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Dubai Ports World handled 43.3 million TEUs across its global portfolio of 42 terminals in 2007, up 18 percent against 36.8 million TEUs in 2006. The terminal operator saw strong growth across all three of its regions with the Middle East, Europe and Africa region increasing 19 percent to 20.3 million TEUs. Within that reporting region, the company's t...
The green light is on for construction of a new $74 million wharf at the Bayport terminal at the Port of Houston. The wharf would be the second at the terminal, which opened about a year ago to handle a growing amount of container cargo. The Port of Houston Authority Commission today authorized seeking bids for construction of the proposed new 1,330...
Deutsche Bahn AG and the Port of Rotterdam Authority on Thursday signed a cooperation agreement designed to improve the Dutch port's hinterland connections. The letter of intent was signed at Deutsche Bahn's headquarters in Berlin by Norbert Bensel, chairman of the transportation and logistics division of Deutsche Bahn, and Hans Smits, chief executive ...
The Port of Portland set new records for airline passengers and cargo in 2007, according to data released this week. More than 14.6 million air passengers traveled through Portland International Airport, beating the 2006 record of 14 million by 4.3 percent. Similarly, the total amount of cargo shipped through the port's four marine terminals set a n...
Officials at the Port of Tampa said Wednesday that dock repairs have been completed at Fantasy Island, the port's award-winning environmental mitigation project that is used for educational presentations for both school and environmental groups. The four-acre, man-made island was originally made from dredge material when the Tampa Harbor shippin...
Shipping containers started piling up at Greece's major commercial ports as a strike by dockers against port privatisations entered its second day this week, a merchant union said on Wednesday. Port workers oppose government plans to sell stakes in some facilities at the country's major ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki as part of plans to pay down pub...
The Los Angeles and Long Beach Boards of Harbor Commissioners yesterday approved a measure to establish a cargo fee at the two major West Coast ports next year. The commissions expect the fees to generate more than $1.4 billion for port projects, including rail improvements. Beginning Jan. 1, 2009, the commissions will assess a $15 fee on every loaded ...
Port workers, longshore workers, truckers and others at the Port of Victoria will begin enrolling tomorrow in the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The program's goal is to ensure that any individual who has unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels has received a thoro...
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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