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EU OKs investment subsidy to Dutch box terminal
The EU has announced that the investment subsidy obtained by Huisvuilcentrale Noord-Holland (HVC) to build a new river container terminal at Alkmaar in The Netherlands does not breach community regulations.
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NewsHumber habitat safeguarded
An agreement between Associated British Ports (ABP) and UK conservation organisations has helped to safeguard the future of the Humber Estuary as one of Britain''s key habitats for migrating birds.
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Gothenburg gets help on ISPS
Hudson Trident has been appointed by the port of Gothenburg to conduct an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code assessment of the port authority' s facilities.
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Maersk diversifies across southern Spain
Maersk Sealand is negotiating with Dragados with a view to basing its enhanced North African container services at Terminales del Sudeste, which the construction company is building at the southern Spanish port of Malaga.
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NewsA TALE OF Two Rivers
Well-crafted strategies are fine but don''t always expect your neighbours to agree with them reports Tom Todd
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P&OP volumes up
P& O Ports has announced its Q2 throughput was 26% up on Q2 2002 with 22% attributable to organic growth. Globally the company handled 2.743m TEUs in Q2 and 5,217m year-to-date up from 4.086m in the same period last year.
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Tarragona goes south
Puerto de Tarragona, which holds a concession to develop the Argentinean port of Rosario, has started work costing $2m at terminals 1 and 2.
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NewsTeesport steels itself
PD Teesport has expanded its conventional cargoes by 24% (700,000 tons) over a recent six month period. Both its cargo handling facilities at Tees Dock and Hartlepool have seen growth which has resulted in the need to employ 50 additional stevedores.
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NewsCoal Greymouth's catalyst
Greymouth''s owners, the Grey District Council, have approved a staged approach to developing the west coast South Island, New Zealand port, with the object of matching development with customer commitments.
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Russians get go-ahead..
Preliminary construction of a new deep-sea port at Vostochny in the Kaliningrad Region has started. Located close to the town of Baltiisk, the port will be used by container lines as well as passenger and freight ferries linking Baltiisk, Ust Luga and ports in Germany.
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Piraeus IPO at last
Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) has finally gone ahead with its Initial Public Offering on the Athens Stock Exchange. 25.5% of OLP''s stock has been floated and was oversold by almost 20 times.
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Aguadulce study
US consultants Moffatt & Nichol are due to complete a feasibility study for the proposed Colombian port on the Aguadulce Peninsula by the end of this year.
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News..Meanwhile in Siberia
Volumes at Vostochny International Container Services (VICS) increased by 48% in the first half of 2003. Under the joint management of CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) and P& O Ports since 1995, the increase is in addition to growth of 145% since 1999.
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Genoa latest to institute CSI
Genoa has become the 14th member port of the Container Security Initiative (CSI). It joins Rotterdam, Le Havre, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Antwerp, Singapore, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Gothenberg, Felixstowe, Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax in the US-led scheme.
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Mazda switches distribution from Antwerp to Barcelona
The Japanese car maker Mazda has moved its Southern Europe distribution hub from Antwerp to Barcelona, where it will make use of Barcelona Autoterminal. The move was prompted by better value added services and good customs clearance. Vehicles will be shipped in from the US, Thailand and Japan on either ...
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NewsWake-up call for the Western MED
The growing number of complaints by ship agencies and operators in the Med have to be taken seriously, or else! Mike Munday reports.
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NewsLIVING WITH BIG BROTHER
Gavin van Marle voyages to the Baltic states and assesses the need for extra port capacity in light of impending EU accession and the not always easy relations with a sometimes obstinate neighbour.
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Maersk Sealand labels St Petersburg Europe's most expensive port
Elena Siems, Maersk Sealand general manager, noted recently that, " St Petersburg is the most expensive port in the whole of Europe."
