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Algeciras unions strike deal with Maersk
After 30 months of negotiation, trade unions at the Port of Algeciras have finally agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement.
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NewsTT Club confident after renewals battle
Mutual insurer TT Club has retained the vast majority of its prime ports and terminals portfolio, following hard fought start-of-the-year renewal negotiations.
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NewsEmail alerts from Thamesport
London Thamesport has introduced an e-mail alert system to update hauliers and port users on operational conditions.
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Public funding for JadeWeser approved
The European Union has approved $765m of public funding for the $1.2bn new deepwater port of Wilhelmshaven in Germany. The money will come from the federal states of Bremen and Lower Saxony. The first 1,000 metres of quay offering 18 metres alongside draught will open in the second half of ...
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Boskalis ditches Smit bid
The Dutch group Royal Boskalis has abandoned plans to acquire Smit International. Boskalis was unable to agree on a structure for the takeover and, given a deterioration in market conditions, decided to pull out of any possible deal.
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NewsBoost for Gdansk
The Polish deepwater container terminal DCT Gdansk has boosted its handling capabilities with the commissioning of three new Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).
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NewsDublin and Algeria plan on Liebherr
As part of port expansion plans, Portroe Stevedores Ltd has taken delivery of six Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for the Port of Dublin, Ireland.
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NewsCrane corners deep sea shipping
A new ship-to-shore gantry crane has arrived at the Port of Liverpool for the Royal Seaforth Container Terminal where berthing for deep sea ships is to be increased by a third.
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NewsRiga projects
The Port of Riga saw volumes increase by 13.8% to 21.9m tonnes in the first nine months of this year. The increase reflected growing volumes in dry bulks, mostly coal but also sugar, cereals, peat moss and ore, says a port spokeswoman.
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NewsKlaipeda cargo record
The Lithuanian port of Klaipeda handled a record 27.36m tonnes last year (2007), an increase of almost 16% on 2006. At the time of writing, the forecast was another 10-15% increase for 2008, to over 30m tonnes.
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Tallinn investments
The Port of Tallinn has set itself strategic goals for its three major business lines - cargo handling, passenger transport and real estate development.
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NewsPainting a rosy picture
A "Baltic Port Barometer" study carried out in June-August this year painted a rosy picture of growth and investment. Felicity Landon examines the findings
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NewsTurkish port's expansion plans
Marport East (previously Kumport), has ordered another eight E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Kalmar to support its five-year expansion plan, which also includes land reclamation and bridge connections.
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The Italian job
Kalmar has acquired an 80% share of two Italian service companies, CVS Technoports and CVS Service from the CVS Ferrari Group, who will retain 20%. The companies will work under the name Officine Cargotec Ferrari and will focus on developing the service offering towards container and material handling customers in ...
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Spain ramps up port investment
Spain''s Development Ministry is to invest ¢ 1.537bn ($1.94bn) in the national ports network, covering construction of 2,900 metres of linear berth and 91 hectares of new operating area.
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El Prat cost doubles
The collapse of 600 metres of newly built quayside at the Port of Barcelona''s Prat development area on the January 1, 2007 has reportedly doubled the cost of the work of constructing the new container terminal there to nearly ¢ 200m ($252.6m).
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Baltic Container Terminal gets set for expansion
The construction of a 200-metre quay extension, due to start next year, will increase capacity at the Baltic Container Terminal in Riga from 600,000 to 1m teu.
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Port hands over headaches
Developing a 40 year relationship, Kalmar has been awarded a three-year service contract to supply empty container handling capacity to the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden.
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Toe into green water for Tilbury
With pressure on ports to both reduce emissions and fuel consumption, ''greener'' units like Kalmar''s hybrid straddle carrier are gaining attention.
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NewsHelsinki brings it together
Despite its teething problems on opening, the Helsinki port of Vuosaari finally got into its stride last week.
