Los Angeles, Ca., – While imports from Asia may have reached its all-time peak, transpacific trade will continue to add pressure on U.S. West Coast ports in the coming years. “And California will have to step up if it’s going to continue being the leading gateway for that business,” said Paul Bingham, principal of the Global Trade and Transportation Pra...
According to Interfax, on November, 7 the shareholders of Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port, JSC elected new board of directors. It is said that 6 representatives of 6 Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port, JSC and 6 representatives of FESCO entered the board. Source:Seanews
According to Thomson Financial News, on November, 9 oil platforms off the Norwegian coast and Europe's largest port are closed because of a storm in the North Sea. The port of Rotterdam is closed for the first time since its construction in the 1990s, shutting off sea traffic. Gusts of wind are of 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour. Source:Seanews
The first six foundation towers of phase 1 are currently being built on the ‘Halve Maan’ site on the Eastern Banks of the port of Oostende. These concrete socles on which the largest off-shore wind turbines in the world will soon be mounted are clearly visible. The transport of these foundation towers are planned for early 2008. ‘Halve Maan’ site The ‘Ha...
Kalmar Industries has received orders from leading global terminal operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) for 13 DRF450 reachstackers, four DCE90 empty container handlers and 18 Ottawa 4x2 terminal tractors, for delivery to Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA), operator of the container and multipurpose terminals at Ecuador’s Port of Guayaqu...
In January-October 2007 compared to the last year same period result the Ilyichevsk Commercial Sea Port increased its container handling by 64% - up to 415.6 thousand TEU, reports Interfax quoting the press-service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Transport and Communication. In October 2007 compared to October 2006 container handling grew by 2 times – up to...
The specific feature of the Far Eastern ports' container terminals is that that the major part of cargo volume is made by cabotage. For example, the shipping at the line Vanino – Sakhalin and the so-called the north delivery. To know container turnover of Vostochny, Vladivostok and Nakhodka you may order a full version of the article from SeaNews. ...
LESS than two weeks after activities and operations at the nation's ports were paralysed by protesting dockworkers over alleged inhuman treatment by terminal operators who now run the operational areas in the ports, another crisis is imminent over alleged plan by the management of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) to retrench not less than two thousand tally...
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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