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NewsHPUK starts work on Felixstowe South expansion
A quayside ceremony featuring three perfectly synchronised earth movers marked the start of construction work on the Port of Felixstowe''s new deepwater container berths.
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FESCO Vladivostok deal
FESCO transport group has acquired a 50% stake in Vladivostok Container Terminal, which it picked up after acquiring all of the shares of the National Container Company from the N-Trans group. The deal was worth $200m.
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NewsBristol applies for HRO
Bristol Port Company has submitted a harbour revision order application and environmental statement to the government for its planned 1.5m teu deepsea container terminal.
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Maersk departure hits Alicante
Maersk has withdrawn its South Iberia feeder service from the port of Alicante after just three months.
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Algeciras funds secure
Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA) has approved an investment package of ¢ 59m ($87.9m) to expand existing port infrastructure, including construction of the new Adosado terminal and reinforcement of Juan Carlos I quay.
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New blood at Tarragona
DP World (60%) and Zim (40%) have bought Tarragona container terminal operator Contarsa, which is currently handling 150,000 teu.
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Russian port commitment
Russia is to spend ¢ 7.6bn ($11.3bn) on developing ports in the North West, of which ¢ 2.1bn ($3.1bn) will come from the Federal Budget. Ust-Luga should be handling up to 130m tonnes by 2015, Primorsk in the region of 25m tonnes, Vyborg 3m tonnes and Vystock 12m tonnes. Kaliningrad ...
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Workers offer alternatives at Cagliari
Cagliari container terminal concessionaire CICT has recently had talks with trade unions regarding working practices, especially covering ad hoc vessel calls, during what has become a period of crisis for the terminal.
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Genova seeks legel assistance
The port authority of Genova has asked the government for help to resolve the legal impasse that is threatening to stall operations in the port.
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HPH wins Salonika
Thessaloniki Port Authority has approved the decision made by its valuation committee to award a concession to Hutchison Port Holdings to operate the container terminal at the port of Salonika.
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Black Sea strength for APM
APM has begun development of a container terminal at the Ukrainian Port of Illichivsk.
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Russian market for Spanish engineer
Spanish company Fabrisem SL has broken into the Russian/CIS market with a contract for 17 trailers for National Container Company. Twelve trailers will be delivered to First Container Terminal in St Petersburg with the other five being delivered to the off-dock container terminal in Shushary, 20 km away.
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NewsThird terminal for Algeciras Bay
Hanjin Shipping subsidiary Total Terminal International Algeciras is going to build and run what is set to be the third container terminal at the Port of Algeciras Bay.
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Odessa stake for CMA
A 50% stake in Odessa container terminal in the Brooklyn Kiev Port, Ukraine, has been sold to Terminal Link, part of the CMA CGM group. The terminal will open late 2008 and have a throughput capacity of 200,000 teu.
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Records for Port of Cork
Turnover at the Ireland''s Port of Cork has reached a record ¢ 24.9m ($38.6m) boosted by landmark throughput figures.
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New director for Port of Tyne
Tom Boardley, chief executive of CMA CGM (UK) Holdings Limited, has been appointed to the board of the Port of Tyne as a non-executive director.
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NewsNew port warehouse in Dublin
A new warehouse at the Port of Dublin has been erected for one of the world''s largest peat producers, Bord na Mona.
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Ukraine seeks more boxes
Ukraine has announced its intention to develop container transport and is interested in speaking to any companies that can help implement this policy in a partnership agreement.
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NewsGulftainer takes on Turkish challenge
Gulftainer has made good on its international expansion promises with a deal with Turkey''s Demas International.
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NewsIACP Olivier Lemaire interview
International Association Cities and Ports boss Olivier Lemaire looks back on 20 years of successful operation in conversation with Felicity Landon
