Martyn Pellew, PD Ports’ group development director, has stepped down after eight years to pursue other interests and broaden his portfolio. Pellew, who had been with PD Ports since August 2002, played an integral role in repositioning PD Ports in the global maritime and UK logistics sectors and was responsible for rebranding all the former Powell...
Cargo handled at Marseilles Fos reached 78.3m tonnes to the end of November, a 3% rise on the first 11 months of 2009, with traffic increasing in all main cargo categories except for oil. The port expects this trend to continue this month (December). Volumes were growing at 7% until the end of September before suffering from the slowdown in the world ec...
THE National Retail Federation has announced major retail container ports in the United States are anticipated to experience a nine per cent increase in import cargo volumes in December 2010 compared to the same month last year, according to its latest monthly Global Port Tracker report. The report forecasts that import cargo volumes for the whole of 20...
HONG KONG-based China Merchants Holdings International is to purchase a 20 per cent equity stake of Chu Kong River Trade Terminal for US$16.9 million ahead of its company projection to increase annual container box throughput by 20 per cent. THE port developer signed a co-operation agreement in July with owner Chu Kong Shipping Development, the biggest ...
Export shipments of crude oil and petroleum products via Primorsk Oil Terminal in the 11-month period of this year shrank by 2.1% from the same period a year earlier to 70,711,500, the Port Authority of Big Port of St. Petersburg said. According to the Port Authority statistics, the Terminal handled 65,424,000 tons of crude oil (-4.3% yoy) and 5,287,500...
Freight volume handled at the port of Ust-Luga (Leningrad region) in January-November 2010 rose by 15.8% from the same period last year to 10,708,000 tons, the Port Authority of Big Port of St. Petersburg said. In November, the port handled 1,026,700 tons of cargo, which is almost on a par with the last year's figures. Port of Ust-Luga is located o...
China's Sinopec Corp has mapped out detailed investment plans for a 3 million tonne-per-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in southern China and aims to start operations in 2014. The plans, the state oil giant's second LNG terminal in China, will be ready soon for submission to the National Development & Reform Commission for formal ...
Freight traffic passing via the port Marseilles (France) in January-November 2010 grew by 3% over the same period last year to 78,32 million tons, the Marseille Fos Port Authority press release said. In the 11-month period shipments of liquid bulk cargo fell 4% to 53,16 million tons, while container traffic increased by 8%. In November, the po...
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