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SINGAPORE's Changi Airport handled 147,000 tonnes of air freight in January 2011, an increase of four per cent compared to the same month last year. The result marks the 16th straight month of growth, according to the airport operator. Changi Airport also registered 3.79 million passenger movements in January, up 11.9 per cent year on year. During 201...
CONVICTED ex-air cargo worker Russell Defreitas, has received a life sentence for his role as mastermind behind the John F Kennedy International Airport bomb plot he hoped would rival 9/11. The 67-year-old Guyanese-born US citizen recruited fellow conspirators Abdul Kadir, a former member of Guyana's parliament and Abdel Nur, a Guyanese citizen, who plot...
THE Port of Savannah handled 132,257 containers or 237,004 TEU in January 2011, which yielded a fiscal year-to-date increase of 14.3 per cent and 13.3 per cent, respectively. Container tonnage amounted to 1,887,179 tons. More than 200 vessels called on the port last month, an increase of 20 per cent compared with the same month last year, said a statemen...
TIANJIN Port Group plans to spend CNY45 billion (US$6.8 billion) on port and shipping facilities in the current five-year plan from 2011 to 2015, adding new capacity of 214 million tonnes and 2.85 million TEU. Xinhua reported that Tianjin, the biggest port in north China, and entry point to Beijing, plans to build 28 new berths and rebuild 27 berths this ...
The Port of Long Beach recorded a 10.8 percent increase in cargo container volume in January compared to the same period a year ago, despite the departure of one of its tenants in late 2010. Overall, the port moved 474,960 TEUs last month compared to 428,805 TEUs in January 2010. Imports were up 11.3 percent to 242,444 TEUs, and exports were up 12.7 pe...
The guard aboard the SCF’s NS Century tanker (Liberia flagged, operated by Novoship, part of SCF Group) has fended off an alleged attack of Pirate Action Group (PAG) that occurred off the coast of India, PortNews reports citing the shipping company’s press office. The tanker’s guard spotted suspicious boats approaching the NS Century an...
Dutch-based port operator APM Terminals will open next month a port in southern Vietnam that will be able to handle the world's largest boxships, Danish daily Jyllands-Posten reported. Container throughput at ports in Vietnam has been showing strong growth, thus creating opportunities for Vietnamese Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT), a joint venture ...
Sany Port Machinery has become the first Chinese company to join the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA), along with Germany-based Gottwald Port Technology, further extending the Association’s pool of global professional experience. “Given the strength of the Chinese port and shipping sectors, Sany’s extensive experience and ...
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
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