TransContainer OJSC and TrasGroup LLC plan to build a container terminal in Far Eastern port Zarubino, the company informs. On May 21, Director General of TransContainer Peotr Baskakov and BOD Chairman of TransGroupMaksim Liksutov signed an agreement of intent to build a container terminal in port Zarubino. The new terminal is to ensure transshipment of ...
Unlikely partnerships have emerged in the bidding process for a US$305 million container terminal facility at the Ennore Port in Tamil Nadu, with companies determined to stay in the race till the final lap. As of Tuesday, the last date for submission of initial bids, 22 entities have applied for building the facility. But Ennore Port, owned by the In...
Gevelco and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have reached agreement on the 7.5 hectare expansion of Gevelco DistriPort on the Brittaniëhaven, as well as a wharf and an extra 200 metres for mooring. The draught will be 12.5 metres and suitable for sea-going vessels of up to 45,000 dwt. A 15,000 m2 warehouse will also be built on the site, due for completion...
The Port of Rotterdam has said the current global handysize tanker fleet is insufficient to meet increasing demand for biofuels in the EU, and up to 140 extra handysize tankers will be needed by 2015. Citing a Lloyd's Register analysis, the port said that more than half of the demand is related to transport between Europe and South America, with the ...
The Federal National Council (FNC) demanded yesterday that Emiratis receive the same treatment Americans get at UAE ports. Mohammad Abdullah Ali Al Zaabi, a member from Sharjah, questioned the Foreign Ministry over the treatment received by Emiratis who travel to the US for study, treatment or tourism. Emiratis are interrogated, searched and denied the ri...
The volume of goods transported by rail to and from the Port of Göteborg has increased steadily in recent years. Today there are 22 rail shuttles that depart each day, bound for various locations in Sweden. The port has now gone one step further in its rail investment by launching RailPort Scandinavia. The aim is to link the shuttle locations more closely...
The leading container terminal operator in Russia, National Container Company (NCC) has awarded Kalmar Industries, part of Cargotec Corporation, an order for 19 TR618i terminal tractors. Fourteen Kalmar icon series units will be deployed at NCC's First Container Terminal and the remaining five at its Shushary off-dock container terminal, both in St Peters...
The Port Klang Authority (PKA) in Malaysia has announced new regulations for bunkering at Port Klang's Northport and Westports. The Port Klang Bunkering Procedures, drawn up by the Malaysian-state oil company Petronas and the Marine Department, call for ship agents to inform the PKA and terminal operators 24 hours prior to actual bunkering operations...
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