August, 2008 ‣ WorldCargo News

GTI Mumbai has handled 1M TEU in 2008

News29 Aug 2008

On 28 August Gateway Terminals India Pvt Ltd (GTI), the joint venture of APM Terminals and Container Corporation of India (ConCor), passed t...

…Big delays at Jebel Ali

News29 Aug 2008

DP World may be making pots of money, but big delays at its flagship Jebel Ali operation, the UAE's largest container terminal and one of th...

DP World posts strong first half…

News29 Aug 2008

Global port operator DP World has announced very good results from its portfolio of 44 marine terminals that were operational in the six mon...

Montreal posts 7.9% container traffic increase

News29 Aug 2008

The Port of Montreal handled 725,283 TEU in the first half of this year, up by 7.9% on the same period of 2007....

San Pedro Bay Clean Truck Programs attacked by IANA

News29 Aug 2008

The Intermodal Association of North America has thrown its weight behind the American Trucking Association’s objections to the San Pedro B...

John Dillon departs Navis

News25 Aug 2008

John Dillon has left his posts of CEO of Navis and general manager of the new Zebra Enterprise Solutions Group....

Finnish-Russian timber dispute sidelined by Georgia war

News23 Aug 2008

The growing crisis in the Black Sea has overshadowed a trade dispute between Russia and Finland over timber tariffs....

Modest growth forecast for Hupac in 2008

News23 Aug 2008

With 374,551 consignments, he Swiss UIRR member logged traffic growth of 6.9% in the first half of this year....

Russian forces to patrol Poti

News23 Aug 2008

Russian troops will patrol the Georgian Black Sea port of Poti, the deputy chief of Russia's General Staff said at a news conference today....

South Carolina ports hit revenue and earnings records

News23 Aug 2008

The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) achieved record revenues and earnings in fiscal year 2008....

An open and shut case

News21 Aug 2008

A new sliding open top container developed in South Korea promises to overcome drawbacks associated with earlier designs at a cost that repr...

RailSelect takes step forward

News16 Aug 2008

RailSelect, the planned 50:50 joint venture of Railion Deutschland and Rail Cargo Austria (RCA), has moved ahead with the decision of the Su...

SCA switches to “green” diesel.

News16 Aug 2008

SCA Transforest, the logistics division of SCA’s forest products business, is switching to environment-friendly diesel at its harbour term...

Terex/Fantuzzi update

News16 Aug 2008

There was a mistake as regards the purchase price in our report of 9 August, which predated by two days the official announcement by Terex C...

Top people changes at French ports

News16 Aug 2008

The French government has appointed Jean-Claude Terrier, currently director general of the Port of Dunkirk Authority (PAD) to succeed Guy Ja...

Fantuzzi goes to Terex

News9 Aug 2008

According to reports from Italy the negotiations to sell Fantuzzi group (for last report, see WorldCargo News, May 2008, p4) have concluded ...

GTI Mumbai has handled 1M TEU in 2008

…Big delays at Jebel Ali

DP World posts strong first half…

Montreal posts 7.9% container traffic increase

San Pedro Bay Clean Truck Programs attacked by IANA

John Dillon departs Navis

Finnish-Russian timber dispute sidelined by Georgia war

Modest growth forecast for Hupac in 2008

Russian forces to patrol Poti

South Carolina ports hit revenue and earnings records

An open and shut case

RailSelect takes step forward

SCA switches to “green” diesel.

Terex/Fantuzzi update

Top people changes at French ports

Fantuzzi goes to Terex

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Guidelines on safe transport of charcoal in containers published

Port of Oakland, NWSA join FLOW

Xeneta: Shippers are not out of the woods

Port of Gothenburg gets direct Ro-Ro connection to Asia

Port of Vancouver’s container volumes recover

GTI Mumbai has handled 1M TEU in 2008

…Big delays at Jebel Ali

DP World posts strong first half…

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Guidelines on safe transport of charcoal in containers published

Port of Oakland, NWSA join FLOW

Xeneta: Shippers are not out of the woods

Port of Gothenburg gets direct Ro-Ro connection to Asia

Port of Vancouver’s container volumes recover

ILA says it will move forward with strike on Tuesday

Map of major ports affected by strike on US East and Gulf coasts

Will port strike severely disrupt US economy?

ILA shuts down ports on Atlantic and Gulf coasts

Sand: Ships en route to East Coast will have to wait at anchor until strike ends