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Port of Seattle A community watchdog group says the Port of Seattle needs to find out how it is affecting the health of its neighbors. Puget Sound Sage released results from a public survey today. The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency reports that … for Seattle and Tacoma residents living close to freeways, ports or industrial [...]  According to Mr Xie Xin vice GM of Shanghai COSCO Kawasaki Heavy Industries Steel Structure Co Ltd, there are many problems before China ship plate producers who can’t compared with oversea rivals. 1. The industrial layout and product specification of ship plate can’t match the development plan in shipbuilding industry. … 2. Mr Xie said [...] SSA Marine plans to make a huge gamble on new container crane technology which, if successful, will revolutionize cargo-handling in the port industry. … Ed DeNike, chief operating officer, predicts that container moves per-hour, per-crane, which average about 26 to 27 in Southern California, would increase to 40 to 50 moves per hour. The current [...] Auditors for the world’s third-largest container shipping company CMA CGM S.A. have raised doubts about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern if it fails to reach agreement with its lenders over a restructuring of its $5.2 billion debt, according to a document seen by Dow Jones Newswires. … The company’s interim financial statements, dated Sept. [...] Port of Long Beach, CA The Long Beach Harbor Commissioners have changed a five-month-old incentive plan in hopes of increasing the volume of rail cargo through the Port of Long Beach. The incentive program gives ocean carriers $20 for each additional 20-foot inter-modal container shipped through the port “over and above the baseline year.” [...] |
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