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Georgia Improves Reefer Capacity

Mar 04, 2010

Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz announced that a new set of electrified refrigerated container racks were completed and came online in Container Berth Five (CB-5) last week. With the ten new racks, Garden City Terminal now has a total of 44 racks…

Hamburg Süd: Chilean Port Situation

Mar 04, 2010

Hamburg Süd provided the following information about the Chilean ports the company serves, following the Feb. 27 earthquake:In the north of Chile, the ports of Iquique, Antofagasta and Port Angamos are fully operational. Valparaiso : The container terminal used by Hamburg Süd…

INTERTANKO Objects to Port of Trieste Fines

Mar 03, 2010

The Port of Trieste has advised that, with effect from March 3 2010, vessels using fuels with a sulphur content exceeding 0.1% by mass (in contravention of EU Directive 2005/33/EC) will be prosecuted with fine of between Euros 15,000 and 150…

USACE Port of LA Crude Oil Terminal

Feb 23, 2010

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for development of a marine oil terminal at Berth 408 on Pier 400 in the Port of Los Angeles. Comments on the SEIS should be submitted within 30 days…

Le Havre, Larger Port for Cruise Ships

Feb 12, 2010

Le Havre, a French cruise port on the European west coast, has the capacity to host the biggest cruise ships in service in the world. This spring, Le Havre will see the completion of a $1.36m project that added facilities to accommodate up to 500 passengers…

100th Voyage of MV Stadt Rendsburg

Feb 09, 2010

On Feb. 5, Port Everglades and SeaFreight Line celebrated the 100th voyage of the MV Stadt Rendsburg from the South Florida seaport. Built in 2004, the 1,100-TEU containerized cargo vessel has spent its entire working career home-ported at Port Everglades and sailing every three weeks to Jamaica…

Port of Hamburg Expects Moderate Growth

Feb 09, 2010

With 110 million tons of sea-borne cargo handled in 2009, a year impacted by the global economic and financial markets crisis, Germany’s biggest universal port fell short of the previous year’s result by around 30 million tons (- 21.4 percent)…

New Krishnapatnam Port Records

Feb 03, 2010

Krishnapatnam Port achieved a record discharge rate of 42,527 MT of coal in 24 hrs for vessel MV Marina berthed on Jan. 24, 2010.  A few days prior to that, the port achieved its highest fertilizer discharge rate of 21,200 MT in 24 hrs for vessel MV Ghent Trader on Dec…

Wilhelmsen Supports Major Port Construction

Jan 26, 2010

Wilhelmsen Ships Service has secured a contract to provide ships agency services to Van Oord at Maasvlakte 2, the major port expansion project in Rotterdam.  Land reclamation in the North Sea and dredging of the port basins will expand the existing…

Ports America Chesapeake 50-Yr Lease

Jan 20, 2010

Ports America Chesapeake has signed a 50-year lease at Seagirt Marine Terminal that is estimated to create 5,700 jobs. McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) partner Keith Mason, and Stephen Goldsmith, former Indianapolis Mayor, and an independent consultant to the firm…

Port of Kiel Close to its 2008 Handling Mark

Jan 18, 2010

Despite the difficult economic climate, the Port of Kiel handled 4.86 million tons of cargo in 2009, nearly reaching its 2008 handling figure of 4.91 million tons. Individual business sectors developed in different ways. The handling of bulk cargo…

Mercedes-Benz South Atlantic Hub Opens

Jan 13, 2010

The Port of Brunswick’s newest vehicle processing center for Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) opened its doors today with the arrival of more than 1,600 Mercedes-Benz autos. This shipment marks the first delivery of import Mercedes-Benz autos to Brunswick’s Colonel’s Island Terminal…

Liberian Registry Posts Record Fleet Numbers

Jan 12, 2010

The Liberian-flag fleet grew to a record 3,140 ships, aggregating 97.2m gross tons, in 2009. This represents a net growth during the course of the year of 215 ships and 10.5m gross tons.2009 was a landmark year for the Liberian Registry…

DCT Gdansk Becomes Hub for Baltic Sea Region

Jan 12, 2010

On 4 January 2010, DCT Gdansk received the largest container vessel ever to call Poland when the 8200TEU Maersk Taikung (length 1,089 ft; beam 141.7 ft; draft 47.5 ft) arrived from the Far East. From January 2010, Maersk post-panamax ships sailing…

Palm Beach Selects Florida Crystals as Partner

Jan 05, 2010

The Port of Palm Beach District selected Florida Crystals as its partner to develop the South Florida Regional Intermodal Logistic Center in western Palm Beach County in order to strategically meet the demands of future cargo traffic.Western…

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