Canada’s Ridley Terminals monthly coal exports jump to seven-year high Coal exports from the Ridley Terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, jumped to a seven-year high 1.16 million mt in May, according to data from the Prince Rupert Port Authority. This total, which combines metallurgical and thermal coal, was up 52.5% from 761,104 mt in April, and the highest level since 1.19 million mt was ...

Set up industrial port project in southern Kuwait, says KPA Kuwait Ports Authority has requested the allocation of the industrial port project in the southern part of the country. In this regard, Director General of Kuwait Ports Authority, Sheikh Yusuf Al-Abdullah, explained the request is within the implementation of His Highness the Amir’s Vision to reduce dependence on oil revenues and to create development projects ...

Indian Customs Introduces Paperless Customs Continuing its trend to make the Customs operation more and more paperless and promote face-less, paperless and contactless customs CBIC decided to rely upon digital copies of the Shipping Bill and do away with the requirement of taking bulky printouts from the Service Center or maintenance of voluminous physical dockets in the Custom Houses. Board ...

Afghanistan transits 76-TEU cargo to India through Chabahar Afghanistan has sent 39 containers with a total capacity of 76 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) to India through Iran’s southeastern Chabahar port, IRIB reported, quoting Behrouz Aghaei, the director general of Sistan-Baluchestan Ports and Maritime Department. According to Aghaei, 30 refrigerated containers and nine conventional ones (a total of 76 TEUs) were shipped from Chabahar ...

Brazil’s 2nd largest port disrupted by strong winds, authority says The port authority of Brazil’s second busiest port for grains and sugar, Paranaguá, said on Wednesday it is evaluating damages caused by strong winds the previous day. The authority said that two shiploaders at the port were displaced by the winds, adding that some terminals have no power to move conveyor belts, causing disruptions of ...