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    Bolivan bids to manage Arica rejected

    2011-10-04T14:30:00Z

    A request by the government of Bolivia to be allowed to manage the Chilean port of Arica has been rejected by the government in Santiago.

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    Grindrod issues Maputo shares

    2011-09-30T19:24:00Z

    Grindrod Ltd is to issue new shares to the value of $262m as a means of financing expansion of the coal terminal at the port of Maputo in Mozambique.

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    Dockers to strike at Valparaiso

    2011-09-30T19:24:00Z

    Dockworkers at the port of Valparaiso have announced a strike after having failed to reach an agreement with port operator EPV in respect of the Terminal 2 and the Mall Plaza Barón development. Port unions want implementation of these two projects speeded up.

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    Manaus tender scheduled for February

    2011-09-30T19:23:00Z

    Brazil''s federal government has announcement that it will issue a tender for the port of Manaus by February 2012.

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    Competing concerns

    2011-09-30T10:00:00Z

    The shipping industry is coming under increasing legal scrutiny, advises HFW''s Simon Burden

  • Yangluo in Wuhan aims to be a “major shipping centre”. Photo: Sina Business
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    Central Yangtze aims high

    2011-09-29T15:35:00Z

    Infrastructure investment is to be speeded up in order to turn Wuhan’s Yangluo terminal, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, into a major shipping centre by 2015.

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    Konecranes' temporary layoffs

    2011-09-29T15:33:00Z

    Konecranes has said it is starting negotiations regarding possible temporary layoffs in Finland in response to what it calls a “weakened demand” for its machine-tool services.

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    Ust Luga to gain from the big freeze

    2011-09-29T15:33:00Z

    The Ust Luga deepwater port is readying itself to take on winter volumes that it predicts will be rerouted from the sometimes ice impacted and congested St Petersburg.

  • Kalmar cranes are moving into African ports
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    West African breakthrough for Kalmar

    2011-09-29T15:33:00Z

    An order from the French Bollore group means Cargotec’s cranes are now starting to move into the emerging African ports market, through Bollore’s wholly-owned Unicaf subsidiary.

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    Salvador’s growth aims to cut costs

    2011-09-29T15:33:00Z

    Tecon Salvador SA has gained financing from Cordiant Capital to refurbish and double the terminal’s container handling capacity as well as cutting the costs for Brazil’s rising exports industry.

  • The TIS facility at Yuzhny, Ukraine, stands to benefit from the Black Sea’s volume surge
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    Yuzhny’s ship comes in

    2011-09-29T15:10:00Z

    After a long wait, Yuzhny’s Transinvestservice (TIS) is to see its first container vessel; what’s more it’s a direct call from Latin America, and it’s a fair bet is that plenty more will follow.

  • The Phocus Array on a Holophane light mast
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    Light masts star in radio role

    2011-09-29T15:09:00Z

    Taking an innovative stance on fast deployment and cost savings, one US container facility is making light fittings double up as radio masts.

  • Copenhagen and Malmo's pairing marks the ultimate alliance: full scale merger
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    Complete cross-border co-operation

    2011-09-29T10:00:00Z

    Copenhagen and Malmo must represent the ultimate cooperation between ports – they made history ten years ago when they merged to form one company in two countries, Copenhagen Malmö Port.

  • The Panama Canal expansion has prompted a string of US strategic alliances
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    Teaming up

    2011-09-28T10:00:00Z

    Strategic partnerships, joint marketing alliances, MoUs … cooperation between ports can mean a lot of different things. Felicity Landon explains

  • US labour issues have once again stolen the headlines on the West Coast
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    The bigger picture

    2011-09-28T10:00:00Z

    US labour issues have once again stolen the headlines on the West Coast, with a timing bordering on perfection.

  • The Catastrophe is forecast to be...
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    The Catastrophe is forecase to be...

    2011-09-28T09:35:00Z

    ONLY FEW PEOPLE will be able to forget the recent oil spill that took place in the Gulf of Mexico by the giant British Petroleum.

  • Ascertaining accurate berthing loads forms the backbone of successful mooring aid design
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    PIANC speed checks to aid designers

    2011-09-27T10:00:00Z

    PIANC - the global organisation providing guidance for sustainable infrastructure for ports – is part way through a study of vessel approach speeds that will be invaluable for fender designers.

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    Lazaro Cardenas concession decision imminent

    2011-09-27T10:00:00Z

    A ruling on the concession for second container terminal at the Mexican port of Lázaro Cárdenas will be made in November.

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    Europe’s most productive

    2011-09-27T10:00:00Z

    The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 put together by the World Economic Forum suggests that ports in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Denmark are among the most productive in Europe.

  • Pre-cutting of the top deck of a car carrier
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    Sea2Cradle: A balanced act

    2011-09-27T09:25:00Z

    IT HAS TAKEN a long time for ‘the greenest way of transportation’ to catch up on the green awareness of modern society.