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ESPO sets out priorities
The European Sea Ports Organisation, ESPO, recently issued its contribution to the European Commission’s Review on the Future of Transport. This consultation aims to set the basis for the preparation of a new Transport Policy White Paper which will be published in 2010 and which will set out policy priorities ...
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Expansion of São Sebastião questioned
A consultant has warned that expansion of the port of Sã o Sebastiã o could have detrimental effects on the highly important tourist industry in the area.
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NewsUnity in NZ port restructure
Port Otago and the Maritime Union of New Zealand have agreed to work collaboratively to handle the port''s expected 15% loss in annual container throughput caused by Fonterra''s recent port usage review.
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Kotka joins EcoPorts network
Kotka ecoport is a project launched by the Port of Kotka as part of the City of Kotka and its EkoKotka project. Kotka ecoport considers the environment in all operations of the port based on a life cycle approach, meaning that all stages from design and construction, to commissioning and ...
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NewsLower sulphur levels in north Europe “are not sustainable”
The Swedish Forest Industries Federation argues that the stringent regional sulphur rules of the SECA (the Sulphur Emissions Control Area, comprising the English Channel, North Sea and the Baltic Sea) was a decision “made in the dark with no impact assessment conducted prior to the decision”. The SFIF’s Karolina Boholm ...
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NewsStrategy at the heart of infrastructure
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) is a very large entity which controls most of the port Novorossiysk, as well as the other main ports on the Black Sea and quite a few stevedoring operations. A large, natural deepwater harbour, it is the main gateway out of Russia west for grain ...
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Resolution in sight for Salvador box terminal
The new president of the Bahia Dock Company (Codeba) says that he hopes to resolve the impasse involving the expansion of the container terminal at the Brazilian port of Salvador at the end of the current year.
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NewsPrivate concerns
Much is written about the ''pioneering'' nature of the UK port model. Indeed, a fully privatised model was a thing of envy in the late 1990s when ports around the world were getting to grips with the benefits privatisation could bring.
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NewsSpreader enables tipping
New spreader technology developed by Swedish-based manufacturer Elme is enabling reach stackers to empty laden bulk shipping containers via tipping.
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NewsPower play
With boxes out of favour, Eastern European ports are having to look elsewhere for business. Stevie Knight reports
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News'Partnerships and innovation' brings success
Its down to partnerships and innovation, claims the New Zealand''s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch, which has delivered a strong performance for the 2008/2009 financial year. Normalised profits for the year came to $10.6m (US$7.7m), up 2.9% on last year''s figure of $10.3m.
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Diverse New Zealand financials released
An unchanged underlying profit before tax of NZ$11.4m (US$8.5m) and comparable 4% increase in revenue to NZ$55.1m (US$41.2m) for the 2008-2009 financial year was recorded by CentrePort Wellington.
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NewsWin for ports - but what about the changes?
Following a victory for UK ports in the House of Lords to remove unfair, backdated rates, the Humber and Mersey Docks Rating Group has called on the Government to remove any uncertainty about the imposition of retrospective business taxes.
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NewsLack of communication compounds Paita problems
Problems surrounding the startup of the Peru''s Paita port concession stem from a lack of communication, the foreign trade and tourism (Mincetur) minister Martí n Pé rez has said.
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Yibin to get box terminal
Shanghai International Port Group has entered into an agreement with the municipality of Yibin to build and manage a new container port. Yibin, which is located at the confluence of the Yangtze, Minjuan and Jinshajiang rivers, will have a capacity to handle 4m teu by 2030 as a result of ...
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Harbour Masters Committee launch “The Chain” video
GreenPort 2010 will be the first event where the video production “The Chain” is shown to a large audience. Through “The Chain”, the European Harbour Masters’ Committee are aiming to create awareness of the effects of individual operations on the nautical chain, and of the importance of sharing information and ...
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NewsNew chairman for AIVP
The Members of AIVP elected Jean-Pierre Lecomte, to the Chairmanship of AIVP, at their most recent General Assembly in the Icelandic port city of Reykjavik.
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NewsPlaying with the possibilities
A temporary structure is the obvious choice if the building has to come down again, because other developments earmarked for the site, or those sticky permissions mean that you can''t put a permanent building up. But there can be a lot more to it than that.
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Punta Colonet
Mexico''s transport and communications ministry has revised bidding rules for the Punta Colonet port project in Baja California state.
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Second Tuticorin box terminal tender
Following a delay of four years, a tender encompassing construction of a second container terminal at the south Indian port of Tuticorin is finally to go ahead. The original tender resulted in legal action by PSA-Sical, which had been excluded from bidding. The new terminal has an estimated cost of ...
