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EXPORT container volume through the Port of Phnom Penh increased 46 per cent in the first 10 months of 2010 year on year, reports Deutsche Press Argentur, citing Cambodian state media. Phnom Penh port deputy director Eang Veng Sun told the Cambodia Daily newspaper that the presence of the Cai Mep deepwater port in southern Vietnam, which opened last yea...
THE US Coast Guard has published a policy letter outlining procedures for denying entry of certain foreign-flagged commercial vessels into any port or place in the United States, owing to the vessel having a history of operating in a "continuous substandard condition" in US waters. The policy went into effect on September 1, reports American Shipper, ci...
THE six major North European ports have seen their container throughputs rise 10.8 per cent this year over 2009 despite a decline in the fourth quarter, according to the new Global Port Tracker: North Europe Trade Outlook newsletter. Global Port Tracker predicts box volume for the full year at Le Havre, Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Bremen/Bremerhaven ...
SYRIAN Transport Minister Yarub Badr has inaugurated the International Lattakia Port Container Terminal, run by a coalition comprising Marseilles-based CMA CGM, Houston's Terminal Link and the Syria Holding Company. Mr Badr said the terminal, which covers 33 hectares in the first phase, would contribute to attracting more container lines to the Syrian ...
The first shipment of 56 OOCL empty containers has been dispatched by train from the Logistika-Terminal’s off-dock rail facility at Shushary (St. Petersburg) to Nigozero rail station for the Kondopoga paper plant where they were stuffed with paper products. The loaded containers were then returned to Shushary from where they were delivered St. Petersb...
With effect from January 1, 2010 the ports of Amsterdam, Moerdijk, Dordrecht and Rotterdam will reward clean ocean-going vessels with discounts on their port dues. This involves vessels which score well on the Environmental Ship Index (ESI). Ships which perform better than the legal norm will be rewarded. The ESI is a certificate that will be awarded by...
The National Administration of Ports of Uruguay (ANP) has signed a USS6m contract with Chinese company Port of Shanghai Dredging Company (SDC)for the dredging of Montevideo Port. The contract was signed with the objective of improving services in this port. Uruguayan authorities explained that one of the most important advantages of the contract was the...
The Port of Gothenburg has signed a concession agreement with DFDS and C.PORTS to run the Port’s ro-ro terminal. This is the first time that DFDS and C.PORTS have collaborated in owning and operating a ro-ro terminal which will be operated by a newly formed company. The concession is for 25 years and will come into effect in January 2011. The agre...
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