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Singapore: Singapore’s container throughput for 2010 increased 9.9% to 28.4m teu, according to preliminary estimates released Thursday by the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore. However, the growth was not enough to fend off the rise of Shanghai. The Shanghai Daily newspaper on Wednesday reported that Shanghai took Singapore's crown a...
THE Port of Montreal container volume rose to 6.1 per cent in 2010 which is "bringing us very close to the volumes achieved in 2007" and within 10 per cent of 2008, the port's best performance in the last 25 years, said president and CEO Sylvie Vachon. Dry bulk is yet to achieve 2007 levels but liquid bulk traffic is well at 2008 handling levels report...
BERTH occupany hit 90 per cent at Karachi's Port Qasim with 11 vessels including five at the Qasim International Container Terminal, Multi Purpose Terminal, Fotco terminal and four more at the outer anchorage. Throughput on January 4 totalled 2,418 TEU with overall cargo volume of 101,680 tonnes with imports accounting for 81,535 tonnes and exports tot...
ISRAELI dockers have ended their near week-long strike after the union and the government agreed to a six per cent pay increase over two years, reports Bloomberg. "This is a fair agreement for both sides," Histadrut union negotiator Avi Nissenkoren said in a statement. According to the agreement, most port employees will have three per cent wage inc...
Los Angeles has devised a program to nurture entrepreneurs by making sure that the smallest of enterprises will gain access to the port’s professional service and construction contracts. This component is added to the Port of Los Angeles’ existing Small Business Enterprise Program (SBE), which ensures at least a quarter...
Northern Europe's 2010 performance gives cause for optimism, even though the coming year’s advances might have to wait a little, according to the latest Global Port Tracker for the region. While the industry should see “strong growth” in the area's 2010 deep sea import figures, there will be a more restrained 20...
The Queensland floods, which in total have covered an area greater than France and Germany, continue to disrupt port operations. At Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT) in Queensland, it seems that activity has resumed in the port itself. Andrew Garratt of DBCT told Port Strategy, “From the terminal`s perspective we are fully o...
Cargo handled at Marseilles Fos reached 78.3 million tonnes to the end of November, pointing to an overall 3% rise on last year’s figures. Growth in cargo volumes was running at 7% to the end of September before suffering from a slowdown in the world economy and strikes over national port and pension reforms. ...
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