Europe – Page 104
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Antwerp reduces dues
Antwerp Port Authority has frozen most of its dues at 2008 levels to combat losses and lend a hand to the struggling shipping industry.
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Cartagena pushes on with El Gorguel
Cartagena Port Authority is planning to start construction of a new container port at El Gorguel in 2013. A tender for an environmental impact assessment is due to be issued shortly.
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Accolade for ABP's emissions reduction
Associated British Ports (ABP) has been awarded official certification by the Carbon Trust for reducing its carbon emissions by 8.3% between 2006 and 2008.
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Genova to recover 2007 traffic levels by 2012
Studies carried out by Ocean Shipping Consultants suggest that it will not be until 2012 at the earliest that Genova Port will be able to return to traffic levels last seen in 2007.
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Rotterdam to offer rebates
The Port of Rotterdam is to give a one-off rebate in 2010 on both sea and inland harbour dues.
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Barcelona bans Iscomar
100,000 ($149,200) and settling outstanding debts, but this was not done.
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New owner for PD Ports
The recapitalisation of BBI infrastructure through the creation of a new investor company, Brookfield, has lead to the ownership of PD ports passing to its UK subsidiary, Brookfield Ports (UK). BBI has been the owner of PD Ports from early 2006.
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NewsUK freight falls
New figures point to a 4.1% fall in UK short sea unit load freight capacity over the last year.
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NewsAlgeciras units arrive
The first six out of a total of 32 transtainer cranes have been landed at the Port of Algeciras Bay.
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Traffic up at Zeebrugge
The Belgian port of Zeebrugge has bucked the downturn to post a volume increase of 1.5% for the first three quarters of this year.
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NewsStrikes at Piraeus ruled illegal
The Greek judiciary has labelled as "illegal" strikes against the new concessionaire at the Port of Piraeus, a verdict that trade unions have renounced as "unjust".
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Ditch paper reliance to further short sea shipping
Short sea shipping in Europe is being held back by reliance on old-fashioned paper management systems, according to Alberto Magrassi, an expert in shipping systems from IT firm Elsag Datamat.
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UK needs focus for "greening" of ports
Despite making "significant inroads" in environmental management, the majority of UK ports do not feel that they are doing enough, according to the ''Green Ports'' survey from Royal Haskoning.
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NewsUkraine port accused of "embezzeling" by NCC
The Ukranian Supreme Court has ruled that the agreement between the Russian National Container Company (NCC) and the state-run Commercial Sea Port of Illichivsk (SCPI) is void, effectively forcing NCC''s Ukrainian subsidiary Ukrtranscontainer to wind up its business in the country.
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Flemish ports present single face to market
Every other tonne of cargo moved through the Flanders ports of Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend and Zeebrugge is part of a short sea cargo - unless you look at Ostend, when the figure shoots up to more than 99 tonnes in 100.
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NewsTIS dispute may resolve soon
Ukraine''s Yuzhny port authority has signed a deal confirming that it will register the berths built by Transinvestservice (TIS) in its port so that they can become operational - in return for a year''s delay in a compensation claim by TIS.
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Ukraine forges ahead with port development
The Ukrainian government has given the go-ahead for the expansion of Odessa, Yuzhny and Illichevsk into additional land areas.
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NewsMarco Polo grant qualification to get easier ne
More than 420 companies have had financial support from the European Union''s Marco Polo fund since its inception almost seven years ago - and rules for unlocking more of the ¢ 450m ($671m) set aside for grants will be made simpler from next year.
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NewsShortsea: For Europe, the future lies in the past
For Europe and its shortsea ambitions, the future lies in the past, as Stuart Pearcey explains
