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EXPANSION WILL BOOST SHORTSEA
Rotterdam Shortsea Terminal (RST) expects throughput to grow considerably this year.
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MARSEILLES MAINTAINS BOX GROWTH
The dominance of Maersk can be seen in figures released by Algeciras port authority covering January and February 2005 during which throughput at the port amounted to 501,514 TEUs.Container growth at Marseilles is running at 10% compared with last year following throughput of 608,000TEUs in the eight months to the ...
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NewsAmsterdam's coal transhipments business on the up
A 31-acre site is to be developed at Amsterdam including two deepsea quays, 300 metres each, to increase capacity for storage and transhipment of coal which has seen big increases over the past five years: Germany no longer extracts coal but imports it via Amsterdam from Australia, South Africa, Colombia ...
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NEW TANK TERMINAL FOR EUROPOORT
Euro Tank Terminal (ETT) has started construction of a new tank terminal for mineral oils at Rotterdam.
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Spanish ports rank fourth in Europe
A recent report identified Spain as Europe''s fourth most important country in terms of port traffic. While the UK attracts 18% of the combined 3.05 billion tonnes handled by the Continent''s ports, Spain occupies a credible fourth place behind both Italy and Holland with an 11% share. In terms of ...
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Cork calls for investment
Dermot O' Mahoney, chairman, Port of Cork Company, referring to the port' s 2002 strategic development plan, says an investment of € 350m is required if the port is to stay in business. " I know that the Port of Cork situation is replicated in each of the major ports ...
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NEW CRANE FOR FELIXSTOWE
Felixstowe has taken delivery of another STS quay crane from ZPMC, part of an order for ten RTGs and three quay cranes. The new crane will be amongst the largest in the port capable of handling containers stowed 22-wide and will be equipped with twin-lift capability and heavy lift capacity ...
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NewsCasella measures noise at Dover
Passengers, terminal staff and residents are benefiting from the port''s noise policies.
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No ISPS gold for Piraeus yet
Of all the ports in the world to fail to meet the requirements of the ISPS Code, Piraeus would not be an immediate selection.
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NO WALTZ ON THE DANUBE
Creating an all-river route from the Atlantic to the Black Sea remains problematic. The European Union is financing upgrades along the Main-Danube canal, but barge transit times remain too long. In addition, low bridges restrict container carryings to twohigh, although a recent study showed that three-high carriage is possible with ...
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NewsCRUNCH TIME FOR THE RHINE
Barging containers along the river Rhine is an increasingly popular transport mode. But, as Neil Madden reports, congestion problems at the river''s seaport end have proved frustrating for shippers and carriers.
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NewsAN IDEA WITH LEGS INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY
When ICTSI took over Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) Gdynia, it became clear that much of the equipment it took ownership of had been exceptionally well looked after. Jan Mors, BCT''s executive vice-president comments: " The function in the terminal was excellent. Technical and maintenance was good and equipment had at ...
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NewsREADY FOR A CHALLENGE
As Poland accedes to the European Union, Benedict Young assesses the county''s economic prospects and visits the port of Gdynia to investigate how it is preparing for the rigours of free European trade.
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NewsTIGHTENING HIS GRIP ON THE VEHICLE SECTOR
Emanuele Grimaldi has been managing director of the Naples-based Grimaldi Group since 1986 having previously worked as line manager on the company''s various international services. Alex Hughes talks to a shipowner who takes his terminal operations just as seriously.
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..with new rail link to boost box traffic..
Fifteen companies have bid to provide a dual gauge rail access to Valencia''s key southern zone where container traffic is being progressively concentrated.
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..meanwhile TCV is a victim of its own success
The port''s number twocontainer terminal, TCV, continues to experience significant congestion problems following 18 months of consecutive volume growth.
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NewsP&O Ports star performer in group half-year report
The P& O Group recently delivered a half-year trading report that highlighted the strong performance of the group''s core P& O Ports division.
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NewsBanks crowd in for Baltic Container Terminal business
ICTSI, the Manila-based international container terminal developer and operator, is understood to be at an advanced stage of concluding financing arrangements for a largescale expansion of capacity at its wholly-owned Baltic Container Terminal subsidiary in Gdynia, Poland.
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Amsterdam angst
The rumour mill is buzzing that with Rotterdam experiencing container congestion problems off the back of strong container growth, NYK, part owner of the Ceres Paragon Terminal in Amsterdam, is increasing the pressure on its partners in the Grand Alliance to make use of the Paragon Terminal. The innovative terminal ...
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Valencia consolidates shortsea shipping..
Valenciaport is to transfer all shortsea shipping services and new vehicles traffic to a new area based around an extension of the port''s Eastern Dyke. A new 250 metre-wide quay, some 1,000 metres in length, is to be built parallel to the dyke, in addition to a second new quay, ...
