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Guangzhou port's container throughput growth in the first half now ranks first in the world, Xinhua reported. Statistics show Guangzhou port handled 5.99 million TEU in the first half of this year, a strong growth of 36.4 per cent year on year, the report said. The strong growth of Guangzhou port was not only seen in container business for foreign...
In Jan- July, 2008, Murmansk Commercial Seaport handled 8.126.557 tonnes of different cargoes (+2.3%, year-on-year), the company informs. In the reported period, the company handled 298 vessels and 119 292 wagons including 13,820 wagons with coal. In July, the port handled 1.115.267 tonnes of different cargoes (+31%, year-on-year). The port handled 15...
Cargo container traffic has dropped dramatically at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Los Angeles container traffic dropped 11.7 percent while the adjoining Port of Long Beach saw a 12.5 percent in June compared to the same year-ago period. During the first six months of 2008, Los Angeles port officials reported a 6.76 percent drop in cargo...
Shipping containers at Port Botany in Sydney. Australia's biggest ports and rail operator Asciano Group has rejected a 2.9 billion Australian dollar (2.7 billion US) takeover bid, saying it undervalued the company. Australia's biggest ports and rail operator Asciano Group on Monday rejected a 2.9 billion Australian (2.7 billion US) dollar takeover bid...
Iran has warned it is ready to shut down the shipping lanes of the Gulf as it boasted of a new missile system designed to prolong war at sea. The fusillade of belligerence fired at major powers came as Tehran was poised to reject demands to curtail its nuclear programme. The country's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, spoke to Javier Solana, the...
Jean-Claude Terrier will become director general of the Port of Marseilles Authority, succeeding Guy Janin, who has opted to retire after nearly three years in the post. Terrier, 56, has been director general at the Port of Dunkirk since March 2004 and is expected to start his new job in September following ratification by the French cabinet. Mean...
The Port of Ningbo's container volume grew 17 percent through the first half of 2008 over the same period in 2007, Xinhua reported last week. The Chinese port handled 5.2 million TEUs during the first half, making it the fourth busiest Chinese container port. Source: American Shipper
Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) handled 13.8 million TEU during the first half of 2008, a year-on-year increase of 10.4 per cent, Logistics Week reported. During this period, the group's transit containers via waterway cumulated to 5.27 million TEU, up 16.1 per cent, taking up 38.1 per cent in Shanghai Port's throughput total. Overall ton...
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