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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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NewsHPH 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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NewsContenemar 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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NewsStaff 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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NewsRotterdam'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.
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NewsSohar attracts serious investment
The port of Sohar in Oman has attracted $12bn of industrial and infrastructure investment in under three years, prompting its corporate communications manager Dirk-Jan de Vink to note that it was now the ''fastest-growing port project in the world''.
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NewsBrazilian for Khorfakkan terminal
CMA CGM has opted for Gulftainer''s Khorfakkan Container Terminal as a Middle East call on its Vasco service, covering Brazilian ports to and from the Middle East and South Asia.
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REDUNDANCY OPPOSED
The plan announced by Liberia''s National Port Authority to lay off 350 workers because of financial difficulties has been challenged by the Dock Workers Union.
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COLOMBIANS REVIVE URABÁ PROJECT
Revived interest is being shown in the construction of a new deep water port at Urabá, in Colombia. Spanish consultants Sener are due to produce a viability report within the next six months.
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MEXICAN CARIBBEAN UPGRADES
The Mexican Caribbean port of Quintana Roo, which is not administered directly by the Transport Ministry, is to spend $4.7m on modernising its Cozumel and Isla Mujeres quays.
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GOVERNMENT CHASES SANTOS CONTROL
The government of the state of São Paulo has requested that the central government cedes control of the port of Santos to it. However, any transfer must be free of the ¢ 288m ($383m) debt that the port currently has.
