Alan Midlton is appointed new general director of the port of Poti, local media report. It is said that he plans to develop the port and increase its cargo turnover. Rak Investment controls 51% of the port, the rest belongs to Georgia. The Arabic company intends to invest $200 mn in the construction of a new port in Poti. Source: Seanews ...
The construction of Varandey oil offloading terminal and its main offshore component – the fixed offshore ice-resistant offloading terminal (FOIROT) Varandey – has been completed. Since 2005 Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has performed survey over design and construction of the FOIROT Varandey, including industrial safety expertise for the mai...
In January-May, 2008, seaport Kavkaz (Sea of Azov, Krasnodar region) handled 2.307 million tonnes of cargo (-2.3%, year-on-year), Taman branch of RosMorPort FSUE reports according to Interfax. In the reported period the port handled 484,190 tonnes of general cargo, 1.307 million tonnes of oil products and 27,920 tonnes of fertilizers. Export amounted to 1...
During January-May 2008, 12,95 million tons of cargo was handled in Klaipėda port. It is by 19,1 percent more than during the same period last year, the port informs. The biggest rates of growth during January-May 2008 were of agricultural products (3,1 times), raw sugar (2,2 times), alloys (+64,9 percent), oil products (+26,3 percent), bulk fertilize...
The residents of Ust-Luga (Kingisepp district, the Leningrad Region) on June 21, 2008 approved the project to expand Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) to 3 million TEU annually. BCT is the project of National Container Company. The terminal is being built in Ust-Luga port. In 2009 the terminal is going to handle 200 000 TEU, 2010 — 500 000 TEU, 2011 — 8...
In January-May, 2008, total throughput of three Latvian ports (Riga, Ventspils and Lepaja) amounted to 26.64 million tonnes, Marketing Department of Klaipeda Port informs. In the reported period, the port of Ventspils handled 12.75 million tonnes of cargo against 13.24 million tonnes in January-May 2007. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo grew by 2.1%,...
In January-May, 2008, throughput of Tallinn port totaled 12.788.7 million tonnes of cargo (31.7%, year-on-year), the port informs. In May, the port’s throughput amounted to 2.341.1 million tonnes (-30.3%, year-on-year). In the 5-month period, transshipment of import cargo totaled 1.447 million tonnes, export – 954,000 tonnes, transit – some 10 millio...
Chongqing Gangjiu, a port operator in central Chongqing city, said yesterday that it plans to acquire its parent's entire port assets worth as much as 1.5 billion yuan (S$299.0 million). Gangjiu plans to sell 144 million shares at a minimum of 10.4 yuan apiece to its parent, Chongqing Port & Logistics Group, and use the proceeds to buy the assets, th...
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