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  Ports of the Seine report first quarter of 2012

  15 May 2012 - Cargo volumes and throughput, Containers, Grain

  The ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris have reported handling a shipping tonnage of 22.3 million tonnes for the first quarter of 2012, matching records for the same period in 2011.

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  ILWU and EGT reach tentative agreement over controversial Longview grain terminal

  26 Jan 2012 - Cargo volumes and throughput, Grain, Port Planning, Ports

  Longview’s controversial new terminal could finally begin exporting grain after a tentative agreement was reached between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and EGT.

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  Dunkerque-Port reports 10 percent traffic rise during first nine-months of 2011

  09 Nov 2011 - Cargo volumes and throughput, Containers, Grain, Iron ore, Oil, RoRo & Passengers, Ports, Dunkirk

  Dunkerque-Port has reported traffic volumes of 35.05 Million Tonnes (MT) from the start of the year till the end of September, representing a 10 percent over the same period in 2010.

• Throughput at the Port of Rotterdam stabilizes

  16 Oct 2009 - Cargo volumes and throughput, Containers, Grain, Oil, RoRo & Passengers, Steel, Ports, Rotterdam

  The amount of cargo handled in the port of Rotterdam decreased by 11.9% to 283 million tonnes in the first nine months of this year. Almost every type of cargo displayed negative growth: iron and scrap metal (-56%), agribulk (-18%), coal (-17%), other dry bulk (-19%), crude oil (-7%), other liquid bulk (-19%), containers (-12%), roll on/roll off (-13%), and other general cargo (-23%).

• Port of Tacoma 2008 cargo volumes reflect global economic conditions

  29 Jan 2009 - Cargo volumes and throughput, Breakbulk, Containers, Grain, Intermodal & Transshipment, RoRo & Passengers, Ports, Tacoma

  Reflecting the global recession and its effects on U.S. consumer demand and shipping, cargo volumes fell at the Port of Tacoma in 2008.

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