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PMSI WINS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR FREETOWN SCANNER
PMSi, is to install and operate a scanner at the port of Freetown, Sierra Leone to scan all containers entering and exiting the country''s main port. PMSi has a ten-year concession agreement for the scanner on a BOT basis.
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NewsOperation Safe Commerce gets thumbs-up
US Senator Patty Murray has declared the test phase of Operation Safe Commerce (OSC) a " resounding" success.
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NewsCARNIVAL TIME SQUEEZES PORT CAPACITY
Rainbow Nelson reports from Brazil on the country''s prodigious agribulk and iron ore expansion.
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NewsCONGESTION RELIEF FINALLY IN SIGHT AT LE HAVRE
Alex Hughes finds France''s Atlantic seaboard ports carving strategic niches for themselves around the monolithic presence of Le Havre.
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INDUSTRY'S PROFILE NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE
" If we don''t raise the flag nothing will happen, " insists Appleton. " Our industry hasn''t so far adequately drawn attention to the question of port capacity, and other important issues. The industry''s profile isn''t where it should be in the public domain. From what I''ve seen, media attention ...
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NewsNICHE PORTS MORE FEEDERS AND BETTER DIALOGUE
Are European ports and terminal operators doing enough to meet the burgeoning demand for berth capacity created by the China trade boom and the increase in container traffic to which it is contributing?
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NewsNUDGING OUT THE ROAD TRUCK
Terminal tractors are consolidating their position as the logical choice for moving boxes and trailers around, edging the clumsier road truck out - particularly nowadays in Asia - and showing no great concern over the potential threat from alternative machines. In its march towards supremacy however, significant advances are also ...
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NewsDO-IT-YOURSELF OR OUTSOURCE?
Should ports with a continuous need for maintenance dredging automatically outsource the work to a contractor? At what point does the do-it-yourself solution make sense? Alex Hughes investigates.
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NewsNew training centre launched
Skills South Training and Resources (STR) has been launched to provide specialist training including forklift, crane, stowing and driving, to companies in the UK. STR aims to become the UK''s leading training and resource company in its field within two years on the back of significant investment by the company''s ...
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NewsLoyola's last stand
EC Commissioner Loyola de Palacio: one last tryTraining can be conducted at a customer's premises utilising the company's plant and office space or at STR's headquarters using dedicated training rooms and plant at Southampton docks.Outgoing European transport commissioner, Loyola de Palacio is attempting to reintroduce the notion of cargo self-handling ...
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Labour shortages cause logjams in LA/LB
The surge in trade coupled with a shortage of longshore and Union Pacific Railroad workers continued to slow vessel and cargo traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
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NewsTHE CAPPUCCINO CONUNDRUM
Melbourne''s Pier 35 with its nautical architecture housing a restaurant, retail and office accommodation, provides visual interest to the city''s waterfront scene. Commercial port operations meet the cafe crowd and yachting fraternity downstream of the emerging high-rise apartment precinct at Docklands, a phenomenon termed the " Cappuccinoisation" of Australia''s port ...
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NewsLoans guarantee scandal escalates
Willem Scholten: acted outside jurisdictionThe dominance of Maersk can be seen in figures released by Algeciras port authority covering January and February 2005 during which throughput at the port amounted to 501,514 TEUs.Willem Scholten, former chief executive of the Port of Rotterdam, acted alone in guaranteeing loans totalling €80m more ...
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Malta Freeport goes to CMA CGM
The long drawn-out privatisation process at Malta Freeport has finally been concluded with CMA CGM taking a 30-year concession from the government for $421m. P& O Ports will manage the Freeport which will be operated as a common user facility.
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ROTTERDAM TO GROW BY A FIFTH
Rotterdam is forecasting a 20% increase in port related land use over the next 15 years.
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EXPANSION WILL BOOST SHORTSEA
Rotterdam Shortsea Terminal (RST) expects throughput to grow considerably this year.
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MARSEILLES MAINTAINS BOX GROWTH
The dominance of Maersk can be seen in figures released by Algeciras port authority covering January and February 2005 during which throughput at the port amounted to 501,514 TEUs.Container growth at Marseilles is running at 10% compared with last year following throughput of 608,000TEUs in the eight months to the ...
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NewsAmsterdam's coal transhipments business on the up
A 31-acre site is to be developed at Amsterdam including two deepsea quays, 300 metres each, to increase capacity for storage and transhipment of coal which has seen big increases over the past five years: Germany no longer extracts coal but imports it via Amsterdam from Australia, South Africa, Colombia ...
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NEW TANK TERMINAL FOR EUROPOORT
Euro Tank Terminal (ETT) has started construction of a new tank terminal for mineral oils at Rotterdam.
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Spanish ports rank fourth in Europe
A recent report identified Spain as Europe''s fourth most important country in terms of port traffic. While the UK attracts 18% of the combined 3.05 billion tonnes handled by the Continent''s ports, Spain occupies a credible fourth place behind both Italy and Holland with an 11% share. In terms of ...
