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In January-September, 2008, Freeport of Riga handled 21.946 million tonnes (+13.8%, year-on-year), the company materials read. In the reported period transshipment of general cargo fell by 13.1%, year-on-year, to 3.772 million tonnes including 1.682.2 million tonnes of timber (-28.1%), 19,300 tonnes of metal (-72.3%), 19,300 tonnes of chemical cargo (+...
Shippers are clearing their cargo from Bangkok Port and re-routing shipments via Laem Chabang Port on fears that unionised workers will strike again in support of anti-government protests, the Bangkok Post reported. The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) and its labour union in separate statements have urged exporters and shippers to divert their shipme...
Slumping cargo volumes at major West Coast ports have led to a dramatic downturn in the amount of work offered to union dockers, especially part-time casuals, according to documents from the Pacific Maritime Association. Nearly 24,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union working at six major West Coast ports have collectively rec...
Last week the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said it had approved a 10-year, five-month lease with BMW of North America LLC that will give the company an additional 10 acres of land at the Port Authority Auto Marine Terminal in Jersey City to expand its existing vehicle processing center. The port authority said the deal was necessary after...
Cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to decline 6.5 percent in 2008 compared with 2007 said the National Retail Federation and the economic forecasting firm Global Insight as they released their monthly Port Tracker report. This has clearly been a difficult year and we still have a challenging holiday season a...
On 3 October, the terminal expansion at Barge Terminal Born (BTB) will officially become operational. The quay has been extended from 200 to 340 metres, the asphalted site now measures 30,000 m² and a second gantry crane has been installed. As a result, capacity has been increased to 250,000 TEU. In 2008, BTB expects to transport 120,000 TEU. This volume ...
The total volume of cargo turnover at the Freeport of Ventspils decreased by 10.7% or 2.5 million tons in the first nine months the year 2008, compared with the results in the respective period last year, as Ventspils Freeport board deputy chairman Janis Vitolins informed a press conference at the Ventspils City Council yesterday. Vitolins said that a...
Los Angeles port officials approved a $102 million construction contract Thursday that will held a container terminal expansion get under way by the end of the year. The 10-year-old TraPac development project seeks to modernize and expand the 176-acre container terminal to 243 acres. The expansion, estimated to cost $170 million, would also provide th...
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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