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Trade indonesia
Logistics
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4,800 containers unclaimed at HCMC ports

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…

Logistics Index 1
Logistics
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Port operators want container fee raised

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…

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Logistics
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Vietnam eyes $13.7 billion port upgrade to boost trade

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…

logistics
Logistics
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New deep-sea port to boost logistics capacity in Vietnam

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…

Tanjung Api Api Port
Logistics
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Tanjung Api-Api Port to start operation in December

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…

Export containers crane lorry in port
Logistics
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Giant ships begin to make a call at Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok

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…

margarethe maersk
Logistics
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World’s largest container ship docks in southern Vietnam

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…

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Logistics
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Germany To Help Iran’s Port Infrastructure

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…

port net
Logistics
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Indonesia Port Net to be Launched by Year-End

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.…