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...
European container terminal operator Eurogate Thursday announced its plans to build up an inland container terminal network to cater to the expected box growth at German North Sea ports. Eurogate said its inland network will go into operation on Jan. 2, and will be realized together with partner companies. Eurogate has already concluded contracts with...
PD Ports, operator of Teesport in Northeast England, has been raising its profile in the Far East as part of a campaign to attract overseas callers. This follows the recent UK Government approval of its £300m plan to build a deepsea container terminal known as the Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport, which will have a capacity of 1.5m t...
Transneft expects it will be more expensive to build a special oil-loading sea port Kozmino, the terminal point of Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean pipeline (ESPO), in the Primorsky Territory, Nikolai TOKAREV, the Head of the company, told the journalists at the World Oil Congress, RIA Novosty (News) informs. While building ESPO we do not overrun the budge...
In January-June, 2008, throughput of Iljichevsk port totaled 9.458 million tonnes of cargo (+21.7%, year-on-year), Ukraine Ministry of Transport and Communications informs. In the reported period, the port handled 5.737 million tonnes of general cargo (+39%, year-on-year). The port’s container throughput amounted to 337,954 TEU (+55.8%). In the first h...
In January-June, 2008, Murmansk Commercial Seaport handled 7.011.290 million tonnes (+2.32%, year-on-year), the port informs. In the first half of 2008, the port handled 103,304 wagons and 258 vessels. In June, the port handled 936,531 tonnes of different cargoes (-31%, year-on-year). Murmansk Commercial Seaport OJSC was set up in 1994. In terms of...
In January-June 2008, container throughput of National Container Terminal (NCC) amounted to 872,093 TEU (+20.1%, year-on-year), the company informs. In the reported period, container throughput of First Container Terminal (St. Petersburg) amounted to 528,329 TEU (+14.5%, year-on-year). In June the terminal handled 87,104 TEU (+13.5%, year-on-year) i...
YICT has installed new heartbeat detectors that can check for stowaways in shipping containers without opening the doors. The highly accurate devices have been installed at the entry gatehouses, and take just seconds to operate. To date, staff members used electronic loadmeters and carbon dioxide detectors to discreetly identify suspicious cargo...
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