The Port of Houston Authority said that based on preliminary assessments its facilities have limited negative impact from Hurricane Ike. The port said it is in an asset assessment and operation recovery mode and that it is working to restore power. It hoped to reopen Monday at 7 a.m. Reuters reported the port of Corpus Christi reopened Sunday whil...
The Port of Houston Authority said that based on preliminary assessments its facilities have limited negative impact from Hurricane Ike. The port said it is in "an asset assessment and operation recovery mode and that it is working to restore power. It hoped to reopen Monday at 7 a.m. Reuters reported the port of Corpus Christi reopened Sunday whi...
The American Trucking Associations has filed an emergency motion with an appeals court seeking an immediate injunction against the Southern California ports truck re-regulation plan. ATA's action comes days after asking the federal Ninth Circuit Court to overturn a District Court decision rejecting an injunction against portions of the Los An...
The remarkable resemblance between the history of the Finnish city of Turku and that of Polish Gdansk gave rise to the official launch of the cities partnership fifty years ago. The common experience of the Hanseatic expansion and a similar economic impact of the two seaports on the Baltic Europe afford superb conditions for mutual competition as well as ...
Cargo turnover by OJSC Petrolesport (Russia) for the eight months of 2008 (PLP) totalled 5.3 million tonnes. This was a 13.8% increase over the same period last year. PLP’s docks handled 3.3 million tonnes of container cargo (+55%), 0.2 million tonnes of refrigerated cargo (+25%), 0.7 million tonnes of lumber (-30.7%), and 0.7 million tons of scrap metal ...
With the repeal of EU regulation 4056/86, all European conferences cease to operate as of 18 October 2008. At the same time each carrier will introduce an independent tariff, surcharge and fee structure. Hamburg Süd has been preparing for this new era thoroughly and its new tariff structure will be introduced with effect f...
SAPOG 2008, the first ever South Asian Port Games will be held at Sri Lanka from 4 October 2008 to 8 October 2008. SAPOG 2008 aims to build solid relationships with real sporting spirit among all Sea and Air ports in the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) region. The successful SAARC summit was followed by SAARC trade fair and Sou...
In January-August, 2008, the ports of Azov-Don Basin decreased throughput by 4.2%, year-on-year, to 12.278.8 million tonnes, Azov-Don State Basin Department is cited by Gudok according to Interfax. In the reported period, transshipment of sulfur fell by 41.1%, year-on-year, to 1.168.5 million tonnes, grain and oil crop – by 20.3% to 1.996.2 million ...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi