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Lyttelton Port Company Ltd says its results for the first four months of the new financial year were better than expected. The net profit for the first four months was up almost 25 percent on the same period last year. Container terminal volumes were up 7 percent compared to the same period last year and coal volumes 52 percent up. These incre...
Hundreds of Unite union members working at the Dover Harbour Board will take part in a rally and demonstration on Saturday November 15th in protest against the outsourcing of their jobs. Union members will also begin a 48-hour strike at 07h00 on Tuesday, November 18th. However, Unite says it does not take strike action lightly, and is still prepar...
Xiamen Port's international container transhipment business maintained its good development trend in the first three quarters of this year clocking in 13,332 TEUs in October alone, a 103.6 percent year-on-year increase, Xinhua reported. By the end of October, container transhipment volume had hit 94,486 TEUs for the year-to-date, a 296.42 percent incr...
In January-October, Vostochny Port handled 17.275.7 million tonnes (+7.4%, year-on-year), PortNews IAA learnt from Vostochny Branch of RosMorPort FSUE. In the reported period, transshipment of dry cargo amounted to 17.048.2 million tonnes (-7.5%, year-on-year) including 13.765.9 million tonnes of dry bulk and loose cargo (-10.7%). Transshipment of coal...
The National Resources Defense Council and two other environmental groups filed suit in federal court Monday against the Federal Maritime Commission, alleging that the agency violated federal environmental laws in seeking to block portions of the Southern California ports truck re-regulation program. The NRDC, along with co-plaintiffs the Sierra Cl...
Hanjin Shipping of Korea has approved terms of a contract to build a new container terminal in Jacksonville, Fla. John Peyton, the city's mayor, and Jacksonville Port Authority officials said Hanjin's board of directors approved a 30-year lease agreement at a meeting Tuesday. The lease calls for Hanjin to build a 90-acre container facility at the ...
On the basis of the results for the ten months of 2008, cargo turnover at the OJSC Petrolesport (part of Global Ports Investments) container terminal amounted to 451,600 TEU. Container turnover increased by 49.4% compared to the same period in 2007. Specifically, the terminal transferred 52,000 TEU in October, surpassing last year’s figure by 79.6%. Ba...
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is again included in Forbes Asia’s Best under a Billion for 2008 for the second consecutive year. This is the fifth time that ICTSI is included in Forbes’ top companies. ICTSI was included in the Best under a Billion list in 2003 and 2007, and in the 100 Best Small Companies list in 1997 and 199...
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