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    TCB gets new investors

    2007-10-11T12:23:00Z

    Two risk capital companies - Portugal''s Finpro and Queensland from Australia - have reportedly bought the 35% stake that Deutsche Bank holds in Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB).

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    ICTSI's eyes for Georgia

    2007-10-11T12:23:00Z

    International Container Terminal Services Inc (ITCSI) has committed to Georgia''s Port of Batumi with the award of a 48-year concession to develop and operate a container terminal and a ferry  and dry bulk handling facility.

  • Port Strategy: since the late 1990s, Kalmar has been developing a range of 'green' machines
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    Kalmar trailblazes hybrid technology

    2007-10-10T16:59:00Z

    Leading port equipment manufacturer Kalmar is ploughing ahead with research and development on hybrid technology in a bid to be ahead of the environmental protection game.

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    Gijón attracts private cash

    2007-10-10T12:23:00Z

    The Spanish port of Gijón will attract ¢ 615m ($866.9m) in private sector investment in 2007-2010.

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    Major new MP terminal at Tarragona

    2007-10-10T12:23:00Z

    Tarragona is to offer a concession for a multipurpose terminal, consisting of a 670 metre quay and 250,000 square metres of backup land by the end of this year.

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    Ferrol to remodel outer quays

    2007-10-10T12:23:00Z

    The port of Ferrol has issued a tender covering the remodelling of its outer quays, which involves paving the operating area and building internal roads at a total cost of ¢ 1.5m ($2.1m).

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    Valencia's EIA given green light

    2007-10-10T12:23:00Z

    Spain''s Environment Ministry has approved the environmental impact assessment governing the port of Valencia''s expansion project.

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    Vigo overcome congestion problems

    2007-10-10T12:23:00Z

    Jesús Paz, president of Vigo Port Authority, claims that container terminal Termavi has managed to overcome the massive congestion that was threatening to swamp operations.

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    Cardiff upbeat on future prospects

    2007-10-10T12:23:00Z

    Associated British Ports married the old with the new at the centenary celebrations of the Port of Cardiff Queen Alexandra Docks.

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    BOX OUT Waste: Planning ahead

    2007-10-09T17:45:00Z

    Legislation introduced in 2003 which ostensibly updated existing requirements for UK ports to hold a Port Waste Management Plan, introduced a new provision stipulating that vessels have to contact their destined ports with details of the waste streams onboard and their waste disposal requirements.Associated British Ports has honed its waste ...

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    Waste in a mess

    2007-10-09T17:45:00Z

    Despite legislation in place to combat pollution in ports, ships continue to discharge illegally, reports Patrik Wheater

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    Legal Eagles thinking ahead

    2007-10-09T17:45:00Z

    With ports increasingly waking up to the potential of renewables, lawyers have been kept busy this year. Felicity Landon reports

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    Legal Eagles Pinsent Masons

    2007-10-09T17:45:00Z

    With a ports team that covers the Middle East, India, Asia Pacific and Europe, legal eagle Pinsent Masons is keeping itself busy.

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    Legal Eagles Norton Rose

    2007-10-09T17:45:00Z

    Law specialist Norton Rose has seen demand for container port financing services explode, as Felicity Landon discovers

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    Caught Between a Very Public and a Somewhat Private Place

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    During a recent visit to Egypt my attention was caught by the enthusiastic expansion plans for the Egyptian port sector, particularly on the Mediterranean coast.

  • Port of Long Beach's underwater kelp beds prove the marine environment needs our help
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    When three laws go to war

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    Port of Long Beach's underwater kelp beds prove the marine environment needs our helpAnd with the US yet to ratify the IMO's MARPOL Annex VI - already less inclusive than activist port management would like - the US port industry is left with a potent brew of 'pro-activity' (wanting to ...

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    Fit and forget

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    Take the time to make crane grab choice  right from the offset and save problems down the line, Stuart Pearcey advises

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    Radiation risks

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    The presence of radiation in cargoes presents real risks not only to continued operation of ports, but also to the people who work in them. In other industries, particularly metals recycling, plants can be incapacitated for years, a blow from which they may never recover, if radiation sources are allowed ...

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    Aborted Merger Expensive

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    The aborted merger between the New Zealand ports of Tauranga and Auckland cost Tauranga alone NZ$1.2m ($890,484) in third-party research costs.

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    LPC software signing

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has signed a contract with Lawson Software to install its M3 Enterprise Asset Management, Finance and e-Procurement applications, which are expected to minimise downtime and optimise maintenance resources.