Figures released by Hong Kongs Census and Statistics Department this week reveal a steep decline in port cargo for the fourth quarter of 2018. In the last three months of 2018, total port cargo throughput fell 13% compared with the fourth q

Hainan province is continuing its efforts to promote the development of the free trade zone covering the whole island, while exploring ways to build a free trade port, provincial officials said on Thursday. Liu Cigui, Party secretary of Hai

Ningbo Zhoushan port in eastern Chinas Zhejiang Province saw roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) car exports through the port reach 10,000 on Tuesday, according to the port. Most of the exports were done since the beginning of this year. A ship carrin

Chinas thriving Ningbo-Zhoushan port is expanding its Chuanshan port area to raise its container handling capacity by 600,000 TEU by building new berths. Chuanshan port mostly services container and bulk cargo, as well as liquefied natural

Resilience planning is under way and UK ports have been working constructively with the Government to explore ways to mitigate the possible cross border issues that might arise at Roll-on Roll-off ports in the short term, in the event of a

Nansha International Cruise Home Port, an international cruise home port, is expected to commence operations in Nansha of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, in November this year, according to sources with the port development co

Sailing the direct sea freight route between Taiwans Kaohsiung and Fujians Pingtan of east China, a freighter from Kaohsiung arrived at Pingtan port on its second voyage on Sunday. The goods included almost ten kinds of fresh agricultural a

The cargo throughput of Taicang port in Jiangsu province saw double-digit growth in the first month of 2019, local media reported on Feb 21. Some 21.14 million tons of cargo were delivered in the same period at the port, a year-on-year incr

The Port of Shanghai, the worlds largest port by TEU (twenty-feet equivalent unit) volume has announced it will cooperate with the Port of Ningbo, the worlds largest port by cargo turnover, in the development, operation and management of th

Huanghua port, a major bulk commodity transfer hub in Hebei province, saw its coal loading reach 17.63 million tonnes in January 2019. It exceeded its monthly target by 325,000 tonnes and marked a new high for the same period since its oper

There appears to be no end to the decline in box volumes in Hong Kong. Following the declaration of annual throughput for 2018, which saw volumes slip to 19.54m teu or 5.7%, and the port fall to seventh place in the league of the worlds bus

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd (PTP), a member of the MMC Group, has sealed an agreement with Ramco Systems to upgrade the ports current Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The upgrade is part of PTPs continuous effort in empowe

HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kongs port, which once vied with rival Singapore for global dominance, has slipped out of the worlds top five busiest shipping container terminals for the first time, new data has revealed. The bustling southern Chine

After more than 40 days navigation, the first 200,000-ton manganese ore carrier Genco Claudius successfully arrived at Qingdao Port on February 15. This is the largest tonnage manganese ore carrier docked at Chinese ports. The arrival cerem

Annual cargo throughput surpassed 1 billion tonnes again at Ningbo Zhoushan port in East Chinas Zhejiang Province in 2018, the port operator said Tuesday. This makes the port the first in the world to exceed such volume. The annual containe