The Busan Port Authority recently completed a review of productivity at 10 container terminals as part of a plan to increase the port’s competitiveness.
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14 May 2013
India’s Chennai Port Authority plans to seek fresh proposals from all seven pre-qualified bidders for the construction of its long-planned third container terminal, currently estimated to cost Rs. 3,686 crore (approximately $682 million).
12 May 2013
India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Shipping for setting up a new deep-draft port at Sagar Island in West Bengal through a public-private partnership.
09 May 2013
The Indian Ports Association reported container throughput at major ports fell about 4 percent year-over-year in April, the first month of fiscal year 2013-14.
07 May 2013
The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Kobe in western Japan fell 1.3 percent in 2012 from a year earlier to about 2.071 million 20-foot equivalent unit, according to preliminary figures released by the Kobe municipal government.
06 May 2013
Cargo throughput at India’s Port of Mumbai plunged about 30 percent year-over-year in April, the first month of fiscal year 2013-14, according to the latest provisional figures released by the port authority.
06 May 2013
Hundreds of dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong on Monday voted to end a strike that had disrupted operations at the world’s third-largest container port for six weeks.
02 May 2013
The Virginia Port Authority and China’s Ningbo Municipal Port Administration signed a memorandum of understanding this week to promote the all-water route between the two ports.
02 May 2013
Abu Dhabi Terminals has signed a contract with Hong Kong-based container carrier OOCL to include a call at the Port of Khalifa on its China-Middle East Express Service.
02 May 2013
Abu Dhabi’s new Khalifa super port could eventually rival DP World’s neighboring Jebel Ali for Middle East container shipping hub status.
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