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    Dredging with Gladstone

    2011-03-21T11:17:00Z

    Gladstone Ports Corporation has announced that the first $A387million stage of the $A1.3 billion Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project has been awarded to a joint venture between Van Oord and Dredging International Australia.

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    Major Expansion of the Port of Hanstholm

    2011-03-20T11:43:00Z

    Carl Bro in Denmark has signed a major contract with the Port of Hanstholm for a major expansion of the port.

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    New York Waterfront Plan

    2011-03-20T10:23:00Z

    New York’s new waterfront plan will commit to spend more that $US3bill over the next three years.

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    APM new build in Costa Rica

    2011-03-19T10:13:00Z

    APM expects to start construction for a new container terminal in the Limón province of Costa Rica in early 2013.

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    Hamburg Port Authority invites delegates to GreenPort Congress 2011

    2011-03-18T17:09:00Z

    The Congress is an opportunity to present and focus on topics that concern the sustainable operation of modern port operations.

  • Solar energy project at DP World Break Bulk, Antwerp, Belgium
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    How terminal operators deal with carbon management

    2011-03-18T11:39:00Z

    Charles Haines reports DP World, the international terminal operator, understands that carbon footprinting issues within individual facilities and along the transport and logistics supply chain are complex issues.

  • A view of the terminal storage tanks at Gate LNG Terminal  while under construction. Photo by Peter Barker.
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    Rotterdam prepares for LNG imports

    2011-03-17T12:19:00Z

    Work is nearing completion on the Netherlands first LNG import terminal at Rotterdam in a project involving previously reclaimed land being given back to the sea.

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    Size Matters

    2011-03-17T10:47:00Z

    The 10 new 18,000 teu ships ordered by Maersk from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding are scheduled for delivery from 2013.

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    Mooring options for Aussie bulk

    2011-03-16T14:43:00Z

    Automated mooring technology is to be used at an iron ore facility at the Port of Geraldton in Western Australia.

  • The port of Ishinomaki felt the sting of the country's devastating earthquake
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    Widespread damage curtails Japan's ports

    2011-03-16T14:40:00Z

    Japan''s recent devastating earthquake has caused serious damage to the ports of Hachinohe, Hitachi, Hitachinaka, Ishinomaki, Kamaishi, Kashima, Ofunato, Onahama, Sendai-Shiogama and Soma, according to reports.

  • LNG will provide a share of Japan’s emergency power relief
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    Fuel alternatives will depend on terminals

    2011-03-16T14:40:00Z

    Japan has appealed for calm, but acknowledges there is “cause for concern”. The government is at the moment fighting not one, but three related disasters, the last being the nuclear power plant issue.

  • The Adriatic Gate box terminal at Rijeka will benefit from ICTSI’s input.  Photo: D Heldmaier
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    ICTSI's Croatian win is just the start

    2011-03-16T14:40:00Z

    International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has won a 30-year contract for the operation and development of the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) in the Port of Rijeka, Croatia''s principal seaport.

  • Turkish ports seems to be growing in dominance, especially for box operations
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    Turkey influences Black Sea plans

    2011-03-16T12:49:00Z

    One of the themes from the recent Port Finance International’s Black Sea conference was Turkey’s development – which is helping to push other player’s plans onto the back burner.

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    ISO Awards for ADPC

    2011-03-16T10:17:00Z

    The Abu Dhabi Port Company has been awarded ISO 14001:2004 for Environment Management System Standard and ISO BS: OHSAS 18001:2007 which relates to a Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standard for ports operations.

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    A balancing act

    2011-03-16T10:00:00Z

    The question of port capacity and specifically the issue of introducing it at the right time was raised briefly in the last issue of PS but in the light of recent events it is worthy of further discussion.

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    Check the competition smallprint

    2011-03-16T10:00:00Z

    Many agreements between terminal operators and users may contain exclusivity provisions but these do not, themselves have as their object the restriction of competition; they must be examined in their legal, factual and economic context in order to determine whether they have such an effect.

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    Coal Export on Hold

    2011-03-14T16:14:00Z

    Opponents claimed victory when Australia-based Ambre Energy Ltd withdrew its application for an export terminal to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia via the Columbia River port of Longview, Washington.

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    Dealing in the exclusive

    2011-03-14T10:00:00Z

    HFW''s Anthony Woolich and Matthew Gore discusses the merits of signing exclusivity deals

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    The ongoing process towards a reduction of ship's air emissions

    2011-03-12T17:07:00Z

    The shipping industry has taken a variety of measures to reduce air emissions from ships during the last decennium.

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    From Venice to Hamburg

    2011-03-12T14:25:00Z

    Preliminary thoughts on the GreenPort Congress 2011.