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Container throughput in the Rhine ports 2007Jul 7, 2008

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%. ...

29 US West Coast ports are threatened by work stoppagesJul 7, 2008

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...

Throughput of Petersburg Oil Terminal up 3.6% to 5.7 mln in H1 08 Jul 7, 2008

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...

Official go-ahead given for LNG Terminal in the Netherlands Jul 7, 2008

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...

EUROGATE builds up inland container terminal networkJul 7, 2008

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...

Shipment of uranium transiting through the Port of MontrealJul 7, 2008

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...

Seaboard Marine improves cargo space at Port of MiamiJul 7, 2008

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 ...

Crane boost at the Port of FelixstoweJul 4, 2008

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...

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