APM Terminals announced the start of a new container terminal development at the Black Sea Ukrainian Port of Ilyichevsk, the press-service of Maersk reports. According to Klaus Rud Sejling, APM Terminals’ Vice President of Business Development, the final plans will be firmed up later this year with a tentative completion date of 2011. Source: Seane...
China has clamped down on transport of dangerous goods at designated ports during the Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8-24. According to Fairplay, in a notice to trade liner operator APL, the government has affirmed earlier reports that it will be restricting certain dangerous-goods cargo on vessels at Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao and Shanghai. Sour...
The Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg has insured the property of the First, Second and Forth stevedoring companies. Source: Seanews
A PSA-led consortium is set to get the licence to operate a major container terminal in Morocco that will be the port operator's African beach head. 'The PSA-SNI-MM consortium has been selected as preferred bidder for the common-user terminal at the Port of Tangier Med in Morocco,' a PSA spokesman said yesterday without giving further details. 'We are...
United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday dedicated the country's biggest private sector port at Krishnapatnam in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, opening a new gateway to South India through the East Coast. You can come along side Krishnapatnam port berth number six. Over, Sonia Gandhi told a ship on the sea waiting for clea...
China Customs statistic shows that Chinese iron ore imports through Rizhao port reached 29.27 million tonne for January to June period, becoming the No 1 iron ore import port in terms of volume. The newly built 250,000 tonnes dock has provided more room for piling up iron ore. At the same time, it has strived to enlarge market share and the tonnages have ...
In January-June, 2008, Vanino Commercial Seaport OJSC handled 3.446 million tonnes of cargo (+6.7%, year-on-year), the company informs. 47% of total throughput falls on export – 1.632.8 million tonnes of different cargo(-4.3%, year-on-year) including 809,500 tonnes of forest cargo (-22.8%), 112,800 tonnes of ferrous metal (+83.1%), 367,600 tonnes of non-f...
Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) floats request for qualification (RFQ) next month since an earlier project cost for construction of a container terminal at Diamond Harbour dock system doubled, reported India's Business Standard. The project cost first stood at INR5 billion (US$117.2 million dollars) rose to INR11.7 billion with revision by the committee und...
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