Guangzhou Port's throughput exceeds 9.2m TEUs

PostTime:2008-01-14 08:34:17 View:1194

Guangzhou Port's cargo throughput exceeded 340 million tonnes in 2007, continuing to rank third in China and fifth in the world, while the port's container throughput exceeded 9.2 million TEUs, ranking fifth in China.Guangzhou Port has invested over US$1.36 billion in port construction and development since the Tenth Five-Year Plan period (2001-2005), establishing 72 new terminals and berths, which bring the total number of port berths to 483, including 63 10,000 tonne-or-above berths, and the newly-added throughput capacity at 55.49 million tonnes and 4.09 million TEUs respectively.Guangzhou will continue to concentrate on the development of the Nansha Port Area and the coastal economic development of Nansha County during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010) and plans to invest over $2.71 billion in relevant projects.

Guangzhou yard to build two Transworld ships for Singapore-Mideast run

PostTime:2007-12-24 08:41:18 View:1852

UAE-based logistics and shipping firm Transworld has awarded a US$80 million shipbuilding contract to China's Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard for two 1,740-TEU ships, Gulf News reported.The order is in line with Transworld's aim to strengthen its fleet given the growing demand for sea freight services. The two geared vessels can travel at 21 knots and are compliant with requirements at different ports and are suited for its primary operations, which include short sea routes providing weekly connections to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Colombo and the Middle East to Jebel Ali, Colombo and Singapore. "With trade in the Middle East region growing six to seven per cent annually, we can expect increases in business activities within the region," said Transworld Group chairman S Ramakrishnan."We have commissioned Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard to work on the single largest order placed by our company this year, which will boost our fleet to a total of 24 vessels by 2011," he said.Dubai is poised to become a major transshipment hub with the rapid growth in sea and airfreight to India, Middle East, Africa and Europe.