Five containers carrying agricultural products worth US$440,000 were delivered to Taiwan's Taichung Port recently for shipment to Liaoning Province, the first time the central Taiwan city has sold farm goods to northeastern China, reported Asia Pulse. The containers, loaded with honey murcotts – a type of tangerine – mushrooms, honey, plum wi...
Ferrovial’s sale of ground services operator Swissport to French-based private equity firm PAI Partners was formally concluded at the weekend. PAI Partners will now further pursue Swissport’s successful global business model with the current Swissport Group executive management led by president and CEO Per H. Utnegaard. “The general ...
THE American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has expressed concern over the Obama administration's proposed reduction in the US Army Corps of Engineers dredging budget, which AAPA said will lose US$250 million. The comments come in response to the US Government's announcement that it planned to invest $556 billion in a six-year surface transporta...
SOUTH Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) and Hong Kong's Dandong Port Group with mainland port assets, have signed a cooperative agreement in an effort to boost trade between the ports, particularly, in agricultural commodities. The accord was signed during a visit by representatives from the Dandong Port Group to the Port of Charleston to discuss w...
Japan Airlines will from April 2011, revise its fuel surcharge calculations and adjust levels every 2 months instead of the current interval of 3 months, based on the average price of Singapore kerosene-type jet fuel for the 2-month period before the last 2 months, instead of an average of 3 months previously. The price of Singapore kerosene-type jet fue...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $585,725 civil penalty against Corporate Air of Billings, Mont., for allegedly operating a Shorts SD-3-30 twin-turboprop cargo aircraft when it was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations. The FAA alleges Corporate Air failed to maintain the aircraft under the company’s general ma...
The Port of Felixstowe has begun the testing phase of its new deep-water container terminal development known as Berths 8&9. The CSCL STAR, the first of five new ultra-large container ships joining the CSCL fleet in 2011, will berth today (18 February 2011) at the UK’s newest container terminal during its maiden voyage from Asia. A limited numbe...
Lots Bridge, the double-end vessel, which will transport containers between Vallarpadam’s Willingdon Island and Bolghatty, reached Cochin Port recently, Exim News Service reports. The ship, chartered by the Kochi-based Lots Shipping Company, will do its job through roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) operations. It is contracted to carry containers for a peri...
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