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Brazil is committed to quickly repairing key ports damaged in massive floods in order to recoup millions of dollars in daily losses to the economy, a government official said Tuesday. The floods, which have claimed at least 116 lives in the southern Santa Catarina region, severely damaged the major Itajai port, which has lost more than $400 million in...
In January-November 2008, Seaport Kavkaz (Krasnodar Territory, Sea of Azov) handled 6.546 million tonnes of cargo (+11.56%, year-on-year), Interfax reports. In the reported period the port handled 1.060.95 million tonnes of general cargo, 3.070.91 million tonnes of oil products and 49,870 tonnes of fertilizers. Cargo turnover of the railway ferry link amo...
In January-November 2008, commercial seaport of Odessa handled 31.608 million tonnes of cargo (+0.8%, against January-December 2007), the port states. In the 11-month period, the port handled 16.012 million tonnes of dry cargo and 15.270 million tonnes of liquid bulk cargo. Commenting the given event, the 1st deputy of the general manager of the SE «OC...
To help reduce air pollution at the busiest container seaports in the United States, Southern California Gas Co. (The Gas Company) - joined by officials from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) - announced December 2, 2008, that they have launched a 12-month demonstration of the nation's fi...
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...
Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raeesani has declared Gwadar deep sea port a tax free zone for the next 20 years under the Gwadar Master Plan. Talking to a private television channel on Sunday, the chief minister said the decision had been taken after a meeting with Federal Industries Minister Manzoor Wattoo. Raeesani said no tax would be levi...
Ukrainian ports are overloaded with containers due to consignees’ mass rejection of cargo. If it continues the ports may suspend cargo transshipment, Korrespondent.net reports. The largest Ukrainian ports – Iljichevsk and Odessa – announced that their container terminals are congested with unclaimed freight. According to Nikolai Pavlyuk, Head of Odessa...
Kenya said on Monday it was negotiating with Qatar for a $3.5 billion loan to build a new port on the Indian Ocean island of Lamu required to cope with increasing trade volumes. A statement from President Mwai Kibaki’s office said the Kenyan leader made a ‘strong’ proposal to Qatari Emir Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani during his visit to the Gulf state...
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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