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THE world's five largest container ports, all in Asia, recorded healthy growth rates in 2010 as their combined volumes increased by 15.4 per cent, according to industry analyst Alphaliner. The strong growth has more than made up for the negative growth seen in 2009 when total volumes fell by 13 per cent. But last year's growth was largely due to t...
The busiest US seaport complex had a record-breaking year in 2010 with a new high set in exports at the Los Angeles port and the biggest year-on-year increase in overall cargo traffic at Long Beach since the port began keeping such records in 1971. Experts said they expected a strong economic recovery to continue, although not at such a rapid pac...
The authority adds that with capital investment, the facility could be modified to carve out a niche market for liquid bulks or dry bulk commodities that require special handling. The quay has 1,543 feet of berth, a combination stacker and loading tower with a conveyor system that serves the unloading cranes, plus further facilities and ...
Inland ports close to national borders could act as stepping stones to smooth out freight corridors, according to European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) president Roland Hoerner. Speaking at the Ferrmed Manifesto Conference in the European Parliament last week, Mr Hoerner pointed to “interesting examples” including the co-operatio...
Kandla Port has handled a record throughput of 61.45 million tonnes during April-December 2010-11, as against 59.75 million tonnes during the corresponding period of 2009-10, thus achieving a growth of 2.85 per cent. This was against the national growth of 1.10 per cent by all Major Ports, according to Exim News Service. There is a commendable increase ...
APS Technology Group, Inc., a provider of optical character recognition (OCR) and process automation technology solutions for marine and intermodal terminals, announced the award of a terminal-wide automation solutions project for the Terminal de Contenedores de Buenaventura (TCBuen) in Buenaventura, Colombia. The latest terminal development from glob...
Ukraine’s ports plan to boost investments by 5.7 times this year to UAH1.02 billion to upgrade handling equipment and facilities, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine said citing the State Service of sea and river transport. Almost 60 million hryvna (vs 30m in 2009) will be spent for the development of rail infrastructure at the ports. Th...
Berths located in the Lytton reach up to the Gateway Bridge have resumed handling operations after the recent flood. The vessels, including tankers, are expected to dock at the port’s terminals from January 19, the Brisbane Port Authority press release said. All Fisherman Island berths are operational. Hamilton Reach remains under investigation. ...
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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