Port and rail officials in Shenzhen and Guangdong Province on Thursday signed a deal to start an intermodal shuttle service between the Yantian International Container Terminal and the city of Shaoguan. The city is considered an up and coming center for labor-intensive industries in Guangdong Province, which borders the Port of Shenzhen. YICT is t...
As a result of the recent development in piracy hijackings in the area, AP Moller-Maersk has updated its policy for vessels entering the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of East Africa. For the time being, vessels without adequate speed or freeboard will avoid the Gulf of Aden and seek alternative routing south of the Cape of Good Hope and east of ...
It is reported that, Zhang Jiagang port imported 3.25 million tonnes of iron ore, worth USD 800 million decreasing by 45% YoY and 2% YoY respectively. Both import volume and price points to the downside. There are four reasons for the decline in import volume and price. 1. Early in 2007, steel manufacturers had predicted that iron ore price in 2008 w...
The arrival of the CMA CGM Vela on Tuesday set a new terminal record for the largest declared containership to call at DP World Southampton. The 11,040 TEU capacity boxship, with a gross tonnage of 129,000 tons and a length of 347m, carries 14% more capacity than the terminal’s previous record holder, the CMA CGM Orfeo, which called at the termin...
In January-October 2008, stevedoring companies of Ust-Luga commercial seaport (Leningrad region) handled 5.692.7 million tonnes of cargo (-2.8%, year-on-year), the port’s Administration states according to Interfax. Rsterminalugol and timber terminal Factor operate in Ust-Luga. Besides, Ust-Luga handles RosMorPort ferries working at Ust-Luga – Baltijsk...
Yantai Port Group will invite Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation, and China Shipping Group to participate in its restructuring, SinoCast Situated on the northern shore of Shandong Peninsula, Yantai Port is very important in terms of geological locations. In 2007, its cargo throughput exceeded 100 million tonnes. With total assets approaching...
Close on the heels of setting up a national record for operational productivity, Gateway Terminals India has completed handling of one million TEUs in the first eight months of the current fiscal year April 2008 to March 2009. GTI, the youngest port terminal at Nhava Sheva, achieved the milestone on November 20, 2008. The ...
The cargo import and export volume of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region's Fangchenggang Port in the first 10 months of this year exceeded one million tonnes for the first time ever, Xinhua reported. Volumes for the period stood at 1.19 million tonnes, a 50.9 percent year-on-year surge and exceeding the total volume in 2007. Source: http://www....
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