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The ports of Seattle and Tacoma have reported declines in container volumes and increases in containerized exports through the first seven months of the year. Seattle port officials said container volumes handled since January fell 8 percent to 1.02 million TEUs over the first seven months of 2007. The nearby Port of Tacoma dipped 0.8 percent thro...
Kuehne + Nagel is consolidating its Bielefeld branch activities, previously located at two separate sites, at its new multi-functional facility. Constructed on a 75,000 m2 plot, the company's new logistics centre, which features 22,000 m2 of warehousing and handling space plus office premises, was completed in just eight months. The facility has 116 l...
The Euromax Terminal in Rotterdam, The Netherlands was officially opened on September 5th. A joint development by Europe Container Terminal (ECT) and the CKYH Alliance (Cosco Group, K-Line, Yang Ming Line and Hanjin Shipping), the Euromax Terminal is located in Maasvlakte-1. The facility has four berths in Phase 1, and will be expanded to Phase 4. ...
Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that it has launched the initial project stages to construct a specialized coal transshipment complex at Vanino Port (Vanino SCTC), Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. The specialized coal transshipment complex at Vanino SCTC is an integral part of the Neryungrinsky and Elga coal depos...
GERMAN liner company Hamburg Süd is launching new service between the North American West Coast and Australia and New Zealand. The new service will offer three slings deploying a total of 13 container vessels and providing service coverage of the total US West Coast. The Pacific North West String (PNW) will consist of four vessels with a slot capacity...
A U.S. District Court judge refused Monday, September 8, 2008, to stop the Port of Long Beach's landmark Clean Trucks Program, which on October 1 will start improving the region's air quality by banning the oldest, most polluting trucks. The American Trucking Association had sought a preliminary injunction to block the Port from using a concession sys...
Cargo turnover by Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (part of Global Ports Investments Ltd., Russia) rose 14% in January-August 2008 to 276,659 TEU. In August the company handled 34,164 TEU (+5%). In January-August 2008 the VSC terminal processed 109,506 TEU export containers, which is 21% more than in the same period in 2007. In August export transfers ...
PORT of Melbourne Corporation has announced that it expects to finish the bulk of the channel-deepening project this financial year. Chief executive Stephen Bradford said the biggest part of the AUD969 million (US$803.75 million) project would be wrapped up in 2008-09. Work commenced on dredging the channel in February and is slated for completion by ...
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
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