The Transport and Communications Ministry upped duties and payments for services rendered in sea ports for foreign ships since July 8. In particular, the amount of the pilot fee increased by 58 percent on average. A duty for services of the ship movement regulation has also been raised by 58 percent. The amount of the tie-down duty rose by 57 ...
In January-June, 2008, Archangelsk Sea Commercial Port OJSC handled 847,400 tonnes of different cargo (+29.4%, year-on-year), the company informs. In the reported period, the company doubled transshipment of export cargo to 435,500 tonnes. Transshipment of import cargo amounted to 135,900 tonnes (-4.2%, year-on-year), coastal trade cargo - 229,700 tonn...
In January-June, 2008, Aktau International Commercial Sea Port handled 5.231.2 million tonnes of general and oil cargo, the company informs. In the reported period, transshipment of crude and oil products amounted to 4.192.3 million tonnes, dry cargo – 862,763 including 828,469.7 tonnes of metal, 56,464.2 tonnes of grain, 34,293.3 tonnes of the Russia ...
The Hague, Netherlands-based APM Terminals today said it will expand its presence in the Black Sea region with a new container development at the Port of Illichivsk, Ukraine. We are delighted to work on a terminal project with our local Ukrainian partners and expect to have the final plans firmed up later this year with a tentative completion date of ...
Fifty-five ports from around the world committed to reducing CO2 emissions and improve air quality at the closing session of the C40 World Ports Climate Conference held in Rotterdam July 9-11. The International Association for Ports and Harbors (IAPH) will prepare some concrete measures to build on the World Ports Climate Declaration including working...
Indian dockworker unions set to strike over pay on July 16 Representatives from five organized dockworker federations were in Delhi this week to hammer out a deal with India's Shipping Minister T.R. Baalu over pay raises and retroactive reimbursements, some of which date back from 2005, the Hindu Business Line reported Thursday. Baalu had invite...
Officials from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association returned to the bargaining table on Wednesday to continue working toward a new contract for nearly 26,000 dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports. It was the first face-to-face meeting for negotiators since the break for the July 4 holiday. While the two sid...
Work has begun 662 miles of wick drains at the former US Navy Base in Charleston, South Carolina, kicking off construction of a 280-acre container terminal. The wick drains, also known as prefabricated vertical (PV) drains, provide a channel for water to migrate vertically from sub-surface soils in order for the land to consolidate and the site to set...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi