It looks like we will soon have two more Dubai-Ports/Harriet Miers moments. President Bush has climbed out on the edge of a limb and it is about to get sawed off because he is clearly flouting the wishes of the American people. While Bush was using the platform of his departure from Sydney, Australia, to blast "protectionism" and pledge his commitment to...
On October, 19-20 2007 there is the First International Conference " Black Sea Forum 2007: Black Sea container transportation: trends and prospect”. The present meeting is devoted to prospect and capabilities of Russian and Ukrainian ports of Azov-Black Sea basin and to problems of container transportation development in the region. More detailed in...
On 14 September Polish private rail operator PTK Holding officialy inaugurated its container terminal in the Silesian Logistics Centre (SCL, Slaskie Centrum Logistyki) in Gliwice, Silesian Voivodship. PTK Holding has built the terminal using its own financial resources and therewith became one of the shareholders of the SCL SA. Agreement between PTK Holdi...
A consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. will build 16 new berths in Singapore to enable the island state to handle growing demand for container capacity, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said Wednesday. In a statement to Dow Jones Newswires, the MPA said the project will add 14 million twenty foot equivalent units, or T...
It looks like Americans will soon have two more Dubai-Ports/Harriet Miers moments. President George W. Bush has climbed out on a limb and it is about to get sawed off because he is clearly flouting the wishes of the American people. While Bush was using the platform of his departure from Sydney, Australia, to blast "protectionism" and pledge his commitmen...
The Port Authority of Kansas City on Wednesday will commemorate the completion of its cleanup of 55 acres for development next to Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources no further action letter will recognize the sites 10-year, $17 million environmental remediation. The Port Authority, working ...
The Dubai Ports Authority, which operates two maritime terminals in Constanta, plans to invest approx. EUR 1 bln in the Romanian sea transport infrastructure in the next five years, Minister Ovidiu Silaghi announced. He added that, whereas two years ago only one per cent of the commodities entering Europe by sea transited Romania, last year the figure ros...
HONG Kong port operators, including Hutchison Whampoa Ltd and PSA International Pte, handled 3.6 percent more containers in August, as China's surging trade boosted sea-freight demand. Hong Kong, the world's second-busiest container port last year, handled 2.06 million 20-foot boxes last month, according to preliminary figures posted on the Port D...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi