Port Operator

Terminal operator seeks court order to end strike

1 Apr 2013

A port operator at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals is seeking an injunction to force hundreds of dockers back to work as their strike for a pay rise entered its fourth day.

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Strike at Kwai Tsing container terminal set to escalate

31 Mar 2013

Amid heavy rain, about 300 stevedores picketed a terminal roundabout as negotiations over pay with the contractors employing them remained stalled. The workers are seeking a 17 per cent pay rise,...

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Beihai Port beefs up for trade boom

15 Dec 2012

Beihai Port will acquire two other ports and a tugboat company on the mainland for 5.18 billion yuan (HK$6.41 billion).

It will also raise 1.73 billion yuan to boost booming trade between...

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China's Ningbo port on way to regain glory

17 Nov 2012

Ningbo stands a fair chance of overtaking Shenzhen as the mainland's second-busiest port and the world's fourth-busiest in a few years.

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Asian ports need to be as efficient as Europe, shipping executive says

15 Nov 2012

Hong Kong and other Asian ports are falling behind European port operators in terms of productivity, a senior shipping executive has warned.

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Shipping stocks jump on rising freight rates

10 Feb 2009

Shares in shipping companies and port operators rose yesterday as freight rates continued to climb, thanks to rising demand for raw materials in China and more shipments from Europe to Asia on...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Anger at 'light' fine over port worker's death

A court fined one of Hong Kong's main port operators HK$10,000 yesterday over the death of a crane operator in a fall - prompting outrage from a group which helps victims of industrial accidents...

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Mainland ports start security surcharge in June

China's port operators will begin applying a security surcharge to all containerised cargo moving through mainland terminals from June, the ministry said yesterday.

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Cosco Pacific makes docking manoeuvre

Cosco Pacific, one of China's largest port operators, is exploring the possibility of taking an equity stake in Greek ports.

Wei Jia Fu, chairman of Cosco Pacific, and Greek Prime...

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Security fees adrift following rejection

Shipping lines calling at Shenzhen have universally rejected a security fee implemented by port operators last month, sending the highly charged issue back to the negotiating table just weeks...

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One-off costs batter ICTSI result

International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) said its first-quarter profit tumbled 28 per cent because of two non-recurring expenses that will help boost future earnings.

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