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The Jacksonville Port Authority and Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd. have signed a detailed development agreement for a new 170-acre container terminal facility, following negotiations earlier in March in Seoul, South Korea. The agreement expands on the memorandum of understanding signed by the port authority and Hanjin in October 2007. Talks will now move to...
There is about 151 feet between the bottom of the Bayonne Bridge to the surface of the Kill van Kull, the waterway that leads from Upper New York Bay to Newark Bay and Staten Island where most of the major container terminals in the Port of New York are located. That limited clearance or air draft?— which is among the most restrictive among very large...
The Port of Felixstowe has begun work to increase the South Rail Terminal's annual capacity by 10 percent, or 16,500 TEUs. The expansion project will extend the rail terminal by 39 meters, enabling Felixstowe — the largest container port in the United Kingdom — to accommodate 22 wagon trains, two more than now. Work is due for completion in May, befor...
Visakhapatnam, April 2 The Visakhapatnam port has surpassed the cargo target of 64.24 million tonnes (mt) set by the Union Shipping Ministry. According to a press release issued by the port authorities here on Wednesday, the port handled 64.60 mt during 2007-08 against the target of 64.24 mt. The Kandla port handled 64.89 mt. During 2006-07, say...
On March 28, Mayor Job Cohen has drived the first pile for the construction of the new Greenmills biodiesel plant on Kretaweg (Kreta Road) in the Port of Amsterdam. Greenmills will convert organic residual waste and organic waste flows into biofuels and green power on a large scale. The whole building process involves € 90 million. The construction of thi...
Panama Canal Authority (ACP) vice president of Research and Market Analysis Rodolfo Sabonge forecasts that the new lane of traffic to be built on Panama Canal will greatly influence world trade and US ports in particular, according to Shipping Gazette. These ports should be ready for larger and bigger ships that will go through the expanded Canal - an...
The growth in container handling at the German North Sea ports is continuing unabated. In 2007, EUROGATE, Europe's leading container terminal logistics group, increased its container handling Europe-wide by 10.6 per cent. A total of 13.9 million TEUs were handled altogether at nine terminal facilities. The German terminal locations posted a double-digit g...
The chairman of the parent of the world's biggest terminal operator said he doesn't see a need for a 10th terminal in the Port of Hong Kong. In a announcement of the results of Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, Chairman Li Ka-shing said the former British colony's plans to add another terminal would not allow the port to stave off competition ...
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