As of the July 1 kickoff date, a dozen shipping lines had agreed to participate in the San Pedro Bay Ports' incentive program to reduce vessel emissions by switching to low-sulfur distillate fuel in the main engines within at least 20 miles of the ports. That number was up considerably from the week before when only two shipping lines had committed to the...
In January-June, 2008, Kaliningrad Commercial Seaport handled 2.635 million tonnes of cargo (+6%, year-on-year), the port informs. In the reported period, transshipment of export cargo amounted to 2.019 million tonnes (+5%, year-on-year) including 177,400 tonnes of heavy fuel oil (-26%, year-on-year), rolled metal - 572,200 tonnes (-19%, year-on-year), c...
Supervisory Board of Commercial Port of Vladivostok (VMTP) decided to create a unified container terminal with a capacity of 600,000 TEU at the berths No 12-16 of Commercial Port of Vladivostok, press center of FESCO Group reports. According to Siman Povarenkin, Chairman of VMTP Supervisory Board, all container assets located at the territory of Commer...
The Ethiopian government has been notified by its Djiboutian counterpart, as per their bilateral agreement, that it is to increase tariffs by up to 15% on various facilities the Port of Djibouti render, as of August 15, Capital learnt. An official at the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Ethiopia told Capital that the ministry is currently studying t...
Environmentalists plan to block one of two rail lines into the world's biggest coal export port in Australia at the weekend, amid wrangling by rich nations over efforts to combat climate change, they said on Tuesday. Any disruption to coal shipments from the Newcastle port could give another boost to benchmark coal prices that are already near record...
From July 2006 to June 1, 2008, 517 tankers with Azeri Light oil sailed away from Turkish port Ceyhan, carried there via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) informed that in June it was shipped 26 tankers with Azeri oil and 179 ones from early 2008. “Last month it was sailed away 21,712,346 barrels or 2,90...
Container throughput at the French Atlantic Coast Port of Dunkirk increased 10 percent year on year in the first half of 2008 to 114,000 TEUs. The Port of Dunkirk Authority said numerous exceptional calls by Maersk Line, representing more than 22,000 TEUs since the beginning of the year, more than compensated for the termination of regular calls by t...
Central government-controlled China Shipping (Group) Co said it plans to auction its entire 100 pct holding in China Shipping Terminal Development Co Ltd, setting a floor price of 2.6 bln yuan. According to a statement published on the Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange, potential bidders should be state-owned or state firm-controlled contain...
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