Europe – Page 151

  • Lubeck targets intermodal traffic
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    GERMAN PORTS BATTLE BULGES AND EYE THE FUTURE

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Germany''s seaports, including its now integrated former GDR facilities, expect to benefit greatly from the EU''s eastern extension, reports Tom Todd.

  • The EU funded 73% of the development cost of the Setubal multi-purpose terminal. Does the current privatisation programme for it represent good use of this resource?
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    SETBACKS SETUBAL

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Setubal Port Administration has embarked on a privatisation process that flies in the face of the widely anticipated benefits of a more competitive and lower cost operating environment.

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    Waste into energy

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Seemingly worthless waste from Amsterdam and its surroundings that cannot be recycled is being transformed into energy and raw materials in the port area of Amsterdam.

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    Howells picks up Ceto

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Wales-based emergency response and training company DV Howells - a subsidiary of Milford Haven Port Authority - has expanded its UK presence with the acquisition of a specialist business with bases in Falmouth and Huddersfield.

  • PRESTIGE breaking up
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    Spain's self-defeating decree

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The Spanish Government''s decision to put a half billion dollar price-tag on a place of refuge for ships in distress is counter-productive and in some situations could actually increase the threat to the environment, according to the International Salvage Union (ISU).

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    ADM buys in Rotterdam

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The sale of the Europoort terminal I of European Bulk Services (EBS) to Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has been finalized.

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    Valencia to expand facilities

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Valencia port authority has adopted a plan which will ensure that sufficient capacity will be available at the port until at least 2015. Both the main port of Valencia and the secondary harbour at Sagunto will be simultaneously expanded, with all work to be completed by 2007.

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    Hamburg joins financial race for JNPT

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Overall, he notes, Indian ports are beginning to lack competitiveness compared to other regional players, which places the country's overseas trade at risk.Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has taken a 26% stake in the consortium put together by United Liner Agencies (India) to bid for the new container terminal development at ...

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    MASTER-CLASS OF MISTAKES

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    There is a view that all the facts are not being properly presented in conjunction with future UK container port expansion.

  • Marine access issues have not been fully unveiled in conjunction with the proposed Dibden Bay project and on this basis how can the UK Government make an informed decision?
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    UK PORT PLANNING BLIND SPOTS?

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Port Strategy (PS) continues its focus on the role of government in UK containerport expansion, which, sadly, continues to represent a master-class in how it shouldn''t be done, writes Mike Mundy

  • Murphy: I/D cards an issue
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    Teesport looks beyond ISPS

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    In our November/ December 2003 issue, PS spoke to managers at PD Teesport to report on their preparations for the ISPS Code. Since then, things have been moving apace.

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    Corus goes north

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Corus is to supply 5,000 tons of sheet piles along with pre-fabricated anchorage for the construction of two brand new multi-purpose quays, Nordurbakki and Skarfabakki, in Reykjavik.

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    Father Thames gets makeover

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Over £ 1.3 billion is due to be invested in Port of London terminals in the next ten years and plans are underway to bring some unused wharves in London back into cargo handling use.

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    New port development in Tenerife

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The secretary of state for infrastructure, Benigno Blanco, confirmed that Spain''s development ministry would invest € 32.2m in the initial phase of Tenerife''s new Granadilla Port in 2004.

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    Algeciras to invest €61m

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Algeciras is to make its largest ever yearly investment in 2004, when € 61m will be spent on infrastructure projects (see PS Jan/Feb 2004 p.16). This contrasts to € 24.4m spent in 2002 and € 48.3m in 2003. Of the total, € 13.4m will come from the EU''s cohesion fund. ...

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    Marseilles lures Eastern trades

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Marseilles' total throughput last year of 95.5m tons (3.6% up on 2002) was the highest since 1988. Key cargo growth came at Fos container terminal where a throughput of almost 533,000TEUs (+8.8%) was boosted by seven new services on the booming east-west trades. These services with bigger ships lifted capacity ...

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    Teesport savours Southern Discomfort

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Teesport Container Terminal 2 (TCT2), the recently opened second container terminal at PD Teesport in Middlesbrough, is achieving significant improvements in operational effectiveness for the port and its customers. Over the past three months PD Teesport has accomplished improved productivity with over 50 lifts per hour.

  • Eurogates Hamburg terminal 18.5% up
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    Eurogate Hamburg to pull the big boys

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The first piles have been driven in a five-year project to modernise the Eurogate Container Terminal in Hamburg and attract big boxships as that group reports record handling. The project, which will last 18 months, includes the renewal of quay walls and flood defences at the Predohlkai Berth 1 and ...

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    ABP invests in Southwest

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports'' (ABP) ports of Plymouth and Teignmouth witnessed growth in important trades in 2003, while investment programmes being undertaken at both ports are being progressed to secure the future prosperity of ABP''s southwest flank.

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    Interforest Terminal Rotterdam

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    At Plymouth, the Brittany Ferries-operated services to Roscoff and Santander posted a 20% increase in ro-ro traffic.Interforest Terminal Rotterdam is expanding in the Eemhaven area with a container section and new handling equipment. It has ordered a gantry crane from Kalmar (seen being signed up here) and leased 6.5 ha ...