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New Santander bulk terminal
Dragados-SPL has begun the final phase construction work at its new ¢ 50m ($74.3m) dry bulk terminal in the port of Santander. Start-up traffic this year is expected to be 1.5m tonnes, rising to 2m tonnes from 2009.
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Putting wind in Tilbury's sails
The UK''s Port of Tilbury is seeking to harness wind power in a bid to cut carbon emissions and power consumption. It has submitted a planning application to Thurrock Council for the development of its own wind farm, initially for four wind turbines.
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NewsSt Petersburg bows to dockers demands
Russian billionaire Vladimir Lisin has agreed to pay port workers at St Petersburg Seaport salary increases of between 10% and 51% as from February 1.
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Russian dockers demand salary hikes
A strike by dock workers in late 2007 effectively paralysed operations at the Russian port of Tuapse for three days, with dockers eventually ordered back to work following a court ruling.
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Northern neighbours foster relationship
Germany''s Eurogate and Russia''s National Container Company (NCC) have forged a North-European alliance to improve prospects for their respective container terminals in Ust-Luga and Wilhelmshaven.
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Marseilles incentives to woo lines
Marseilles-Fos is offering reduced 2008 port dues to container lines that push increased volumes through the French port.
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Russians invest in Finland
Russian transport company Severstraltrans has bought a 50% stake in Finnish container terminal operator Multi-Link Terminals and Container Depot from Finland''s Container Finance Group.
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NewsSmaller box terminal at Savona
The proposed Vago Ligure container terminal at the port of Savona being promoted by APM Terminals is to be "re-sized". The blow to APM comes after the proposal was referred by local authorities to Italy''s Environment Ministry.
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Green light for Ferrol phase II development
Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority has approved the second phase construction of its outer harbour extension.
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NewsMotorways of the Sea
The pained first steps of a European Union project to encourage more traffic off the roads has so far failed to impress. Alex Hughes investigates
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NewsTransfennica
On September 26, the Dutch shipping line Transfennica inaugurated an MoS service between the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and Bilbao, in Northern Spain. According to operations manager Karel van Zijl, it took about six months of negotiating prior to the launch of the service. This, he explains, was due in ...
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NewsHow to cash in on MoS drive
So what kind of port infrastructure is needed to attract Motorways of the Sea (MoS) services?
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News2008 box trade to grow by 8%
UK analyst, Clarksons Research Services, expects world container traffic will grow by 8% this year in tandem with a 12% rise in handling capacity.
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Ferrovial/Cyes scoop Prat contract
Barcelona Port authority has awarded infrastructure specialists Ferrrovial and Cyes the contract to rebuild the collapsed portion of the new Prat quay.
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VTE gets Votri Sixth
Genova Port Authority has awarded the Sixth Module at Voltri to incumbent operator Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE), which forms part of the PSA group. VTE was awarded 92 points against the 72 points gained by the competing bid from Contship Italia.
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Novorossiysk on acquisitions trail
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port is trying to acquire port assets in both the Black Sea and in the Baltic.
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NewsRotterdam celebrates European first
Rotterdam became the first European port to break through the 400m tonnes throughput barrier in 2007 after final figures for the year revealed a 6.4% increase over 2006, to 406m tonnes.
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MoS services to double Vigo throughput
Motorways of the Sea services should double traffic at the port of Vigo within five years to 4m tonnes/year with an expected eight additional vessel calls a day. These will operate on the route linking Algeciras, Vigo, Saint Nazaire and Le Havre. Other services will link Gijon and Saint Nazaire, ...
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NewsHPH confirmed as mystery Drogheda operator
Drogheda Port Company (DPC) has finally confirmed Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is the "world class operator" that will run its new ¢ 300m ($443.6m) deep-water port in Ireland.
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Valencia advances Levante expansion
Valencia Port has issued a tender in respect of a new outer protection dike, which will enable expansion of Levante quay to go ahead.
