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Retail Asia28/02/2024

Over 4,800 containers have been left unclaimed for more than 90 days at Ho Chi Minh City sea ports, causing difficulties for logistics activities. HCMC Customs said that the goods include wood, scrap and others. Many companies imported their goods in excess before the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday which began Feb. 8., causing a […]

Retail Asia30/03/2023

Seaport operators want the government to increase its terminal handling charge as they claim they lose billions of dollars annually at the current level, which is lowest in Southeast Asia. In a proposal to the government by the Private Sector Development Committee, port operators say that the current terminal handling charge (THC) in Vietnam is […]

Retail Asia04/10/2021

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Vietnam needs VND313 trillion ($13.77 billion) by 2030 to upgrade and optimize its port system to reduce dependency on road transportation and boost trade. There will be two special graded terminals: Nam Do Son in the northern city of Hai Phong and Cai Mep in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, according to a […]

Retail Asia08/05/2018

The new terminal will double the current loading capacity of the biggest port in northern Vietnam. A new deep-water port is set to open this month in Vietnam’s northern city of Hai Phong. The city is a major sea gateway for Vietnam, but the existing port cannot receive large container ships as it lies on […]

Retail Asia01/06/2017

Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said the Port of Tanjung Api-Api in the regency of Banyuasin, South Sumatra, is to be operational in December, 2017. Physical construction of the project is already completed, but the port basin is not yet safe for big ships, Budi said after a meeting on the port and the progress […]

Retail Asia11/05/2017

Myanmar Mahar Htun (MMH) to provide technology and solutions for Myanmar’s busy ports with ever-increasing requirements. Through this collaboration, MMH will equip ports with cranes that feature Siemens’ technology, which would enable them to upgrade their services, enhance safety features and improve productivity. This is in alignment with the focus of Myanmar Port Authority (MPA) […]

Retail Asia27/04/2017

PT Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) in Tanjung Priok said it has entered a new era when it succeeded in serving a giant ship, the Otello of Frances Compagnie Maritime dAffretement – Compagnie Generali Maritime (CMA-CGM). “The ships of CMA-CGM are the largest ever making a call at Tanjung Priok,” Chief Executive of JICT, Gunta […]

Retail Asia24/02/2017

A giant container vessel arrived at Cai Mep International Terminal in Vietnam’s southern region Monday, helping mark the port on the world’s shipping map. The 194,000-DWT Margrethe Maersk of 399 meters long of the world’s biggest container ship family was built in 2015 and is owned by Denmark’s Maersk Line. The vessel can carry 18,300 […]

Retail Asia15/11/2016

Germany, which has been aggressively pushing for closer economic ties with Iran following the lifting of international sanctions against the latter, wants to play a pivotal role in the modernizing and upgrading of Iran’s dilapidated infrastructure and transport system. Germany signed six memoranda of understanding (MoUs) aimed at boosting transport cooperation following a late October […]

Retail Asia04/11/2016

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“China is by a wide margin the Port of Hamburg’s most important trading partner,” said Axel Mattern, joint CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing. “We aim to do justice to this by now offering our internet presence, not just in German and English as the language of shipping, but also in Chinese. On our travels […]

Retail Asia30/08/2016

President Director of state-owned seaport operator PT Pelindo II Elvyn G. Masassya said the implementation of a single Internet-based electronic service or the Indonesia Port Net (Inaportnet) in Pelindo I to Pelindo IV has entered the finalization stage. Inaportnet is expected to improve connectivity of the four enterprises. Masasya added the Inaportnet application throughout all […]

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4,800 containers unclaimed at HCMC ports

Port operators want container fee raised

Vietnam eyes $13.7 billion port upgrade to boost trade

New deep-sea port to boost logistics capacity in Vietnam

Tanjung Api-Api Port to start operation in December

Siemens partners with MMH to provide technology for Myanmar’s ports

Giant ships begin to make a call at Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok

World’s largest container ship docks in southern Vietnam

Germany To Help Iran’s Port Infrastructure

The Port of Hamburg has launched a Chinese-language version of its website

Indonesia Port Net to be Launched by Year-End