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A $400,000 master plan intended to lay out what will be needed at the port of Sydney for it to make the most of an anticipated boom in cargo traffic was unveiled at the Sydney Marine Terminal on Monday. The plan could lead to thousands of new jobs associated with harbour activities. The plan, prepared by Connecticut-based TEC Inc., outlines potential o...
The recent reports appearing in different newspapers about the present condition of Mongla Port give an impression that the closing down of the port operation is a matter of time. This news hurt the countrymen, may be highly disappointing news for me, being the ex-chairman of that ill-fated port. There are many reasons for the port to malfunction but the ...
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation of the Port of Seattle, following a state audit that found its construction projects wasted $97.2 million in taxpayer money. U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sullivan in Seattle and his criminal division chief, Robert Westinghouse, announced the probe in a letter Friday to state Auditor Brian Sonntag, w...
Major shipping ports on the West Coast, such as Seattle and Long Beach, California, will be the first targets of a new import surveillance program detailed on Monday by the top U.S. product safety regulator. Following a surge last year of recalls of lead-tainted toys made in China, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Acting Chairman Nancy Nord sa...
Hundreds of Greek dockworkers walked off the job Monday in a 24-hour strike to protest the planned privatization of container terminal facilities at the ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki. Dockworkers are planning work-to-rule protests for the rest of the week, and a second 24-hour strike Friday. Last month, Merchant Marine Minister George Voulgaraki...
The Port of Montreal is looking for changes to the Canada Marine Act to help level the playing field between it and competing eastern seaboard ports, Montreal port president Patrice Pelletier said Thursday. Pelletier said the amendments to the Maritime act have gone through second reading in Parliament and he is optimistic that the legislation will pas...
The Port Authority is considering scaling back proposed PATH fare hikes before it votes on a plan Friday that would raise tolls on Hudson River crossings, agency officials said Wednesday. Under the plan, PATH fares would jump 50 cents to $2. But officials from the bi-state agency are having second thoughts, concerned that the increase would discourage ...
At the same time,Mr Mwaruwa revealed that container traffic at the port increased by a record 22.3% when the two periods are compared. According to Mr Mwaruwa, total port throughput in the first ten months of this year amounted to 13.16 million tons while in the same period last year it was 11.97 million tons. During the same time,the port handled tota...
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