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Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes increased 15 percent to 7.3 million net tons in May, compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers' Association. The association said strong demand and a rising Lake Superior produced the surge. Meanwhile shipments of limestone totaled 4.2 million net tons in May, down 3.4 percent comp...
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently appointed Francis Carter as General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Batumi International Container Terminal LLC (BICTL). Carter replaced Francis Andrews who initially managed the terminal. Carter is responsible for the management of all aspects of BICT’s operations. This in...
Taking X-ray type images and radiation reads of every container bound for the United States only makes sense for a limited number of foreign ports, fails to capture transshipped cargo and presents enormous implementation costs for governments and industry, Bush administration officials said Thursday. Based on the six-month results of a Secure Freigh...
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission said Maher Terminal has filed a compliant against its landlord, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Maher, the port's largest container terminal, claims the port authority has given undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to the neighboring facility run by APM Terminals, part of the A.P. Moller...
A Port of Long Beach public hearing to discuss environmental impacts of a nearly $760 million marine terminal redevelopment project drew cheers and sneers from about 100 people Wednesday evening. Comments on the project ranged from praise for port-promised economic benefits to condemnation that the port's proposed environmental mitigation does not...
Dubai Ports World, one of the top three global marine terminal operators in terms of container throughput, announced it has been certified by the U.S. government for meeting the minimum-security guidelines of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. The Dubai-government owned company is the only foreign marine terminal operator enrolled in...
The American Association of Port Authorities said its AAPA Congress of Latin American Ports will be held in Panama City, Panama, June 17-21. The conference will tackle the issue of providing global cargo movement while minimizing bottlenecks in the efficient flow of commerce with a focus on the Panama Canal expansion. It is timely -- even his...
Southampton Container Terminals, the United Kingdom's second-largest container terminal, will July 1 change its name to DP World Southampton. The terminal is jointly owned by Dubai-based Dubai Ports World (51 percent) and Associated British Ports (49 percent). We are confident that in adopting this strong global brand, there will be a clear asso...
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.
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