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    Batumi edges into container management

    2009-01-13T12:24:00Z

    Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), located in Adjara, Georgia, has installed a ''stand alone'' version of the Spinnaker container management solution from Tideworks. It will be integrated with Spinnaker''s purpose-built "Star Gate" module for gate processing.

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    Dublin and Algeria plan on Liebherr

    2009-01-12T12:24:00Z

    As part of port expansion plans, Portroe Stevedores Ltd has taken delivery of six Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for the Port of Dublin, Ireland.

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    Chile

    2009-01-12T12:24:00Z

    Chile''s port of Mejillones plans to upgrade its facilities in order to be able to store and ship iron ore from mid-2009 onwards, media have reported.

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    Stop the bilge water bugs

    2009-01-12T12:24:00Z

    BioPetroClean''s ''plug & play'' cleaning system promises to address the problems of vessels cleaning out their bilge water in port.

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    Loads more for Koper

    2009-01-11T12:24:00Z

    Work is now underway on a high efficiency coal loader, rated at 2,000 tonnes per hour, for Slovenian company Luka Koper, to be installed in the Port of Koper.

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    Congestion mounts at Lagos

    2009-01-10T12:24:00Z

    At the end of December, the Nigerian Minister of Transport gave the Nigerian Ports Authority just two weeks to find solutions to congestion stalling operations at ports in the Lagos area.

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    Doing it for themselves

    2009-01-09T12:24:00Z

    The Port of Dover has had its own dredger for some time. Nigel Stokes, assistant harbour master, explains that the David Church, which carries out both suction and grab dredging, is in use hoovering up the silt that gets deposited in the harbour all year round, non-stop.

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    International interest in San Antonio

    2009-01-09T12:24:00Z

    According to San Antonio Port Company (EPSA), several global stevedoring groups have expressed an interest in the 30-year concession to build and operate the new Costanera terminal at the port. With an forecast investment of $400m in new infrastructure, EPSA estimates that an award will be made in the third ...

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    Bright spots

    2009-01-07T12:24:00Z

    In these harsh - and getting harsher - times, it''s refreshing to hear that not everyone has been dragged down by the doom and gloom brigade.

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    Dredging - no bottom in sight

    2009-01-07T12:24:00Z

    Maintaining channels and berth depths has become an operational migraine as dredgers flock to more lucrative reclamation projects instead, as Stevie Knight discovers

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    Crane corners deep sea shipping

    2009-01-06T12:24:00Z

    A new ship-to-shore gantry crane has arrived at the Port of Liverpool for the Royal Seaforth Container Terminal where berthing for deep sea ships is to be increased by a third.

  • Port Strategy: Riga is creating a multifunctional dry bulk and general cargo complex on Krievu sala
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    Riga projects

    2009-01-05T12:24:00Z

    The Port of Riga saw volumes increase by 13.8% to 21.9m tonnes in the first nine months of this year. The increase reflected growing volumes in dry bulks, mostly coal but also sugar, cereals, peat moss and ore, says a port spokeswoman.

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    PSEL adds global training arm

    2009-01-04T12:24:00Z

    Port Services Engineering Ltd (PSEL) has added another facet to its competencies by acquiring a training and HSE company.

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    Klaipeda cargo record

    2009-01-02T12:24:00Z

    The Lithuanian port of Klaipeda handled a record 27.36m tonnes last year (2007), an increase of almost 16% on 2006. At the time of writing, the forecast was another 10-15% increase for 2008, to over 30m tonnes.

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    Cranes go east

    2009-01-01T12:24:00Z

    The very first two Liebherr rail-mounted stacking container cranes are on order for Russia.

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    ps page

    2008-12-31T12:24:00Z

    As 2008 draws a close, it''s time for a little reflection on what this year has brought us. But will we learn from the lessons, or will our memories revert to the norm of burying bad news?

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    Share swap-shop for HPH

    2008-12-31T12:24:00Z

    A giant share swap-shop has been taking place between Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), and the Evergreen group.

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    Busan committed to global programme

    2008-12-31T12:24:00Z

    Bucking the trend, Busan Port is to globalise its operations in the face of the economic slowdown.

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    Tallinn investments

    2008-12-31T12:24:00Z

    The Port of Tallinn has set itself strategic goals for its three major business lines - cargo handling, passenger transport and real estate development.

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    Salalah expansion signs up tractors

    2008-12-31T12:24:00Z

    Kalmar has been awarded a contract to supply 42 Ottawa 4x2 terminal tractors for the expansion of the Port of Salalah, located in the southern region of Oman.