well,?th...
The Dutch Port of Rotterdam said it handled a record 420 million tons of cargo in 2008, 2.7 percent more than in 2007 despite a poor fourth quarter. Imports grew by almost 4 percent to 312 million tons, while exports fell by 0.5 percent to 108 million tons. The port said coke and ore shipments related to the steel industry were likely to b...
The Port of Vancouver, Canada's busiest container port, now faces a second looming threat of a labor strike. Canadian union truckers that service the port voted unanimously on Dec. 21 to support their bargaining committee and to hold a strike authorization vote in January as part of an effort to win new contracts. The move comes on the heels of a ...
CARGOTEC's Kalmar unit has received two orders to supply its E-One rubber tyre gantry (RTG) cranes to Terminal Darsena Toscana (Contshipitalia Group) in the Port of Livorno, near Leghorn, Italy, said a company statement. The first two RTGs will be there before New Year's and the other four will arrive this summer, said a Cargotec statement. All will b...
A U.S. frigate arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi on Monday as part of a two-day visit, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Georgia said according to RIA Novosti. The USS Taylor (FFG-50) guided missile frigate would make a two-day regular port call the spokesman said, adding that no drills were planned during the stopover. The 20-member ...
THE Port of Charleston will make an across-the-board five per cent cut in contracted rates for container customers from January 1 for three months, the South Carolina State Ports Authority announced. Authority president and chief executive Bernard Groseclose said the move is designed to help shipping lines face tough economic times, reported The Assoc...
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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