Port & Shipbuilding
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2016
Oct 21
Cargo Traffic at India’s Major Ports Up by 5.2 Pct
The cargo volumes at India’s Major Ports increased by 5.2 percent during the first half of the fiscal year 2016-17 as the country’s ports handled a total of 315.4 million tonnes of cargo in the period from...
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2016
Oct 21
Vancouver Aims for More Ships - And Shipowners
Port cities are always competing with neighbors for vessel traffic, a given in any market and perhaps especially in a down...
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2016
Oct 17
Massive ship celebration shows Liverpool is booming as a port city
Liverpool is booming as a port city - that’s the message from the shipping firm owner’s of a giant ship getting a royal christening on the Mersey this week.
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2016
Oct 15
India's Major Ports Enjoy Container Boost
Container volumes at India’s major ports increased by 6.32 percent year-over-year in the first half of the financial year through to September.
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2016
Oct 11
Port of Townsville Expansion Plan Makes Progress
The $1.64 billion expansion of Townsville’s port took a step forward last week with more opportunity for comment on its environmental impact statement (AEIS).
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2016
Oct 10
Vietnam Plans Da Nang Mega-Port
A mega-port is being planned for Vietnam's central city of Da Nang.
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2016
Oct 08
Report: Cosco, China Shipping to Merge Shipbuilding Yards
Two of China’s major shipping companies could merge 11 shipbuilding yards into a single entity, The Wall Street Journal cited sources close to the matter.
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2016
Oct 04
Danish Kalundborg Port Eyes Expansion
Danish port of Kalundborg has revealed plans to commence the construction of 330,000 extra square metres with 500 metres of dock and 15 metres of water depth next year in an effort to increase the feeder and container traffic, the port said.
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2016
Oct 01
Charleston Harbor Project Moves Closer to Realization
South Carolina Ports The Charleston Harbor Deepening Project has moved closer to securing the authorization necessary to begin construction as the US House of Representatives passed H.5303 the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 on September 28 this year.
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2016
Sep 28
Oakland Sees No Impact from Canal Expansion
Bigger ships may be using the newly widened Panama Canal, but they’re not bypassing Oakland to get there, said the Port as it announced that the wider canal locks have not dented its business.