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Fuzhou Port handles more cargos Sep 27, 2010

Fuzhou New Port, a deep-water container terminal in southeast China's Fujian province, has handled more than 60,000 TEU in August, up 23 per cent year on year, reported Xinhua. The port is equipped with three berths, capable of handling 100,000-TEU containerships with a throughput of two million TEU per annum. As the largest container terminal in F...

Jacksonville Port needs to reposition itself to stay competitiveSep 27, 2010

FLORIDA's Port of Jacksonville needs to re-position itself as the state's economic engine if it is to gain funding it needs to grow, according to a University of North Florida associate professor of logistics. "Savannah didn't make the pitch (to gain federal funding to deepen its harbour) by themselves," Yem Bolumole said. "They made it as a state." ...

Prince Rupert, CN, Maher Terminals sign productivity accord Sep 27, 2010

THE Canadian National (CN) Railway, the Prince Rupert Port Authority and Maher Terminals Holding Corp have announced the signing of a "Level of Service Agreement" to promote and better measure improvements in port performance and to enhance Prince Rupert's role as a gateway on the west coast of North America. The agreement establishes performance targe...

New box terminal at Kattupalli near Chennai for 2012 Sep 27, 2010

ENGINEERING firm Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) plans to develop a container terminal and shipyard at Kattupalli at Ennore near Chennai by January 2012. The container terminal will have an initial capacity to handle one million TEU annually, which can be increased to 1.5 million TEU. "L&T has decided to adopt the operation and maintenance (O&am...

Rio Tinto to invest $230 million in Australian portSep 26, 2010

Australia's northwestern port of Dampier port is set to receive $230 million from mining company Rio Tinto which is seeking to increase the region's iron ore capacity to 230 million tonnes annual capacity (Mt/a). The $230 million upgrade will increase the shiploading capacity, together with rail stock handling volumes, at Dampier port's Parker Point ...

Container volume at India's state-owned major ports up 10 percent in ...Sep 26, 2010

Total volume of containers handled by state-owned major ports in India surged 10 percent in the first five months of fiscal 2010-11 ending Aug. 31, the Indian Ports Association said Wednesday. Container traffic totaled 3 million 20-foot equivalent units, up from 2.8 million TEUs in the same period last year. While almost all major ports boosted thei...

US port authority invests $17.3 million on terminal operating systemSep 26, 2010

The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) will be spending up to a total of $17.3 million on two contracts with Zebra Enterprise Solutions (Zebra) in order to improve operations at the ports of Charleston and Georgetown. The first contract, worth up to $8.35 million, will see the implementation of Zebra's web-based Navis SPARCS N4 terminal opera...

Port Sochi Imeretinsky hikes service fees by 15% Sep 26, 2010

Federal Tariff Service (FTS of Russia) in its decision on 23 September has approved new rates for loading and unloading operations and storage of goods at the Port Sochi Imeretinsky LLC, increasing by 15 percent the handling service fees on the whole range of cargos, the FTS press service said. The decision was made based on the data provided by the ste...

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