January 23rd, 20150Jeddah: Importers in Saudi Arabia have criticised the Jeddah Port Authority for damaging goods during vessel unloading, as well as for lengthy customs clearance...
January 19th, 20150Shanghai: Ningbo Port has announced that its plan to establish a shipping insurance company has been denied by China Insurance Regulatory Commission as its wholly owned...
January 15th, 20150Ningbo: Ningbo Port, one of China’s leading ports in terms of cargo throughput, is ramping up for a new round of growth. Ningbo Port’s cargo throughput and...
January 12th, 20150Shanghai: Multi-sector private Chinese company Herun has inked a strategic cooperation agreement with the southern Chinese city of Putian to develop logistics...
November 25th, 20140Kanazawa: A new bullet train line to Tokyo and an increasing interest in the history of the Samurai will help the Japanese west coast port of Kanazawa boost cruise line...
November 11th, 20140Abu Dhabi: The latest statistics gleaned by Maritime CEO suggest there is currently more than $32bn being spent on ports around the Middle East, a phenomenal and...
August 28th, 20140Manila: An environmental group has chipped in with its own idea to help cut congestion at the Port of Manila. EcoWaste Coalition has called for 50 containers full of...
August 11th, 20140London: Gavin van Marle’s Twitter description of himself is typically self-deprecating. “Editor at The Loadstar; logistics journo; substandard village cricketer,”...
July 8th, 20140Dalian: Hong Kong-listed CITIC Resources Group announced today that it has filed a claim in Qingdao Maritime Court against the operator of the bonded warehouse at...
July 5th, 20140Beijing: There has been a call for China to set up emissions inventories for all major port cities as soon as possible to detail pollutants from ships and ports. Ding...
June 19th, 20140Vancouver: Yesterday saw the grand opening of GCT Global Container Terminals’ newly expanded, semi-automated facility in Bayonne, New Jersey. GCT claims the updated...
June 10th, 20140Sohar: Port development in the Middle East continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. More than $30bn of work is earmarked at terminals in the region in the coming few...
April 11th, 20140Singapore: The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and PSA Corporation Limited (PSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to extend their...
January 15th, 20140Southampton: Michael Jay Maritime (MJM) is a new company set up by three like-minded individuals to look at the maritime port and terminal markets. Its goal is to...
October 17th, 20130Shanghai: Ningbo port announced that the company will set up the first port shipping insurance company in China with Ningbo Port Group, Shanghai Port Group and domestic...
July 11th, 20130Dalian: The Ministry of Environmental Protection announced yesterday that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report of Qingdao Port’s Huangdao oil terminal...
June 30th, 20130Doha: The fire that ripped through a sugar refinery at Jeddah Islamic Port has caused significant environmental problems with the drainage of the burnt sludge killing a...
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