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Kenyan election calm prompt

13 Haziran 2013 Perşembe 11:39

DESPITE a 7.5 per cent decline in first quarter, Kenya's GDP has been six per cent this year after a peaceful election, Reuters reports.

Abu Dhabi's local economy ABU DHABI's Khalifa Container Terminal, which opened last September now stands to transform the local economy, according to the port operator, forwarding giant Agility and an engineering professor interviewed by Dubai's Khaleej Times.		Super-postpanamax Cranes GEORGIA Ports Authority's (GPA) Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah has received four new super-post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes.

Second fastest-growing one SOUTHEASTERN port of Xiamen - opposite Taiwan - recorded a 17.3 per cent per cent increase in container throughput to 2.42 million TEU during the first four months of the year, making it the second fastest growing in China after Dalian.		New terminal doubles capacity PORT of Felixstowe, the largest container port in the UK, has opened its the North Rail Terminal, which doubles its rail capacity.

Terminal Liverpool2 Launched Over 300 industry guests gathered at the Port of Liverpool recently (Thursday, June 6th) to toast the launch of Peel Ports’ landmark deep water container terminal Liverpool2.		Speed Limit in Hamburg Port In future, commercial shipping will have to observe a speed limit of 10 knots in the port of Hamburg. The speed limit is to help reduce erosions on the river embankment caused by waves generated by ships.

Rotterdam opens first phase ROTTERDAM has officially opened the first phase of Europe's largest container terminal hub, Maasvlakte 2, which is expected to unleash a fierce battle for cargo across the Le Havre-Hamburg port range at a time of sluggish traffic growth.		Where to locate terminal A DISPUTE lingers over the best location of an intermodal terminal in New South Wales with the federal government backing Sydney's Botany Bay while an expert campaigner fights on for Newcastle, 120 kilometres to the north.

Electric plug-ins by January SHORE power is to be available to ships at all international terminals of California ports by the end of 2013 with Long Beach and Los Angeles offering "cold ironing" at 13 terminals in total.		PT Pelindo quarterly volume up THE Indonesian port operator, PT Pelindo I, has posted a 18.2 per cent increase in first quarter volume to 378,308 TEU across its 13 ports, reported the Jakarta Post.

April volume up 3.9pc CHINA'S largest port operator, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), posted a 3.9 per cent year-on-year increase in April container volume to 2.83 million TEU with overall tonnage rising 6.2 per cent to 45.66 million tonnes, reports Xinhua.		Hamburg box volumes falls THE Port of Hamburg maintained its container traffic volumes in the first three months of the year at 2.2 million TEU on par with same period in 2012, over half were attributed to Asian trade at 1.2 million TEU.

Long Beach container volume up THE Port of Long Beach has posted a 12.5 per cent year-on-year container volume growth in April to 519,464 TEU.		UAE in port building spree THE world's centre of economic gravity is shifting from west to east and the Abu Dhabi Port Company's (ADPC) ambitious AED26.5 billion (US$7.2 billion) port development aims to make the UAE a global maritime hub, reports the UAE's Gulf Business News.

United Nations dry port THE eastern Yiwu city in Zhejiang province has been listed as an international dry port during the 69th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), reports Xinhua.		LA 640,330 TEU in April THE Port of Los Angeles April cargo volumes declined 9.5 per cent to 640,330 TEU compared to 707,182 TEU in the same month last year.

Hong Kong falls 12.2pc in April FIGURES from the Hong Kong Marine Department show the port handled 1.7 million TEU in April, representing a year-on-year decline of 12.2 per cent from two million TEU in April last year.		MacGregor to Deliver to HHI Cargotec’s MacGregor has received EUR 22 million order to deliver a 900-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) MacGregor subsea crane to the South Korean shipyard, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd.

Savannah to receive 4 cranes THE Georgia Ports Authority's (GPA) Port of Savannah will shortly take delivery of four super postpanamax ship-to-shore quay cranes from Konecranes.		CMA CGM's 16,000 TEUer CMA CGM's 16,000 TEUer Jules Verne makes its maiden call at Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), loading and unloading more than 700 containers.