Kolkata (Calcutta) Port container traffic up 13pc in August THE Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) has reported a record 13 per cent container volume increase to 41,379 TEU for August over the 36,634 TEU throughput achieved in the same period last year, reports SteelGuru, India's industry news portal outside Delhi. KoPT chairman AK Chanda said the Kolkata ...
The two top executives at the Port of San Diego announced Wednesday their joint intentions to retire. Port President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Hollingsworth, a 23-year veteran of the port, has served in the port's top executive position for more than six years. He will officially retire as soon as the port's governing board finds a replaceme...
Westway Terminal Corp., under terms of a multimillion-dollar buyout from Los Angeles port officials, has fully vacated its liquid bulk facility at the port five months early, according to city officials. The buyout agreement, signed last year after more than five years of negotiations, provided the New Orleans-based Westway 18 months from the Los Ange...
The U.S. Coast Guard has given the following update on ports and waterways affected by Hurricane Ike: Portions of the Houston Ship Channel has been reopened to commercial traffic, with restrictions. The Houston Ship Channel is open at all times to maritime traffic with a draft of 16 feet or less, but will remain open for daylight transit only fr...
PD Ports Ltd. is sending senior managers to India later this month to entice Asian cargoes to its 1.5 million-TEU Northern Gateway Container Terminal development in Teesport, in the North East of England, due to open 2011. The week-long visit to Mumbai follows previous promotional trips by PD Ports to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Ind...
The Port of New Orleans plans to triple the size of its Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal, said Gary LaGrange, the port's president and chief executive, in his annual state of the port address on Wednesday. LaGrange said the port also plans to expand breakbulk facilities more efficiently moving steel, natural rubber, forest products, metals and proje...
The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles appear to be softening their adherence to the Oct. 1 launch of a $2.4 billion plan aimed at reshaping the local drayage industry. In closed-door discussions Tuesday, Southern California marine terminal operators and port officials learned that despite more than two years of planning and development by t...
The investment company Trojka-Dialog has become a shareholder of First Quantum Ports company (FQ Ports), a subsidiary of First Qantum group, one of the largest investors into Russian port projects. The message was received from “Trojka-Dialog”, Gudok writes referring to Interfax. The size of the parcel of shares is 5%. Besides, the chairman of “Trojka...
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