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Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with dozens of Indian crew members on board Friday, and three British security guards were rescued by helicopter after jumping into the sea, officials said. A warship on patrol nearby had sent helicopters to intervene in the attack, but they arrived after pirates had taken control of the Liberian-flagged ...
Shenzhen's Qianhai Bonded Port Area project has been approved by the China's State Council, making it the ninth such facility to be built in China, reports Logistics Week. The Bonded Port Area is Shenzhen's fifth special customs supervision area, apart form such Bonded Areas as Futian, Shatoujiao, and Yantian and Yantian Port Logistics Park. It l...
Japanese carrier NYK Line and Chinese flag carrier China Shipping Container Servives (CSCS) are among 16 different shipping lines seeking alternative ports of call following the flood disaster that has killed 94 and closed the Brazilian port of Itajai. Following severe rains, the river ITajai-Acu burst its banks two days ago and flooded the port ...
Ports of Auckland Ltd is making a third offer to the Maritime Union of New Zealand Local 13 branch, which is planning to strike for 24 hours from midnight on December 2, the New Zealand Press Association reported. Maersk New Zealand is trying to get two of its large container ships through the port ahead of the strike. Both are so-called 4100s, ...
Official ceremony dedicated to opening of Vuosaari Harbour has been held today, PortNews IAA learnt from the port’s press center. All operations on transfer of cargo infrastructure from the North and West Harbours of Helsinki port to Vuosaari have been completed by today. The first vessel called on the port one week before the official opening – on Novemb...
Ports in China registered a 6 per cent year on year volume growth in October, 2.1 per cent lower than last October down to 470 million tonnes, reports Logistics Week. This was the lowest monthly level recorded this year while volume tracked downward for the past three months. Chinese ports moved 10.65 million TEU in October, up 8.2 per cent but 8...
BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, Rio Tinto Group and Xstrata Plc are part of a 16 company group that’s agreed to build a A$4 billion ($2.6 billion) coal terminal in Australia’s Queensland state. “Construction of the Wiggins Island Coal Terminal would see the Port of Gladstone become one of the world’s largest coal export ports,”...
The cost of shipping Middle East crude to Asia fell to the lowest in more than a year as ship supplies accumulated and OPEC prepared to weigh up a new production cut. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will likely lower output before the end of the year, according to 18 of 21 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. OPEC meets in Cairo on Nov. ...
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