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Salerno signs up to US initiative
Salerno Container Terminal has opened its doors to US Customs officials as the first commercial port in Italy to become operational under the US Container Security Initiative.
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ABP AGRIBULK COMMITMENT
Associated British Ports (ABP) has committed £ 3.26m to the construction of a dedicated agribulks storage facility at its Port of Immingham.The pledge comes on the back of a new 20- year agreement with existing customer Gleadell Agriculture, the port''s only grain shipper. Construction work on the project is expected ...
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BROMMA BOOSTS SPREADER SALES
Stockholm-based Bromma Group received orders for more than 900 telescopic crane spreaders last year,more than all of Bromma''s competitors combined, the manufacturer claims.
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PORT OF TYNE TO INVEST £21M
The Port of Tyne is to carry out a further expansion of its bulk handling facilities in order to handle growing imports of power station coal. Riverside Quay, which was extended by 60 metres to 574 metres and deepened from 10.5 to 12.5 metres last year, will this year be ...
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CARGO SERVICE CONTRACT
Kalmar has won a comprehensive maintenance deal from Cargo Service at the Port of Aarhus, Denmark for 19 new Kalmar straddle carriers, due for delivery in spring 2007.The all-inclusive contract, which includes an option to extend, requires Kalmar to supply Cargo Service with preventative and breakdown maintenance, engineering support, daily ...
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VOLUMES UP IN SPAIN
The combined volumes of Spanish ports totalled 460m tonnes in 2006, an increase of 4.2%.
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Strong statistics for ABP short-sea ports
Associated British Ports has reported a "solid performance" for its short-sea ports of Garston, Fleetwood, Barrow, Silloth,Ayr,Troon,King''s Lynn,Lowestoft, Ipswich,Teignmouth and Plymouth.
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HPH upbeat in Felixstowe potential
Container volumes travelling to and from the Port of Felixstowe could be as high as 1.1m teu per year by 2023, Hutchison Ports (UK) has said.
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Contenemar shift to Vilagarcía
Spanish shipping line Contenemar has asked Vilagarcía Port authority for 50,000 sq m of land on which to build a container terminal. The company wants to move two Canary Island and Moroccan services to the port.
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Staff salute Royal Haskoning
Royal Haskoning has joined the Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to work for, as voted by its employees. The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies survey is carried out by Best Companies who use a methodology to measure employee engagement with a firm, and their satisfaction at work.
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Prescott Lock to go ahead
British Waterways has announced that an £ 18.9m project to open up London''s East End rivers, giving direct access by water to the Olympic Park area,has finally been given the go-ahead.
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Full IMPACTE of freight shift proposal
A number of targeted, small scale investment projects underway at Europe''s ports are expected to bring improvements to cross-Channel freight transport.
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Rotterdam's ECT bans empties
ECT Delta terminal in Rotterdam is no longer accepting empty containers as a means of reducing the dwell time of boxes in the terminal.
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DP WORLD TO INVEST $8.2BN
DP World has announced investment of more than $8.2bn in the development of 10 new ports and upgrade work at three others. Among its largest schemes are a $459m new box terminal in Qingdao and a $302m container terminal development in Djibouti.
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MAJOR MOMBASA CONGESTION
Mombasa is suffering major congestion, due to vessels switching from the neighbouring port of Dar es Salaam, where congestion is even worse. Importers are also being blamed because of the slow clearance of containers from the port.
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MAERSK MONOPOLY FEARED
Existing companies at the port of Tema have called upon Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to scrap an agreement that it has with a foreign consortium, Meridian Port Services (MPS), to operate the container terminal.
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Mombasa to stay in public hands
Kenya''s Transport Minister has labelled as ''unrealistic'' plans to privatise container handling at the port of Mombasa.
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Iran boosts capacity at ports
By 2010, capacity across all Iran is ports will have reached 150m tonnes, compared with 115m tonnes at present.
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Eight in for Khalifa
Eight consortia have sought prequalification to bid for the Khalifa and Industrial Zone project, with initial infrastructure work scheduled to commence by mid-year, claims Abu Dhabi Port Company.