In the first quarter of 2008, the ports of Donetsk region fell by 33.7%, year-on-year, to 2.8 million tonnes, the region’s statistics department informs according to RBC-Ukraine. In the reported period, export totaled 1.9 million tonnes (68% of total volume), which is a 40-percent decrease, year-on-year. Transshipment of transit cargo amounted to 0.8 mill...
In January-March, 2008, the volume of export-import cargo handled in the ports of Finland grew by 1.6%, year-on-year, to 23.6 million tonnes, Finnish Port Association reports. The leader in this sector is the oil product port Skoldvik which handled 4.17 million tonnes (+6.5%, year-on-year). Transshipment of import cargo fell by 3.0%, year-on-year, t...
Vietnam overloaded truck ban clogs port A ban on overloaded trucks crossing Tan Thuan bridge in Ho Chi Minh City has created stockpiles of undelivered cargo - and serious problems for port authorities. The restrictions have been imposed on trucks carrying more than 30 tonnes to lengthen the lives of weak bridges, such as Tan Thuan 1 and Rach Chi...
Container throughput at Shenzhen’s Chiwan Port surged by 22.2 percent in April to 555,000 TEUs from a year earlier and in the first four months of the year the port handled 2.03 million TEUs, up 9.2 percent year-on-year. The port handled 5.84 million tonnes of cargo in April, up 30 percent year-on-year and in the first four months cargo throughput wa...
The inland ports in the Middle-Rhine region are expanding their possibilities in relation to Rotterdam and the other western North Sea ports. Investments are being made in both bulk and container capacity, but in the hinterland too, the main emphasis is on containers. In this sector, transportation by rail is growing considerably more strongly than b...
Team Lines, one of the leading feeder operators in Europe, start calling Port of Södertälje in May. Port of Södertälje had an increase of 50% regarding container handling last year. Including Team Lines now five container lines calls Port of Södertälje at weekly basis. The container traffic to Port of Södertälje continues to grow. In May Team Lines st...
The Supervisory Board of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA - at his own request due to personal considerations - dismissed Julian Skelnik as Vice-President of the Board effective as of 30 April 2008. The PGA SA Management Board is currently comprised of two members: Ryszard Strzyzewicz PhD - President and Slawomir Wrzesniak - Vice-President for Financial Af...
TACOMA — The Port of Tacoma Commission has announced that starting in June, 2008 they will begin a schedule of two Commission Meetings per month, the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. Starting in June, Study Sessions will be presented during the General Business portion of the meeting held on the 3rd Thursday of each month. All previously scheduled Stud...
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