The German, Swiss and French inland ports in the Rhine basin handled six million containers (TEU) in 2007. A third of these was transported in and out by barge and can definitely be related to the seaports in the ARA Range, therefore. Growth here was close on 4%. In 2007, inland shipping’s share at the Rotterdam sea terminals increased by almost 8%. ...
Twenty-nine ports in the US states of California, Oregon and Washington are threatened by work stoppages as the unions and the employers failed to agree on a new employment contract, according to the Financial Times. Among the ports potentially facing disruption are the ones in Los Angeles and Long Beach, which account for 40 percent of container imp...
In January-June, 2008, Petersburg Oil Terminal handled 5.7 million tonnes of oil products (+3.6%, or +200,000 tonnes, year-on-year), the company reports. Transshipment of dark oil products totaled 4 million tonnes. In June, 08, the port handled 996,000 tonnes including 280,000 tonnes of light oil products. Petersburg Oil Terminal (POT) is the large...
The official go-ahead has been given for the construction of the first LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) import terminal in the Netherlands, on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, Ti reported. The terminal will have an initial throughput capacity of 9 billion cubic metres (bcm) per annum and will consist of three storage tanks and one jetty. Each tank will have a capacity...
The forecasts for container growth at the German North Sea ports are necessitating new concepts to secure handling capacities. In light of the figures, EUROGATE has decided to build up an inland container terminal network. The goal is to take the pressure off the sea terminals and improve customer service. The concept envisages taking delivery of and coll...
MONTREAL, July 6 /CNW Telbec/ - The Port of Montreal confirms that a vessel carrying a shipment of uranium arrived Friday in the Port of Montreal from Bagdad. The Port of Montreal is equipped and its employees have been trained to handle materials such as uranium. Cameco is the company responsible for the transfert to its facilities in Ontario. S...
Whether you're buying a cantaloupe in Miami or a toaster oven in Nicaragua, there's a good chance the goods arrived in the store via a cargo container loaded aboard a Seaboard Marine vessel. The Miami shipping company, which has operated at the Port of Miami since 1987, has grown over the years to be the port's largest cargo line. And with a new lease ...
The latest additions to the Port of Felixstowe’s fleet of quayside cranes have become fully operational. With the ability to extend over 22 containers across, the three brand-new, ultra post-Panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes are amongst the largest in the world. With twin-lift capability and heavy lift capacity of 85 tonnes, they take the total n...
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