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Death at Lyttelton
Long-serving Lyttelton Port of Christchurch watersider Martin Sincock (55) was recently killed when a line snapped on the coal ship Devprayag while it was being moored at Cashin Quay.
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Maersk departure hits Alicante
Maersk has withdrawn its South Iberia feeder service from the port of Alicante after just three months.
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APM further cements Tanger commitment
APM Terminals in partnership with Morocco''s Akwa Group has been awarded the concession to operate Terminal 3 at Tanger-Med II, which has a capacity of 3m teu.
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Oz port congestion improves
The Simpson, Spence and Young Australian Coal Port Congestion Index has dropped to 7.1 days, the lowest it has been since October 2006.
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Algeciras funds secure
Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA) has approved an investment package of ¢ 59m ($87.9m) to expand existing port infrastructure, including construction of the new Adosado terminal and reinforcement of Juan Carlos I quay.
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Brazil's ports industry in flux
The Brazilian Public Container Terminal Users Association (Abratec) is questioning the legality of having a private container terminal, Portonave, in the port of Navegantes, compete with the Port of Itajaí Container Terminal (Teconvi), which is a publicly owned facility.
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The Alphabet Recession Scenarios and Irrational Exuberance
It used to be that recessions were linked to parachuting. Soft landings, hard landings, crash landings... The world is changing. Today there is not a day that passes without some new letter of the alphabet creeping into the economic recession language trying to explain the type, depth and length of ...
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NewsBarry Parker opinion Sept t 2008
The election season is in full swing; with the official nominating conventions, the "presumptive candidates" will become their parties'' true nominees. While analysts believe that it will be a "Democratic year", ie Barrack Obama could win, political campaigns have a habit of twisting, turning and surprising.
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NewsMaritime crane transport article
Are there too many port cranes and not enough transport options? Opinion is divided as Alex Hughes finds out
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Nose to tail solutions
Portek is one of very few companies offering turnkey solutions, organising the entire logistics chain in the movement of maritime handling equipment. Specialist maritime transporting companies also do this, although invariably feel more comfortable leaving it up to others to implement.
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NewsCredit in the crunch
Getting credit for cargo handling equipment in the current financial climate need not be too much of a problem with manufacturers offering a number of finance deals, reports Patrik Wheater
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Otago dispute settled
A new two-year collective employment agreement has been reached between Port Otago and the Combined Unions.
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New blood at Tarragona
DP World (60%) and Zim (40%) have bought Tarragona container terminal operator Contarsa, which is currently handling 150,000 teu.
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'Emergency' call in Costa Rica
Users of the Costa Rican ports of Moín and Limón have called on the government to declare a state of national emergency for port operations.
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Blanca deal sealed
A $150m contract has been signed to build a multi-purpose terminal at the Argentinian port of Bahía Blanca.
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Ennore selects six bidders
Six bidders have been shortlisted by Ennore Port Ltd to develop a container terminal costed at $308m.
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Newcastle blockade
Environmental protesters temporarily blockaded rail access for coal trains to the Australian port of Newcastle in August. In the first five months of this year, throughput has increased by 1.5m tonnes to 38.67m tonnes as demand from China increases.
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Russian port commitment
Russia is to spend ¢ 7.6bn ($11.3bn) on developing ports in the North West, of which ¢ 2.1bn ($3.1bn) will come from the Federal Budget. Ust-Luga should be handling up to 130m tonnes by 2015, Primorsk in the region of 25m tonnes, Vyborg 3m tonnes and Vystock 12m tonnes. Kaliningrad ...
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Vietnam growth
First half growth at Vietnamese ports, which amounted to 22%, was double that registered in 2007.
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Djibouti tariff criticised
Unilateral imposition of a new tariff system from August 15 has prompted the Ethiopian government to criticise Djibouti port''s tariff plan as being both unfair and difficult to accept.
