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NewsContainer terminal meets the mark
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd''s award of its first Container Terminal Quality Indicator (CTQI) standard is an important step towards meeting the challenge of comparing global box terminals.
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NewsLondon Gateway clears final hurdle
DP World''s monster London Gateway port project has received the final seal of approval from the UK Government, making its dream of creating the country''s most advanced container port a reality.
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NewsLiverpool crane crashing marks a sign of the times
Dramatic photos taken as the Port of Liverpool disposed of two redundant quayside cranes mark striking images of port progression in the 21st Century.
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Hauliers fined in Barcelona
Road haulage organisations Transcont and ALTC have been issued with fines of ¢ 7.3m ($11.6m) and ¢ 7.6m ($12.1m) respectively by Spain''s competition authority for restrictive practices involving operations in the container terminals at the port of Barcelona.
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France to privatise ports
Seven of France''s nine public ports - Bordeaux, Dunkirk, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire and Rouen - are to be privatised, with investment made available by the state to boost throughput from 3.6m teu/year to 10m teu/year by 2015.
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Sjursøya Phase Two delayed till 2014
Completion of phase two of the Port of Oslo''s container terminal at Sjursø ya has been put on hold and is unlikely to open before 2014.
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NewsMarval and MSC end cooperation
Marí tima Valenciana and MSC have ended the management contract that the former has at the latter''s home terminal in the port of Valencia.
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Productivity Award for APM Cranes
APM Terminal''s Zeebrugge has been awarded a Crane Productivity Award by APL for its handling of the New World Alliance weekly South China Express (SCX) service.
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NewsPlanners relax conditions for Felixstowe
Hutchison Ports (UK)''s deepwater container expansion at Felixstowe appears to be a step nearer after local planners agreed to a variation in the conditions attached to the project''s original planning consent.
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NewsBulgarian terminal finance
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has agreed to a loan of ¢ 238m ($364.4m) to finance the construction of two terminals at the ports of Bourgas and Varna. Construction will be completed by 2015.
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NewsGreek port privatisation resisted by labour
Piraeus Port Authority has lost its legal challenge to have ruled illegal a strike by dockworkers protesting their opposition to the privatisation of container terminals in Greek ports.
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Responsibility links with opportunity for CSOs
There is no doubt that port security is a growing concern. However, findings by the recent SSR Personnel corporate salary survey, although not specific to the marine industry, show that at the Chief Security Officers'' (CSO) level there is still a broad anomaly in responsibility from one organisation to another.
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Medcenter Mediterranean number one
Medcenter Container Terminal at the Italian port of Gioia Tauro reported a 9.2% hike in throughput last year to 3.44m teu, making it the Mediterranean''s most important container transhipment hub.
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NewsStacking capacity lifted
Finnish port operator Steveco Oy aims to expand its container handling capacity at the Port of Kotka with a new order for 10 straddle carriers from Kalmar. The new ESC440W machines will be capable of stacking one container higher than those currently employed at the Mussalo Container Terminal.
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NewsReal-life £1.75m port training centre launched
His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, has officially opened a world-class £ 1.75m port and international trade training facility on the UK''s north west coast.
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NewsCapacity crisis brewing in north Europe
The European ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and Bremerhaven must urgently develop their infrastructure to accommodate rapidly rising traffic, or risk a loss of business, a study by HypoVereinsbank has urged.
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Eurogate on a roll
In 2007, the Eurogate group handled a combined 13.87m teu, which was 10.6% higher than the previous year. Bremerhaven and Hamburg saw traffic rise by 12% to 7.8m teu; Contship Italia reported an 8.8% hike to 5.82m teu.
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Albania port proposal
The government of Albania has received a ¢ 500m ($765.6m) proposal to build a new container port at Vlora. This was put forward by an Anglo-Swiss company, Zumax, which also proposes to build a surrounding industrial estate. At present, all Albanian container traffic is channelled through the port of Durres, ...
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Planners approve major expansion in warehousing at Liverpool
Planners have given the go-ahead for the second phase of development of Liverpool Intermodal Freeport Terminal (LIFT).
