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NewsTiming new transhipment
Regional projects that target the transhipment market have slowed in the last two years.
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NewsAbu Dhabi's Khalifa countdown begins
As the first semi-automated terminal in the Middle East and an obvious rival to the expanding Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa port is already making its presence felt well before its 2012 opening.
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NewsMaersk calls ports to the table
Describing 2009 as “a year we would rather forget”, Lars Oestergaard Nielsen, managing director UAE, Qatar, Oman & Iran, Maersk Line has called on the ports industry to help it level out peaks and troughs.
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NewsGE Energy project to reduce emissions at Rotterdam Port
Rotterdam’s port handles more freight than almost any other facility outside of China – but this comes at a cost of increased emissions.
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NewsTrelleborg secures new contract with Salerno Port
Trelleborg Marine Systems has secured a new contract to supply Super Cone Fenders and Tee Head bollards to Salerno Port in Italy.
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NewsAPM to take over Gothenburg’s Skandia container terminal
APM Terminals have signed a concession with the Port of Gothenburg to take over Skandia Container Terminal next year.
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NewsGE Energy reduce emissions at Rotterdam
Rotterdam’s port handles more freight than almost any other facility outside of China – but understandably, this comes at a cost of increased emissions.
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Algerian sea port tender
The Algerian government has issued a tender for a new port to be located between Algiers and Ténès, some 200 km to the east.
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Lyttelton insurance costs mount
As Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) processes what is due to be the largest single corporate insurance claim in the Southern Hemisphere, other local ports are also feeling the ramifications of the Canterbury earthquakes.
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NewsThe sleeping giant that is Saudi Arabia
Regional giant Saudi Arabia lacks modern port capacity for a country of its size, location and wealth.
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NewsShifting sands
The focus of Middle East port development has shifted from transhipment capacity to addressing specific domestic bottlenecks. Karen Thomas reports
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NewsDip in demand just a blip
Following a stellar 2010, global volumes of sea-air cargo have declined this year.
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NewsKeeping the detail in view
It’s not the information you have but what you do with it – this is the message from James Cutler of emapsite.
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NewsAgencies ordered out of Nigerian ports
Nigerian ports are making a move toward efficiency by finally kicking multiple government agencies off their premises.
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Brazilian state muscles into ports
The Brazilian government is to renegotiate all contracts that ports have with the state, municipal government or private sector to allow it to have more influence in how they are managed.
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Dockers down tools at Al-Dekheila
Some 450 ports stevedores belonging to the Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company downed tools in October, claiming that promises made to them over concerns raised in April had been reneged on.
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Otago job cuts stun unions
A committed protest campaign is being promised by the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) in light of Port Otago seeking up to a dozen voluntary redundancies.
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Cavotec holds capital base
Plans to raise significant capital have been put on hold by Cavotec partially due to the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm-listing firm having a “very strong balance sheet” and recently signing a €80m ($110m) Credit Facility agreement.
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NewsTauranga undeterred by Rena disruption
Containers from the Rena grounding finding their way into the shipping channels of the Port of Tauranga have so far been swiftly removed, the port has said.
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NewsFreight loses Asia pull
The latest global freight data highlights concern over economic recovery and exposes the risk of dependence on Asia-led growth, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
