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MSC orders two more cruise ships from Aker YardsAug 15, 2008

Aker Yards in France has signed a contract for building two more cruise ships of the Musica-class for MSC Cruises for delivery in February 2011 and February 2012 respectively. The vessels are the fifth and sixth of this type and will be built in Saint-Nazaire. The contract is still subject to financing. Three cruise vessels of the 89,600 GT Musica-class h...

Jawaharlal Nehru port resolves the pendency problemAug 15, 2008

The accumulation of uncleared containers within the port premises of Jawaharlal Nehru port, known as pendency problem, is no longer a matter of concern to shippers, shipping lines and others. The accumulation is currently estimated at 5,000 TEUs, lowest for this time of the year. It would normally be more than 10,000 TEUs on an average during this time in...

Slovenian port operator Luka Koper sees first half profit dive 27%Aug 15, 2008

Slovenian port operator Luka Koper reported Operating profit rose 21 percent to $24.3 million in the first half of 2008 compared with the previous year, but net profit plummeted 27 percent to $23.4 million. Operating revenue in the first half was US$103.4 million, up 14 percent year-on-year. The company said net profit dropped due to extraordinary rev...

Port of Dunkirk's box volume up 9% Aug 15, 2008

The Port of Dunkirk on the French Atlantic coast reported a 9 percent rise in container traffic for the first seven months of the year to 133,000 TEUs. Cargo volume for the period was up 1 percent at 33.8 million tons.  Source: American Shipper

2 Jacksonville port cranes topple Aug 15, 2008

Two gantry cranes at the Jacksonville Port Authority's Blount Island container terminal collapsed at about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Port authority spokeswoman Nancy Rubin told News4Jax.com that afternoon the toppled cranes shut down our incoming gate. The trucks were being diverted, either turned around totally or they're queuing up on the side and wai...

Pa. fast-tracking Philadelphia port expansion Aug 15, 2008

The state of Pennsylvania, fast-tracking plans for expansion of the Port of Philadelphia, has set Sept. 5 as a deadline for requests for qualified proponents to participate in a private-public partnership to finance, design, develop, construct, operate and maintain the new marine container terminal facility along the Delaware River. The new Southport ...

HHLA profit surges 43% in first half Aug 15, 2008

First half profit after tax and minority interests at North Europe port logistics company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG jumped 43 percent to 89 million euros ($142 million) after strong container and intermodal volume gains. HHLA's earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose 38.7 percent to 192.5 million euros ($306 million), while revenue improved...

Expansion eyed for SFI scan trial Aug 14, 2008

The United States has begun talks with the Pakistani government about expanding a demonstration program for 100 percent scanning of containers to the Port of Karachi, a Customs and Border Protection official said last week. Rich DiNucci, director of the Secure Freight Initiative, said Pakistani officials are pleased with the pilot program at nea...

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