Two piers at a quake-hit port in northern Japan have already resumed operations and several smaller ports are likely to reopen within a few days, a government official said on Thursday. Two piers at the medium-sized Onahama seaport in Fukushima prefecture are now available for 30,000 tonne vessels, the official said. Two smaller seaports further up the ...
A new record in handling of pinewoods has been created by the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust, Tuticorin, by discharging 11,971 pieces (6,532 tonnes) of pinewood on a single day recently. India's National Newspaper Hindu said. The logs were unloaded from m.v. Alam Senang at Berth number 8 on March 15. The previous record was 6,002 tonnes unloaded from the...
Multi-billion dollar investments in port operations across the Middle East, highlights their continuing role as the most important transport sector for regional trade. There are currently around 35 ports within the Gulf region, many of which are currently undergoing expansion to meet increasing trade demand, especially with unrest spreading across North Afr...
Peter Wong, DP World’s senior vice president and managing director for the Asia Pacific region, has met authority of Ho Chi Minh City to seek the city’s support to quicken dredging of the Soai Rap River to facilitate its port project, reported Vietnam News Brief Service. The slow dredging progress has slowed down the Saigon Premier Container T...
Efforts to develop Ulyanovsk in the Volga region of western central Russia as an international air cargo hub could take a step forward next month with the planned holding of a government-backed air transport forum there. The event, due to be held at Ulyanovsk's Vostochny airport, April 22-23, has been organised by the Ulyanovsk region's Ministry of Indu...
The US has abandoned retaliation against its former economic competitor, Japan, and instead made two allegations of unfair trade against its new rival, China. A complaint has been made through the World Trade Organisation, less than two months after China premier Hu Jintao visited Washington DC to improve business ties. US Trade Representative Ron Kirk sa...
With container business bouncing back sharply, the French port is preparing to expand its part in the trade between Asia and Africa. Europe Correspondent Phil Hastings reports. The Mediterranean port of Marseilles Fos will look to significantly step up its handling of Asian container transhipment traffic, particularly for certain parts of Africa, as two m...
DP World's Asia boss has called on Ho Chi Minh City to speed up dredging of the Soai Rap River to allow large container ships to enter the Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT), reported the Vietnam News Service. Peter Wong, DP World's senior vice president and managing director for the Asia Pacific region, has met authorities to seek the city's su...
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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