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Because of rising demand, DP World is to commence construction of Terminal 3 at Jebel Ali Port, although it is unlikely it will open before the end of the current year. Occupancy levels at existing installations are now running at more than 80% and companies in the adjacent free zone are worried that they may lose customers. Originally, the third termin...
Sout Korean port's container throughput rose by 18.3% year-over-year to record 19.329 million TEUs (versus 6,341m TEU in 2009). This is a 7.8 percent gain from 2008’s figures, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs press release said. Exports and imports increased by 18.9% to12.333 million TEUs, transshipment cargoes totaled 6.619 mil...
The volume of cargo handled by Tuapse Sea Commercial Port JSC (TMTP) in 2010 remained at the level of 2009, when TMTP transshipped 18.5 million tons, the stevedore company’s press service said. The volume of imports during the period surged 3 times as much from 2009’s figures (509,400 tons) thanks to an increase in dry bulk cargoes, particula...
NANJING Port Authority has selected logistics giant Sinotrans ahead of Cosco to revamp the river port. Two sides have signed a restructuring agreement whereby Sinotrans will pump in cash for US$155 million, reports Xinhua. The authority will restructure, corporatise and become Nanjing Port Group Co. Ltd, with Sinotrans taking a 45 per cent stake in the n...
The port of Savannah had its best ever calendar year for containers, posting a 20 per cent year-on-year increase in 2010 to 2,826,308 TEU while retaining its position as America's fourth biggest box port, according to the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA). Counter-intuitively, export volume beat imports with a record 1,488,670 TEU, mostly in frozen poultry, a...
Next step after state approval will be permit application to EPA Port Corpus Christi passed an important hurdle Wednesday in its quest to move ahead with the huge Las Brisas electric generating plant that Chase Energy plans to build at the Texas port. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved the air permit for the proposed $3.2 billion pe...
Officials managing terminals in the port of New York-New Jersey say they are doing everything they can to eliminate inefficient labour practices, although stress this can only be comprehensively achieved as part of a collective bargaining agreement. The stevedoring sector in the port has been allegedly characterised by the presence of ghost jobs, nepotism...
The Spanish government is to merge some of its smaller port authorities to create a more competitive network. Currently, there are 28 port authorities and the aim is to reduce this by half. However, previous attempts to do this have failed, given resistance by individual ports. The Development ministry is therefore trying to encourage cooperation betw...
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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