The port of Rotterdam will grow in the coming 20 years and, at the same time, experience a number of structural changes, the Port Authority press release said. “The refining and chemical industry are on the threshold of a transition to more bio-based production, energy will be generated more cleanly in 2030 and from a wider variety of sources, and...
Russian ports operator Global Ports may begin pre-marketing of an IPO next week, Reuters reports citing unnamed sources close to the Group. The company is 90% owned by N-Trans, the majority shareholder in publicly traded freight operator GlobalTrans Investment (GLTRq.L). Global Ports Investments Plc. is a leading terminal operator in Russia and the Balt...
SOUTH Carolina ports posted volume increase of 11.6 per cent from July 2010 until April 2011 to 1,033,062 TEU from 925,837 TEU in the same period last year with March volume alone rising 5.7 per cent to 120,265 TEU. "While the rate of growth is slowing from last year's initial volume recovery, we are still moving in the right direction," said South Carol...
HONG KONG's Overseas Orient Container Lines (00CL) has confirmed that EU and British competition authorities have raided their offices near the Felixstowe container port in search of evidence of collusion with other carriers to rig the shipping markets. "We confirm that the European Commission and UK Fair Trading Office had carried out an inspection at o...
SINGAPORE's NOL Group has announced it will invest US$25.8 million in a joint venture with Shanghai-based SITC International Holdings to operate a two-berth container terminal on a 30-year-concession at the Port of Qingdao. The terminal, to open in the second half of this year, will be NOL's first on the mainland, and will ensure future access to termi...
NOL Group will begin operating its first port in China when the two-berth container terminal in Qingdao comes online in the second half of the year. The Singapore-based container shipping and logistics group announced that together with SITC International Holdings Company Limited, a PRC-based shipping logistics company, NOL has formed a partnership with Q...
Port Corpus Christi Commissioners have approved a one year exclusive lease option agreement for the port's La Quinta Trade Gateway Terminal project with Global Terminal Advisors (GTA), the multi-national consultancy dedicated to ports and port operations. GTA will be responsible for the design, build, financing and operation of the terminal and the devel...
The Port of Hamburg, Germany’s largest harbor, said cargo turnover rose 9.8 percent in the first quarter after trade with Asia and the countries around the Baltic Sea increased, Bloomberg reports. Cargo volume handled totaled 31.4 million tons in the period, the Port of Hamburg said in a statement today. The number of standard containers handled ro...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi