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  • Teesport – set to get even bigger
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    Next step for Teesport expansion

    2012-03-01T18:08:00Z

    PD Ports has completed the ground works at its container handling capacity in Teesport UK – the next step in its strategy towards doubling its container capacity.

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    Japan puts annus horribilis behind it

    2012-03-01T10:00:00Z

    2011 was a year to forget for Japan and its ports. On March 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake launched a tsunami which engulfed much of the country''s coastal northeast and caused the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl in 1986.

  • John Mica's five-year transport funding plan extols the virtues of a national freight policy. Credit: US Coast Guard
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    RAMPing up American port potential

    2012-02-29T10:00:00Z

    An important piece of legislation, the Realize America’s Maritime Promise proposal that could free up money for harbor maintenance, is kicking around Washington, DC.

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    Hong Kong and its neighbourly rivals

    2012-02-29T10:00:00Z

    Hong Kong has been one of Asia''s leading ports for generations and remains one of the top three container ports in the world.

  • Any port finance, wherever it comes from, should be welcomed in these troubled times
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    Welcome the investment outsiders

    2012-02-29T10:00:00Z

    Is the entrance of pension funds, infrastructure funds, private equity funds and other non-core investors into the international port investment arena a good thing? Of course it is.

  • The Port of Poole is monitoring its environmental impact, courtesy of Ramboll
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    Poole explores green development options

    2012-02-29T09:00:00Z

    Specialist UK sustainability, ennvironment and engineering design company, Ramboll, has secured a key advisory role to help Poole Harbour Commissioners to finalise its long term environmental masterplan for the Port of Poole.

  • Beneficial Occupancy Date Pier #4 in Rota Naval Base. With Authorities of NATO, Spanish Ministry of Defence, Spanish Navy and companies involved in the project
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    Green Ports Initiative in Spain

    2012-02-28T16:27:00Z

    In current times society is becoming more and more sensitised about environmental protection - as Sara Blanco Monge, Systems Engineer at Isdefe explains.

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    Automated lashing efficiency for containers

    2012-02-28T15:09:00Z

    An automated lashing platform for fully automated quayside twistlock handling has been added to Cargotec’s portfolio. Under the terms of an exclusive global licensing agreement, Cargotec has assumed full responsibility for KALP GmbH''s automated lashing platform products and services.

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    Georgia turns to RTG greening

    2012-02-28T10:11:00Z

    Georgia Ports Authority is investing in green on-dock technology with the approved purchase of four electric-powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes.

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    Tender issued for Kalibaru box terminal

    2012-02-28T10:09:00Z

    Indonesian state port operator Pelindo II has issued a $1.9bn tender for the construction of a container terminal at Kalibaru, which is needed to ease congestion at an existing facility in the port of Tanjung Priok.

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    Kerala seeks development partner for Azhikkal

    2012-02-28T10:09:00Z

    The Indian state of Kerala has invited new bids for the development of the existing minor port of Azhikkal.

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    SAAM to invest $2bn in ports

    2012-02-28T10:09:00Z

    Following its separation from shipping line CSAV, Latin American port terminal operator SAAM has announced its intention to seek investment from the money markets to fund new projects.

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    APM Terminals sees potential in India

    2012-02-28T10:08:00Z

    APM Terminals’ chief executive, Kim Feijer, says that, despite having the world''s third-largest economy, India remains under represented in terms of global trade.

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    Wait and see at Maldives Port

    2012-02-28T10:07:00Z

    Port officials in Male are taking a wait and see approach to development plans post a recent coup in the Indian Ocean''s Maldives.

  • Tsunami marine debris is set to reach Hawaii this winter
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    Tsunami debris task force crisis meet

    2012-02-28T10:05:00Z

    A task force for the 2011 Japanese tsunami marine debris field, which is floating towards Hawaii, has met at the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) In Hawaii to share information to help avert the crisis.

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    An industry at tipping point

    2012-02-28T10:00:00Z

    The potential risks associated with mis-declaring the weight of containers are self-evident and understood through common sense; recent incidents have included the loss of 18 containers overboard on the Husky Racer in 2010, and in 2007 the collapse of cargo containers aboard the Annabella, which had been stacked such that ...

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    Portunus nets APM Pipavav

    2012-02-28T09:37:00Z

    Turkey-based Portunus Port Spares & Services has signed a contract for the refurbishment of quay cranes at APM Terminals’ Pipavav Port from India.

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    Smiths unveils latest scanner

    2012-02-28T09:36:00Z

    Scanning specialist Smiths has launched its next-generation high-energy X-ray scanner, the first pass-through cargo system to offer steel penetration of 30cm combined with three-colour material discrimination.

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    Liebherr wins Russian RTG order

    2012-02-28T09:35:00Z

    Liebherr Container Cranes recently received an order to deliver six rubber-tyred gantry cranes to OJSC Petrolesport in St Petersburg, Russia.

  • Koji Sekimizu, secretary general of IMO - good progress has been made
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    IMO head praises ‘green shipping’ progress

    2012-02-27T11:39:00Z

    Koji Sekimizu, secretary general of IMO, has been speaking of the progress made by shipping towards greater sustainability in an interview in the run up to the 25th SMM in September.