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AADA announces rate increase of US$350 per TEU from Sept 1Aug 18, 2008

The Asia Australia Discussion Agreement (AADA) will levy an increase of US$350 per TEU and $700 per FEU for both dry and refrigerated cargo in the base ocean freight from September 1. In order to maintain a high standard of service, the participating member lines of AADA (Asia Australia Discussion Agreement) will be implementing a rate restoration pro...

Earthquake in Saarland boosts Rotterdam's coal transitAug 18, 2008

The earthquakes which hit Saarland’s mining industry last February led to an increase in the transit trade in imported coal via Rotterdam. Due to the quakes, the last of the 35 measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale, the Ensdorf mine in Saarland is only operating at 30-40% of its capacity of 3.5 million tonnes this year. The mine supplied four coal-fired ...

APM Terminal in New York receiving new cranes Aug 18, 2008

APM Terminals said its terminal in the Port of New York is scheduled to receive four large new ship-to-shore cranes on Aug. 17. The all-electric super-post-Panamax cranes, built by the Chinese company ZPMC, will be able to load and discharge vessels with up to 22 rows of containers, and will be the most technologically advanced at APM's terminal. ...

Oakland port commissions economic study of local drayage trucking Aug 18, 2008

Port of Oakland commissioners have approved a contract with Los Angeles-based consulting firm Beacon Economics to develop an economic impact study looking at the port's local drayage industry. The study is needed, port officials said, to develop a clear understanding of the local drayage industry as the port looks to move forward with developing a tru...

Kinder Morgan subsidiary sentenced over federal dumping charge Aug 18, 2008

A U.S. District Court in Oregon has sentenced a Louisiana-based subsidiary of energy and pipeline firm Kinder Morgan Energy Partners over a federal felony charge of ocean dumping. Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals was ordered to pay a $240,000 fine, with $84,000 to go to fund various environmental projects in Oregon. KMBT, as part of a previous settlem...

Nansha, Ningbo growth drives COSCO Pacific July throughput up 20.8% Aug 18, 2008

Throughput at COSCO Pacific container terminals rose 20.8 percent in July, while throughput for the year has risen 22.4 percent. COSCO Pacific, the terminal-operating unit of state-run China Ocean Shipping Co., operates 20 terminals, with all but three in China. Its overall throughput from January through July has grown to 26.1 million TEUs. The f...

SoCal ports truck plan enrollment lagging Aug 18, 2008

Local drayage fleet enrollments in the Southern California ports $2.4 billion trucking re-regulation plan are lagging with less than six weeks to go before the plan's Oct. 1 start date.While officials from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles report applications continue to be received, less than 1 percent of the more than 1,300 local drayage firms ser...

Dalian Port Group to fund new port projects in LvshunkouAug 15, 2008

Dalian Port Group, operator of China's largest crude oil port, announced that it has signed an agreement with Dalian's Lvshunkou district government to jointly develop Yangtouwa and Double-Island Bay area in the district. Under this new agreement, Lvshunkou will be of strategic importance for Dalian Port Group and the group plans to increase its inves...

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