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Mitsui wins Myanmar crane order
Japan’s Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding is to supply eight new cranes to Thilawa in Yangon, in a contract awarded by the Myanmar Port Authority.
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New Veracruz terminal tender
In Mexico, Veracruz port authority (API) has issued a tender for the construction and operation of a new terminal in the port’s expansion area in Vergara Bay. This replaces an earlier tender that had to be withdrawn upon the insistence of the competition authority (Cofece).
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Latin American box traffic in decline
The latest port ranking table published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) shows that container traffic in 2016 dropped by 0.9%, reinforcing the overall negative trend in recent years.
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Further Panama Canal extension mooted
If demand warrants it, the Panama Canal could be further extended before 2025, according to Canal administrator, Jorge Quijano.
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Brazil announces new infrastructure investment plan
The Brazilian government is putting together a new infrastructure investment plan – Advance – to replace the Accelerated Growth Programme, first introduced in 2007. This latest initiative has been motivated by the 1% growth in GDP recorded in the first quarter of this year.
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Outeiro construction mothballed
All work has ceased on the construction of Terminal Portuário de Outeiro, in the city of Belém, in the Brazilian state of Pará.
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Owners and unions at loggerheads in Spain
The general assembly of the Spanish owners’ association Anesco has voted against accepting a pre-agreement reached with stevedoring unions, claiming it is anti-competitive and in breach of proposed new government legislation, which the unions oppose.
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Philippines Coast Guard to take over port security
The Philippines government has ordered the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to take over security of all the country’s ports and waterways.
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Cruise ship fuelled by LNG while docked
Germany-headquartered AIDA Cruises will supply its newly launched cruise ship with low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG) while she is docked in the Port of Barcelona.
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Terminals need to integrate to evolve
Port operators cannot justify having their own extensive engineering and development resources in the future, Antti Kaunonen, president of Finland-headquartered Kalmar, has stated.
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Gas bunkering begins at Zeebrugge
Gas bunkering has begun at the Port of Zeebrugge with the bunkering vessel ''ENGIE Zeebrugge'' making its first deliveries of LNG.
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Wastewater facility opens in Kiel
A ship facility has opened in Kiel which increases current wastewater reception capability tenfold to as much as 300m3 an hour.
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MEA key to Hutchison Ports’ growth strategy
Hutchison Ports’ managing director for the Middle East and Africa region has spoken out about the importance of the Chinese governmental initiative One Belt, One Road to the company’s growth strategy.
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Europe's dockers set July strike dates
The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has announced plans to hold a Europe-wide strike in solidarity with Spanish dockers’ protests against liberalising reforms to Spain’s dock labour system.
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Kalmar to provide 16 hybrid shuttle carriers to US port
Kalmar, part of Finland-headquartered Cargotec, has finalised a deal with The Port of Virginia for sixteen hybrid shuttle carriers designed to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and engine noise.
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Hybrid shuttle carriers for US port
Kalmar has finalised a deal with the Port of Virginia for sixteen hybrid shuttle carriers designed to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and engine noise.
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Moody's rewards Oakland's "significant improvements"
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Port of Oakland bond ratings and assigned ratings on an upcoming series of refunding revenue bonds after the port has made “significant improvements”.
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Ecoslops sustainability projects
Ecoslops will establish an oil residue waste processing unit with Total Group in La Me`de, near Marseilles, and set up a micro-refinery unit in the Port of Antwerp.
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DNV GL charts greenhouse emissions
Class society DNV GL has published a report assessing the potential for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction from shipping towards 2050, based on a new computational model.
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Cosco confirms Noatum buy-in
Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd has confirmed its buy-in of 51% of Noatum Ports terminals including Valencia and Bilbao, as well as the dry ports of Madrid and Zaragoza.