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Argentinean seafarers and fishers' trade unions are backing fellow union SOMU's demand for recognition by Argentinean freezer fishing companies. As at noon on Wednesday September 17th, all SOMU-crewed tug services to Maersk and Hamburg Sud, which transport containers of fish for export from Mar del Plata, have been indefinitely suspended. Th...
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 Dock System handled 28,128 TEU in August this year compared to 2...
The Inter-American Development Bank said Tuesday that it has agreed in principle to loan the government of Panama $400 million for expansion of the Panama Canal. Work began last year to build a third set of locks on both sides of the strategic isthmus that can accommodate 12,000-TEU vessels, more than double the size of vessels that can curre...
PORTS within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are raising container handling charges amid a shortage of manpower and berthing space prompted by the growth in traffic. Higher port charges come as the cost of handling containers of all sizes is said to have increased by 60 per cent on average over the past 18 months, according to a report by Emirates Busin...
Cameco Corporation plans to reopen its Port Hope facility in the next few days, after doing major repairs to the leaking uranium hexafluoride (UF6) plant, the company said this week. Cameco said it has resolved the issue of underground leaking with a combination of groundwater control measures, repairs and improvements to the plant. The company pro...
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...
Lukoil has requested that the government reduce rates for oil transportation on Transneft pipeline system, Interfax cites Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov according RZD-Partner. The request was prompted by declining oil prices, Alekperov said. Lukoil also wants rates for rail transportation reduced. The reductions will enable us to preserve ...
EUROPE Container Terminals (ECT), a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) group, has announced the official opening of its Euromax Terminal located at Rotterdam's Maasvlakte on the North Sea. The Euromax Terminal covers a total area measuring 84 hectares and features a 1,500-metre-long quay. It opens with an annual container handling capacity of ...
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