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  • Port Strategy: Spanish port seeks development partners
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    TCB expansion tender issued

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    Barcelona Port Authority has issued a tender for the extension of the South Quay, which will be incorporated into the concession of Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB).

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    Duisburg multimodal terminal

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    Duisburg is to be the home of a new 35,000 sq m trimodal container terminal, part funded by South Africa''s Imperial Group. Due to open in spring 2009, the terminal will be part of a new transportation link between the Upper Rhine ports and Duisburg, handling cargo which is not ...

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    Colombian concession extensions

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    The operators of the Colombian ports of Buenaventura, Santa Marta and Baranquilla have each been given a 20-year concession extension. In exchange, Buenaventura will have to invest $450m in upgrading its facilities, Santa Marta $128m and Baranquilla $178.

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    Terminal View release

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    The latest version of Terminal View, a 3D tool that enables port and intermodal operators to zoom into any area of the terminal and monitor operations in real-time, has been released by Tideworks Technology.

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    Charity begins at home

    2008-07-10T21:26:00Z

    A community fund in Felixtowe has been launched with the backing of twelve local shipping and transport companies.

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    Maersk signs up with Felixstowe

    2008-07-10T21:26:00Z

    Maersk Line has signed a ten-year agreement with the Port of Felixstowe which will give the shipping line priority terminal usage.

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    Green scheme for Southampton

    2008-07-10T21:26:00Z

    A UK first has been made by the ABP Port of Southampton who has recently started to obtain its power through a combined heat-and-power-led district energy scheme, reducing the port''s carbon dioxide emissions by 30%.

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    LLX to shed 30% equity stake

    2008-07-10T21:26:00Z

    The Brazilian logistics company LLX is to sell a 30% stake in its operations to a strategic investor for approximately $3.5bn. The sale is slated to take place before the end of 2009.

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    Rubber Gantries Part of Green Initiative in HK

    2008-07-10T21:26:00Z

    Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) is deploying 17 electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes (eRTGs) in the first phase of a HK$140m (US$18m) crane-electrification programme that will reduce emissions at Kwai Tsing Container Port.

  • Port Strategy: Lines anger at Costa Rican ports
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    Threat of boycott hangs over Limón and Moín

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    Shipping lines Crowley and APL have warned the Costa Rican ports of Limó n and Moí n that they are considering dropping calls on the back of poor service.

  • Port Strategy: Electro-Kinetic Ramps generate power every time a truck drives over them
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    The electrification of ports

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    Once viewed as a fashionable ''green'' statement, self sufficient power generation is in today''s ports less of a luxury and more a necessity, as Patrik Wheater finds out

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    Energy capture to fuel Russian port

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    As part of its expansion plans, Russia''s National Container Company has ordered 19 energy-efficient rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Konecranes, to meet an anticipated annual capacity of 9m teu.

  • Port Strategy: Dry bulk cargoes, such as grain, are vying for space in US containers
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    Bulk Into Containers

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    The global shipping market is in somewhat of a flux, with a possible world recession, sharply fluctuating bulk shipping rates and liner rates trying to decide what to do.

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    Future electric

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    Kalmar has launched an electric forklift series, designed as a productive, cost-effective, fossil-fuel free and environmentally-friendly unit.

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    Seamless radiation scanning

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    VeriTainer, specialist in crane-mounted radiation scanning solutions, has been invited to participate in an Operational Readiness Test by US customs and security departments at the Port of Tacoma.

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    Weighing the benefits

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    The port of Los Angeles has calculated the potential annual environmental benefits it can achieve from the 1.2m drayage trips its tractors make every year between the port and its nearby Intermodal Container Transfer Facility.

  • Corrosion
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    Corrosion feature

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    Saline and the erosion of port structures go hand-in-hand, so why aren''t ports doing more to protect their assets, asks Carly Fields

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    Get in early and get the jump on corrosion

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    Operators looking to start construction of a new port or terminal should consider corrosion early on. While it''s often low on the list of priorities, a few dollars spent at the start could protect ports from serious profit erosion down the line.

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    terminal tractor item

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    Los Angeles is coming down hard on polluting terminal tugs, as Stuart Pearcey finds out

  • Port Strategy: port has made staff sacrifices to survive in difficult market
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    NZ news snippets for July (pics to come)

    2008-07-07T21:26:00Z

    Recent shipping service losses have forced PrimePort Timaru to make 23 permanent full-time and part-time positions redundant.