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NewsBathside Bay 'not until mid next decade'
The construction of a new UK container terminal at Bathside Bay, Harwich is unlikely to start until at least the middle of the next decade, a seminar on port congestion has been told.
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NewsTCB expansion tender issued
Barcelona Port Authority has issued a tender for the extension of the South Quay, which will be incorporated into the concession of Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB).
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Duisburg multimodal terminal
Duisburg is to be the home of a new 35,000 sq m trimodal container terminal, part funded by South Africa''s Imperial Group. Due to open in spring 2009, the terminal will be part of a new transportation link between the Upper Rhine ports and Duisburg, handling cargo which is not ...
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NewsCharity begins at home
A community fund in Felixtowe has been launched with the backing of twelve local shipping and transport companies.
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Maersk signs up with Felixstowe
Maersk Line has signed a ten-year agreement with the Port of Felixstowe which will give the shipping line priority terminal usage.
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Green scheme for Southampton
A UK first has been made by the ABP Port of Southampton who has recently started to obtain its power through a combined heat-and-power-led district energy scheme, reducing the port''s carbon dioxide emissions by 30%.
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Three in the frame for Salonika
Salonika Port in Greece says that it will have addressed all objections raised as part of the bidding process in respect of privatisation of port handling by the end of July.
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Tanger Med takes its toll
The reach of Morocco''s Tanger Med behemoth is already being felt across the Mediterranean, with Las Palmas Port reporting a drop in container throughput over the first quarter.
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NewsInvestment for Hull
A new eight-year agreement for Hull Container Terminal includes a £ 4m investment by PD Ports to be used to implement IT systems, refurbish the existing ship-to-shore cranes and reconfigure the terminal layout to improve efficiency.
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NewsSetúbal boosts box throughput
Short sea shipping company Portline has recently defected from the port of Lisbon to the port of Setú bal.
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Klaipeda 2017 port
A new port at Klaipeda in Lithuania is scheduled to be completed by 2017. This will be built on an artificial island and be used to handle oil products, fertiliser, containers and new vehicles.
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Bullish Illichevsk forecast
The port of Illichevsk in Ukraine believes it can boost throughput to 3.2m teu within five years following the upgrade of existing handling facilities. This compares with a throughput of 455,976 teu handled by Ukrtanscontainer at berths 3-6 last year, along with a further 100,000T teu generated by CMA CGM ...
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Poland access upgrades
Poland is to invest up to ¢ 780m ($1.2bn) on improving access to its ports by 2014. To date, ¢ 150m ($233.7m) has been spent on upgrades in this area.
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Barents Sea port goes international
The Russian port of Varandey, located on the Barents Sea, is to be opened to international maritime traffic. This follows requests from the local authorities and from various institutions within the Russian Federation.
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Russia growth prediction
According to Russia''s Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport, throughput at ports in Russia is forecast to grow by 10%-12% during 2008. By 2015, overall volume of cargo is expected to reach 700m tonnes, which compares with the 450m tonnes handled in 2007.
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Tarragona container attracts DPW
ZIM and DP World have presented a joint offer to the Spanish port of Tarragona to operate a container terminal in the expansion area. The former will hold a 40% stake in the business and the latter one of 60%.
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NewsDryports can play vital role
A ground-breaking ¢ 4.8m ($7.5m) European project is to examine the role that "dryports" can play in maximising the capacity and efficiency of sea ports, while also shifting traffic off the roads and on to rail or inland waterways.
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Throughput disappearing at Ust-Danube
Ust-Danube port in Ukraine reported losses last year of around $3m, as a result of a 71% decline in throughput to 75,400 tonnes in 2007 and one of 59% during the previous year.
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Ust-Luga terminal planned
Asia Invest LTD (Kazakhstan) has signed a memorandum of interest with Ust-Luga OJSC to build a general cargo transhipment terminal at the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga. This 4m tonne capacity facility will require investment of $293m, with the initial phase scheduled to commence operations by 2012.
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Muuga undeterred by construction delays
Tallinn Port Authority is pressing ahead with the initial phase of its eastern port development at Muuga, despite problems with assessing bids to undertake the necessary construction.
