The container ship Valentina claimed the Gold-Headed Cane Tuesday as the first ocean-going vessel to enter the Port of Montreal in 2008. The Marshall Islands-flagged ship crossed the port's limits at Sorel, Que., 21 minutes after midnight. Montreal Port Authority president Patrice Pelletier will present Capt. Volker Huba with the cane at a recepti...
One person died and a Port Authority Police officer was seriously injured in a crash Tuesday afternoon in Elizabeth. The two-vehicle accident happened shortly after noon on North Avenue near Ikea Drive in the Port Elizabeth section. Officer Donald Scala had to be extricated from his police vehicle. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark, wher...
Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, is hoping for a resolution soon to a strike by workers at its Angamos port, which ships copper from its largest division, Codelco Norte. more stories like thisWorkers for the port operator Ultraport started the strike on December 26 to demand higher bonuses, but it has not affected the company's abi...
More than half a million people who commute every day between New York and New Jersey by car or PATH train could get an unwanted New Year's gift. The board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is scheduled to vote next Friday on a proposal to raise tolls by 33 percent. The Port Authority, which owns six bridges and tunnels that link th...
The Port of Memphis will begin enrolling its port and longshore workers, truckers and other employees in the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Worker Identification Credential program. Through the program, the port hopes to ensure that an individual with unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels has received a thor...
TWO years after the nation's port terminals were handed over to private concerns, the Presidency is being inundated with claims and counter-claims over alleged irregularities in the port concession process. A party in the Tin-can Island port concessioning programme is therefore asking for a review of the process to correct the irregularities, cla...
Importers are calling for a speedier renovation of the Deep Water Harbour facilities as the present circumstances are proving to be deterrents to visiting vessels. Reports are that container space has become scarce at the Deep Water Harbour as more containers arrive for the season and fewer numbers are leaving. The pile goes up as far as ...
The Chamber of Commerce of Haifa and the North is secretly forming a group of businessmen to buy out the Haifa port, when it is privatized. The businessmen intend to incorporate a joint business to make the purchase. Members of the Haifa Chamber of Commerce that have a financial interest in such a step include the Haifa Refinery and the Zim shipping c...
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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