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Beihai Port Company seeks merger with two nearby portsAug 19, 2008

The operation of southwest China's Beihai Port at Guangxi's Beibu Gulf, the Beihai Port Company Limited is re-organising its assets and preparing for an initial public offering, Xinhua reported. Industry insiders say the company's largest shareholder, Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group, will likely inject its assets of the region's largest po...

Texas to have new offshore VLCC terminalAug 19, 2008

A joint venture involving Houston billionaire Dan Duncan's Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO Partners plans to build and run a $1.8 billion oil terminal 36 miles off the coast of Freeport in Texas. Similar to the existing Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, or LOOP, the new terminal is slated to have two floating connections for VLCCs to unload their c...

Tacoma port hunts YouTube poster of port accident footage Aug 19, 2008

Port of Tacoma officials are trying to determine who posted port security camera footage of a straddle carrier accident to YouTube and whether the poster violated any laws in doing so. The nearly minute-long video shows the straddle carrier slam into the power transmission pole located at the edge of a Ports America container yard and violently displa...

Seattle port commissioner to end board career in face of recall Aug 19, 2008

Senior Port of Seattle commissioner Pat Davis said Thursday she would not run for re-election when her current term expires at the end of 2009. A 13-year veteran of the commission, Davis issued the statement following a state Supreme Court ruling the same day that a recall petition against her can be put to King County voters. In th...

Port of Felixstowe boosts empty container handling fleet Aug 19, 2008

The Port of Felixstowe, the largest U.K. container handling complex, is now operational with new empty container handling equipment from Kalmar Industries of Sweden.  The new fleet comprises 12 empty container handlers, four toplift machines and one reachstacker. Two more empty container handlers are also due for delivery at the beginning of Septembe...

N.Y.-N.J. Port Authority unveils preliminary design for new bridge Aug 19, 2008

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has unveiled preliminary renderings for a new bridge to replace the 80-year-old Goethals Bridge, one of three crossings that connect New York's Staten Island to New Jersey.    The others are the Bayonne Bridge and Outerbridge Crossing.    The agency said the current bridge is in need of major rehabilit...

Singapore shipping tonnage passes 1-billion mark early Aug 19, 2008

The arrival last Thursday of the 50,243-gross-ton containership APL Australia saw the Port of Singapore pass the one billion gross tons shipping tonnage mark in the fastest time recorded. The milestone was achieved a month ahead of last year and four months ahead compared to 2004. Over the past few years, vessel arrivals in terms of shipping tonna...

Shenzhen ports implement new cargo inspection systemAug 18, 2008

Shenzhen will now employ a new cargo clearance system for cross border and quarantine inspection using a single pass rather than a double pass used before as a cost cutting and efficiency enhancing measure, Xinhua reports. After the implementation of "through clearance", it is expected to save CNY600 (US$87.13) to clear a container and to shorten the ...

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