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Crane saftey clarification
Dear Sir The story "Crane safety should not be optional" in your December issue was accompanied by a picture taken at the Port of Felixstowe, and a caption stating that the joint crane safety project would reduce injuries and damage in the event of accidents.To avoid anyone getting the wrong ...
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NewsMarín deepens draught to cater for box beasts
The Spanish north-western port of Marín is to deepen its draught from 12 metres to 14 metres-15 metres in order to accommodate larger vessels. Currently, some large ships have to undertake very complicated manoeuvres at high tide in order to access the port.
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Upgrade loan for Vyborg
A multi-purpose port situated in the Gulf of Vyborg, about 113km from St Petersburg, will be helped in its ¢ 233m ($366m) modernisation by a ¢ 115m ($180.7m) loan from the European Bank of Reconstruction & Development.
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Latvia eyes Russian/Asian cargo
Latvia''s is set to carve out a role for itself as a transhipment and handling centre for containerised cargo to and from Russia, China, Korea and other Asian states, according to officials. To add further value, the country will provide additional logistics and transport infrastructure.
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Russia goes deeper
A new deep water port is to be built at Karelian Belomorsk in Russia, 376 kilometres from Petrozavodsk.
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Spanish port for Dubai link
Tarragona, near Barcelona, is to be the first of DP World''s Spanish ports. DP World has acquired a 60% shareholding in Contarsa Sociedad de Estiba which holds the exclusive concession for the container terminal.
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Post-panamax at Helsinki
Finland''s newest container facility, Vuosaari Port in Helsinki, will soon be able to hande post-panamax ships carrying up to 18 containers abreast with recently delivered Kalmar ship-to-shore cranes.
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Kalmar tractors for St Petersburg
The Russian National Container Company has ordered 19 TR618i (Icon series) tractors from Kalmar for two terminals in St Petersburg. The units are scheduled to be delivered by September 2008.
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Tallinn port strategy unveiled
Estonia''s Port of Tallinn has finalised a new strategy covering the period up to 2015, which focuses primarily on containers, for which it has capacity of up to 1.2m teu per annum. The port will also concentrate on new car traffic, which currently accounts for 300,000 units annually.
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Dibden Bay "safeguarded" for the future
Dibden Bay will be "safeguarded" for future use within Southampton''s port masterplanning exercise, it has been revealed.
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Dorset withdraws objections to Portland plans
Dorset County Council has withdrawn its objections to a major expansion at the south coast port of Portland, after the port agreed to contribute to the cost of local road improvements.
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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.
