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The Indonesian government has warned France's CMA CGM to make immediate decision on its port project in Batam. The government already gave CMA CGM two months extending the deadline until May to decide whether or not to continue with the US$470 million project to build a transhipment port in Batu Ampar, reported Asia Pulse. Deputy transport minister Bam...
Port of Melbourne will increase wharfage, empty container and other charges in 2011-2012, the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) press release said. The new Reference Tariff Schedule (RTS) for port fees is effective July 1, 2011. PoMC said wharfage charges for full twenty-foot containers will increase by $1,70 to $40,10 (plus GST 4.4%) while empty conta...
NORTH China's port city Tianjin has already had 20 "dry port" projects in 20 hinterland cities in 12 provinces, including those in operation and being built, Xinhua reports. "Dry port" is a facility that a sea port builds in a hinterland city to collect cargo. It offers greater convenience for shippers in the hinterland region while expanding the sea po...
AUSTRALIAN dockers returned to work this week at the country's major container ports after the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) unexpectedly called off a strike at Patrick Stevedore terminals. Dockers resumed work at Patrick terminals in Sydney's Port Botany and at Brisbane, but union and management appear far away from settlement and waterfront intere...
The first ship of the Kiel - Sassnitz - Ust-Luga weekly ferry service, the Kaunas, has arrived at the port of Ust-Luga (Leningrad region), the Ust-Luga Company told PortNews. SCF DFDS Lines Ltd is the ferry line’s agent in Russia. Earlier, a UCS Line’s container service had started operating between the ports of Kiel and Ust-Luga. The first co...
Tangshan, a major port in Hebei Province, North China, announced that it plans to set up a container logistics joint venture with a subsidiary of COSCO Container Lines Co Ltd, according to sources, reported China Industry Daily News. The venture will be called Tangshan Cosco Container Logistics Co and will have a registered capital of US$26.19 million. Ta...
The Port of Tacoma and a Japanese shipping line have reached agreement on the costs involved with the port’s cancelled plan to build a massive shipping terminal for the company on the port’s Blair Waterway, reported The News Tribune. Port of Tacoma commissioners have approved a settlement that will provide the port US$5.75 million for costs it...
The Maritime Union of Australia has recommended that industrial action at container ports in Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle be called off, the union said in a statement, citing concerns in the farming community. The union, fighting for arbitration to be included in their new pay agreement with ports operator Patrick, owned by Asciano, imposed limited work...
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