Shenzhen Yantian Port Group (YPG) and Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) have signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) for the joint construction and development of the Shenzhen Yantian East Port Phase I Container Terminal Project (East Port Phase I) at Yantian Port. The East Port Phase I Project will cover a total area of 138.56 hectares. It will also have a to...
Remarkably, the Amsterdam Port Area (consisting of the Ports of Velsen, Beverwijk, Zaanstad and Amsterdam) has grown considerably In the first three quarters of 2008. The Amsterdam Port Area as a whole achieved a growth of 10%. In fact, the Port of Amsterdam did even better, scoring 12.2%. The buoyant performance of the port and logistics sector is welcom...
The aggregated throughput of National Container Company’s (NCC, Russia) terminals in January-November 2008 amounted to 1,609,991 TEU which is an increase of 15.1% compared to January-November 2007. The throughput of First Container Terminal (FCT, St.Petersburg) in January-November 2008 came to 985,402 TEU which exceeds the results of January-November ...
The Long Beach City Council on Tuesday evening approved the appointment of Long Beach attorney Susan E. Anderson Wise, a 34-year resident of the city, as the newest member of the Board of Harbor Commissioners, which governs the Port of Long Beach. Appointed by Mayor Bob Foster, Wise is scheduled to be sworn into the Harbor Commission on Monday, Decemb...
The Shipping Minister of India, Mr T. R. Baalu, held a meeting to discuss port security at Major Ports. However, the hitch is that there are 120 non-major ports under state jurisdiction over which the Union government has no control. According to Exim News Service, at the meeting, the Ministry decided to implement moves such as upgrading Closed Circui...
Development of a port in Camarines Sur is again up for bidding as the company that won the contract to build withdrew from the task. The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said the contract to build the proposed Tandoc Port Development project in the village of Tandoc, Siruma, BM Marketing which won the contract on April 7, has returned Camarines Sur. ...
In January-November 2008, Petersburg Oil Terminal handled 10.9 million tonnes of oil products (+2.7%, or + 300,000 tonnes, year-on-year), PortNews IAA learnt from the company. In the reported period, transshipment of dark oil products amounted to 7.8 million tonnes. In November 2008, POT handled 1 million tonnes of oil products (+133,000 tonnes, year-o...
Asian carriers, including NYK Line, K Line, Hyundai, Evergreen and Hanjin, welcomed the news that the Brazilian port of Sao Franciso do Sul (SFDS) re-opened this week to help take the strain off the Brazilian port system following the terrible tragedy that saw 114 people killed by torrential rain and floods that led to the closure of the southern por...
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