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Some of the biggest ports in the world are showing just how bad the November decline in consumer demand dropped. The Port of Hong Kong, once the world's busiest container port, saw volume in November fall 13.2 percent to 1.8 million TEUs from the same month in 2007. For the year, Hong Kong throughput has declined 4.6 percent, according to sta...
Today, trial operations began at Phase II of Zhuhai International Container Terminals (Gaolan) (ZICT(G)) with the docking of the 6,350-TEU APL New Jersey. An inaugural ceremony, attended by over 300 guests, was held to mark the event. Attendees included representatives of the Guangdong provincial and Zhuhai municipal governments as well as the top exe...
Effective January 1st, 2009, Hamburg Süd will establish its own national organisations in Guatemala and El Salvador. Headquartered in Guatemala City, Hamburg Süd Guatemala will be responsible for the group's container shipping activities in Guatemala. Hamburg Süd's long-standing partner in Guatemala, Transoceanicas, will continue as partner and...
Cargotec's MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling and offshore load handling solutions has received orders worth nearly EUR 30 million from China for ten shipsets of cranes, hatch covers and fixed container fittings. The delivery of the equipment will be 2010-2011. Six of the ships are 9,500 dwt multipurpose cargo and contai...
The US Department of Homeland Security has formulated new requirements for importers of ocean cargo entering the US, with the purpose of enhancing port security and ensuring cargo safety. Known as the rule for ‘Import Security Filing and Additional Requirements’ (10+2), it will come into effect on January 25, 2009. US Customs will commence full enforc...
The River Scheldt rises in the northern French village of Gouy, then flows 217 miles past, into Belgium, past Antwerp into the Netherlands and out into the North Sea. On Monday, the Antwerp Port Authority said it has acquired a half-interest in the source of the river and will henceforth be responsible for the source. The port acquired its ...
The credit crisis has derailed a major infrastructure project designed to improve freight access to the Port of Miami. On Friday, the Florida Department of Transportation said it could not close a $1 billion public-private partnership deal to build a tunnel connecting the port and the Interstate Highway System because Babcock & Brown, the Australi...
International Longshoremen's Association locals at Charleston have rejected a proposal to allow the port's biggest customer, Maersk Line, to switch from ILA labor to non-union terminal workers. Maersk, which accounts for one-fourth of Charleston's container volume, has threatened to pul l out of the port if it can't reduce its costs. With cargo vol...
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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