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    Giant dredgers for Dubai

    2008-07-21T21:26:00Z

    A joint venture between Boskalis Westminster Middle East and Dredging International will see both companies mobilise some of the biggest trailing suction hopper dredgers in the world for the construction and expansion of Port Rashid, Dubai.

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    Forklift management tips

    2008-07-21T21:26:00Z

    Forklift optimiser Transmon claims that port operators could do more to improve forklift performance beyond the installation of fleet management systems.

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    Turn up the heat on security

    2008-07-21T21:26:00Z

    Thermal imaging is fairly new in the security and surveillance sector, but Flir Systems is positioning itself for break into the market by two technological acquisitions.

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    Nigeria private cash boost

    2008-07-20T21:26:00Z

    According to Michael Hansen, managing director of APM Terminals in Nigeria, the local economy has benefited to the tune of $400m following privatisation of many of the country''s ports.

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    Philippine initiatives for ICTSI

    2008-07-20T21:26:00Z

    International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has supported its presence in the Philippines, through two initiatives.

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    Greymouth port lifeline

    2008-07-20T21:26:00Z

    Port Westland has been granted a one-year contract to manage the rundown port of Greymouth by the Grey District Council.

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    Growth for Lagos

    2008-07-19T21:26:00Z

    APM has more than doubled the quayside capacity of its Apapa Container Terminal, the largest container facility in Nigeria, with the installation of four more gantry cranes.

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    Brazil favours port investment

    2008-07-19T21:26:00Z

    Brazil is to extend until 2010 its so-called Reporto tax incentive to enable ports and terminals to purchase equipment, as well as modernising and expanding infrastructure.

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    Logs take care of empties

    2008-07-19T21:26:00Z

    Continuing high bulk vessel charter rates are seeing New Zealand forestry product exporters increasingly investigating containerising their consignments.

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    Spanish port for Dubai link

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    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

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    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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    ENAPU needs private sector cash

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    Peru''s National Ports Authority (Enapu) has come under fire for its decision to court private sector finance for the upgrading of Quay 5 at the Port of Callao.

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    Peruvian port progress

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    Peru is undergoing a spate of new ports building as its trade with the rest of the world mushrooms.

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    Port outlet mooted for land-locked Bolivians

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    Evo Morales, President of Bolivia and his opposite number, Michelle Bachelet of Chile have opened the door to the construction of a Bolivian port on the Chilean coast,  according to local sources.

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    Stealth tax threat to US west coast ports

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    A controversial revenue-generating port bill appears to be on the home stretch in the California legislative process, lacking only the final seal from state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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    More vacuum mooring for Oman

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    Oman has stamped its seal of approval on vacuum-based automated mooring systems with an order for 12 Cavotec units for the Port of Salalah.

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    Leibherr's UK family grows

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    Liebherr is to boost its UK presence with three key contracts for its container cranes.

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    Baltic to be greener

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    Electric-powered ''green'' cable reel rubber-tyred gantry cranes headed for the Baltic have had their emissions slashed by 95%.

  • Port Strategy: Queensland state premier has set her sights on the black stuff
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    Mega-coal port on drawing board down-under

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    Australia is considering plans to construct a new 100m tonnes coal export terminal, its first in 25 years.

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    Auckland's energy audit

    2008-07-18T21:26:00Z

    An inventory audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers of the Port of Auckland''s total greenhouse gas emissions has provided a solid foundation for further work by the company to manage its carbon footprint.