APS Technology Group, Inc., a provider of optical character recognition (OCR) and process automation technology solutions for marine and intermodal terminals, announced the award of a multi-phased automation project for Ports America Chesapeake Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore, MD. The APS solutions will automate critical functions in conjunction with ...
THE Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has posted a 12 per cent year-on-year overall increase in cargo in 2010 to 74,910,284 tonnes as well as a 15.3 per cent increase in revenue to US$592.2 million, reported the Lagos Daily Champion. Laden container throughput increased 8.8 per cent to 668,697 TEU in 2010 year on year while empties were up 19.4 per cen...
SYDNEY's Port Botany volume increased volume 5.6 per cent in April to 162,205 TEU year on year, announced Sydney Ports CEO Grant Gilfillan. "While Port Botany's container trade has been buoyed by higher imports due to the surging Australian dollar, a solid trading performance by the state's regional and rural export sector has also contributed to the r...
OLD Dominion Freight Line has started offering its Pacific Promise less-than-container load service at the Taiwanese ports of Taichung, Keelung and Kaohsiung, in addition to the 10 ports in China where the service is already provided. The service offers importers standard guaranteed transit times and simplified rates from the 13 Chinese and Taiwanese por...
The Los Angeles Harbour Commission today adopted a 2011-2012 fiscal year budget of approximately US$976.6 million for the Port of Los Angeles, a 7.4 percent increase effective from July 1. The growth reflects higher total receipts from both operations and grants activity, which in turn allowed greater appropriations for both operations and capital project...
South Africa’s Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) in South Africa has gone live with Navis SPARCS N4 terminal operating system (TOS) at its seventh terminal. The first to manage multiple sites from one location in 2009, TPT now manages all of its marine terminals from a central location providing a base for long-term benefits including improved planning, i...
Work is continuing on one of the Port of Brisbane’s largest ever annual maintenance dredging campaigns, following the devastating Queensland flood crisis. The floods deposited more than 1m cu m of material into the channels and berths (on top of what is usually removed), and this has added several extra months of work to the dredging schedule. Th...
Luka Koper, the main port and logistics company of Slovenia has selected Tideworks to implement its terminal operating system (TOS) at the Port of Koper, the country’s main seaport. The deployment will comprise Tideworks’ entire suite of TOS solutions including Mainsail Terminal Management System®, Mainsail Online, Spinnaker Planning Managem...
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