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Port body to service north-east
A dedicated bulk ports corporation is to be set up in Queensland with another body set to administer the far north''s smaller "community" ports.
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Container recognition in Europe
A new container recognition system is being installed at the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. This will be the first port in Europe to take up the technology after its successful deployment in the US.
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GreenPort 2009 Environmental Study Tour
Prior to GreenPort 2008 in February the world’s first environmental port study tour was held: devised to enable GreenPort delegates to experience environmental projects and management expertise in other ports.
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Green light for Danube environmental initiative
The European Commission has decided not to raise objections to plans to extend a scheme piloted by Austria’s federal government, aimed at promoting a modal shift to inland waterways. Under the pilot scheme, new inland navigation services on the Danube are eligible for ...
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Star performer
No one wants to contribute to talking ourselves into a recession, least of all this column, but given that we are now genuinely experiencing a rough ride in financial and economic terms it does seem appropriate to highlight the importance of achieving a consistently good performance in the port industry, ...
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NewsMadagascar investment continues
Madagascar International Container Terminal at Toamasina, run by Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) through a 20-year concession signed in 2005, is also looking for transhipment; Madagascar International Container Terminal Services (MICTS) has stated its ambitions to be "Africa''s secondary hub".
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NewsPort Reunion
Port Reunion is looking to increase its transhipment business, and the expansion of its container terminal this year is a key part of this ambition.
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Funding to cut freight emissions
UK Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick has announced a £67m boost to the Sustainable Distribution Fund that will help the freight industry reduce costs and cut emissions.
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Multi-Modal guide from Freight Best Practice
A new free publication ‘Choosing and Developing a Multi-Modal Transport Solution’ has been published by the Freight Best Practice programme. This new Guide examines how to approach the use of rail or water transport as part of an operators’ supply chain.
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Sinking property values hit NZ financials
Port Taranaki recorded a comparably flat net after-tax profit of NZ$4.76m (US$2.9m), 16% rise in revenue to NZ$43m (US$26.4m) and new container throughput record of 59,586 teu during the 2007-2008 financial year. Profit was predominantly affected by higher operating expenditure and write-offs associated with a failed coal trade bid.
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Hamburg to develop “Hinterland Gateway”
HHLA’s Uniconsult Universal Transport Consulting subsidiary is drawing up a scheme for a “Hinterland Gateway of the Port of Hamburg”.
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Demonstrators close Bangkok
Pro-democracy demonstrations in Thailand have begun to impact negatively on the nation''s ports. Bangkok has in recent months already suffered a complete one-day shutdown due to agitation from anti-government protesters, prompting prompted shipping lines to divert cargo to Laem Chabang.
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Major investment for Freeport
Freeport Container Terminal in the Bahamas is to undertake an upgrade programme costing $300m.
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NewsSpeed limits on the trucks
Transmon Engineering has developed a series of speed control systems to combat forklift truck accidents.
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Funding Guide for Inland Waterway Transport
The “Funding Guide for Inland Waterway Transport in Europe” - one of the instruments of the European Commission’s NAIADES Action Programme - was officially launched on 1 October by Jonathan Scheele, Director of DG TREN Directorate B – Transport Logistics.
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Maersk downsizes at Kaohsiung
Maersk has slashed the number of containers it handles at Kaohsiung by 20%, less than the rumoured 50% reduction. The company will no longer call at berths 118 or 119, instead transferring containers to berth 75, adjacent to berths 76 and 77, where the company handles the majority of its ...
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Melbourne record
Melbourne has set a new Australian record for box movements, handling over 6,600 containers a day in August. Total container throughput for the month was a record 205,066 teu, 13% up on the previous record of 202,397 teu in October 2007
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NewsRoundabout steers trucks to log port
The Bypass East road in Duisburg-Rheinhausen has been officially opened enabling the heavy vehicle traffic of around 1700 trucks daily to be directed via a new roundabout and the new Osloer Strasse directly to the log port logistics center.
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Boskalis serious about Smit
Boskalis is to make an all-share offer for maritime services company Smit. After its earlier ¢ 1.1bn ($1.48bn) bid for the company was rejected, it increased its equity stake in Smit from 6.7% to 10.5%, allowing it to call an extraordinary meeting of shareholders to discuss a new bid.
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NewsAttorney general challenges Colombia's concessions law
Colombia''s attorney general has asked the Constitutional Court to make changes to the law granting port terminal concessions.
