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In January-April, 2008, commercial seaport of Reni grew by 20%, year-on-year, to 1.2 million tonnes, the port’s administration informs according to RBC. According to the source, the share of transit grew to 835,700 tonnes. Total transshipment of loose dry cargo grew by 14.1%, to 902,200 tonnes, general cargo – up 2.2 times to 170,700 tonnes. In particula...
CONSTRUCTION of Vietnam's newest container port, the Cai Mep International Terminal Co Ltd (CMIT) container facility, commenced following ceremonies onboard a vessel overlooking the site. The new container handling facility located on the Cai Mep River in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province's Tan Thanh District will have an annual handling capacity of 1.1 milli...
On May 28, 2008, Oslo Marine Group and Cargotec RUS LLC (Kalmar’s official representative in Russia) signed an agreement on delivery of equipment for port complex of Oslo Marine. According to the company’s press center, the agreement followed the negotiations held between Vitaly Archangelsky, President of Oslo Marine Group, and Cargotec’s President and CE...
Consumers should help bear the cost of cleaning up port pollution, a leading industry expert has suggested. All consumers buy imported goods and should pay to reduce the environmental costs, James Cannon, president of Energy Futures, Inc., told the SustainableShipping Forum in Singapore last week. US ports will have to pay $1.5 billion per year throu...
From June 16, 2008, border control may be ceased at certain berths of Big Port of St. Petersburg according to instructions of the RF FSB’s Border Service, PortNews IAA learnt from the Administration of Big Port of St. Petersburg. According to the source, the decision is not final and may be revoked till June 16, 2008. The decision is most likely to be app...
In May, 2008, Murmansk Commercial Seaport handled 1.282.866 million tonnes of different cargoes (+7%, year-on-year), the company informs. In the reported period, the company handled 44 vessels and 17,783 wagons including 13,820 wagons with coal. Transshipment of export cargo grew by 6.5%, year-on-year, to 1.244.202 million tonnes including 1.019.6 ...
The Iraqi government has issued a request for proposals from international consultants to oversee the privatization of Iraq's main deep sea port at Umm Qasr, Middle East Business Intelligence reported Friday. The deal could be worth $1 billion. Baghdad will appoint a consultant in the summer to lead the next stage of the process, to seek cont...
Singapore-listed Chemoil is planning to expand its storage facilities at Long Beach Marine Terminal on the US West Coast. The added capacity of about 20,000 metric tonnes (mt) will meet demand for low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO), a company official said this week. The expansion was first discussed last year, according to Adrian Tolson, vice president ...
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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