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Malta Freeport expands
CMA CGM is to invest ¢ 130m ($188.6m) in expanding the Malta Freeport container terminal, which the group first acquired in 2004. This will boost throughput from 1.9m teu to 3m teu.
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NOL terminal spin-off
Shipping line Neptune Orient Lines is to create a separate business for its container terminal unit known as APL Terminals.
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Colombian dream for Moffatt & Nichol
Consultant Moffatt & Nichol is in the final stages of completing detailed design, construction drawings, technical specifications and bid documents for Phase I of a new container terminal on the Aguadulce Peninsula in Colombia for ICTSI. Phase I includes extensive land reclamation, dredging of the berths and turning basin to ...
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NewsPort of Seattle adopts regional Clean Air Strategy
. The Port of Seattle Commission has voted to adopt the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy, a joint effort to reduce seaport-related air emissions with the Port of Tacoma and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.
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Private operators eye openings in Brazil
Brazilian National Waterways regulator, Antaq, is reviewing the possibility of allowing new private port terminals to be established.
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Full house
After much deliberation and no doubt plenty of sleepless nights, PD Ports has joined the chosen few in the circle of UK deepsea containerport development granted planning permission.
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NewsCongestion sidebar
Making sure a terminal is able to run at its peak efficiency is the first thing port operators should strive for when seeking to eliminate congestion, according to the chief operating officer of the world''s largest container shipping company.
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NewsCongestion: Problem child or golden goose?
Is the port congestion plaguing our industry a problem child or golden goose, asks Stuart Pearcey
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Congestion shorts
Iron Ore port Visakhapatnam in India has banned vessels that can''t manage to load at least 1,500tph from two of its jetties. Slower rates cause congestion, say Port Authorities.
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NewsBeirut looks to the sea
The port of Beirut authority is considering a $40m project to reclaim an area of 150,000 sq m.
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Varna to build box terminal
The Bulgarian port of Varna is to build a new container terminal through a joint venture including municipal authorities in Varna. Private sector involvement in the ¢ 90m ($130.6m) will be restricted to 30%. Work is scheduled to start at the end of this year.
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NewsSepitiba to expand to hub status
CSN is to invest $17m in the container terminal it operates at the Brazilian port of Sepetiba. Expansion of the terminal will allow it to function as a distribution hub for both cabotage and deep sea services.
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NewsCavotec boss awarded PEMA role
Cavotec MSL chief executive Ottonel Popesco has been elected as the new president of the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA).
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Awareness campaign
Castrol Marine, Eco Ports, IMarEST and ProSea have joined forces in a campaign to raise the awareness of the problem of environmental damage from oil leaks from ships in ports and harbours.
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NewsKGL rolls out ports fund
KGL Investment Company has established a $500m fund to finance port projects in emerging markets.
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NewsFrench now open to privatisation
The French government has introduced a ports reform programme, which will allow the privatisation of cargo handling at ports.
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NewsFelixstowe
Two ship-to-shore gantry cranes at Felixstowe''s Landguard Terminal ended up in a mangled heap on the quayside at the weekend after a ship delivering three new ship-to-shore cranes to the port broke loose from its moorings in high winds and crashed into them.
