The Port of New Orleans saw a 60 percent increase in containerized volume in the first half of 2010, the port said.The port handled more than 200,000 TEUs through June and said it is on pace to top 400,000 TEUs for the year at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal in 2010.The port said it expects to augment capacity by adding two container gantry cranes in early 2011, and $11.8 million in projects...

Yoram Hoffman, managing director A.M.A. Associated Maritime Agencies Ltd Hamburg Süd's Israel agent, said that as of 26th September / beginning of October 2010, Hamburg Süd  will itroduce its newly configured Europe - Mediterranean services. The new service will be based on a weekly fix day service. The Northern Route (EMNR) and the Europe - East Mediterranean/Israel Service (UKEI),...

With disbursement of foreign investment slowing down to a mere US$508 million last month, the government has dispatched task forces to major FDI destinations nationwide to study the situation.Tuoi Tre spoke to Nguyen Thi Bich Van, deputy head of Foreign Investment Agency, about the ministry’s recent moves.What is the purpose of dispatching the task force?Many major projects worth over $1 billion...

George Buckley, global chief of the US-based consumer and industrial conglomerate, visited Vietnam for the first time Thursday and spoke to TuoiTreNews about Vietnam’s role in 3M’s global value chain, reverse innovation, and training future business leaders.What is the purpose of your trip to Vietnam?Several times a year, the head of international operations and I travel to several countries,...

CMA CGM has taken delivery in South Korea of the CMA CGM Corte Real, a very large container ship with a capacity of 13,830 20-foot equivalent units that is the third in a series of eight vessels of this size named after the great explorers.  The new ship, which was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, will join the CMA CGM Christophe Colomb and the CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci on the...