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CEPA desperate for private sector cash
El Salvador''s port authority (CEPA) urgently needs to privatise its ports to stop its finances passing into the red, according to local sources.
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Auckand heads to supreme court
Ports of Auckland''s lawyers are seeking leave to appeal a recent Court of Appeal decision to the Supreme Court.
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NewsYang Ming invests in Kaohsiung
Yang Ming is to go ahead with a 2.92m teu box terminal at the port of Kaohsiung, despite the economic downturn.
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NewsContainerport Insurance
Insurers are working with operators and equipment suppliers to upgrade shore safety, keep cranes on track, and cut claims right back, finds James Brewer
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Strategist Column
Here we are seemingly with the natural order of things collapsing around us. Trade is on the slide, contracts are being broken, freight rates are heading south, ships are being mothballed, terminal operators are walking away from concessions and the number of company failures is accelerating. Doom and gloom! Or ...
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Indonesian ports slash rates
Indonesian ports, prompted by the reduction in global oil prices, have cut charges by up to 5% for port services. This move will be re-evaluated within the next three months.
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ZIM switches transhipment to Tarragona
Zim has moved its western Mediterranean hub from the port of Barcelona to Tarragona, where it has a 40% equity participation in the Contarsa box handling facility.
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Santos box terminals hiring
The four container terminals in the Brazilian port of Santos are to take on 300 additional employees this year. Santos-Brazil will contract 72 labourers and Tecondi 70, the rest will be divided between Libra and Rodrimar.
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NewsSecuring the bottom line
Australia''s Newcastle coal port is looking at riding the downturn by an investment strategy which could potentially double the ports capacity.
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SECH and VTE share swap scandal
The president of Genova port authority, Luigi Merlo, has had his knuckles rapped by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport over an interchange of shares between the port''s two container terminal operators, VTE and SECH.
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Long-term plans in Brazil
The axe may have fallen on some areas of Brazil''s production, but a $300m deal that includes Caribbean port interests as well as two coal mines was concluded in December by Vale.
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NewsNew collective bargaining agreement in Valencia
Port unions in Valencia are currently renegotiating their new collective bargaining agreement, to replace the agreement introduced in 1995.
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Coal - can it warm a cool economy?
Can coal bring a much needed fillip to stagnating bulk ports? Stevie Knight finds out
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ZIM abandons Indian consortium
Israeli shipping line Zim has pulled out of the group building the container terminal project at Ennore in India.
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EC calls for third short sea funding proposals
The European Commission (EC) has published its third call for proposals for freight transport services under its second Marco Polo programme.
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Liscont concession extension legal
Portugal''s Office of Port and Maritime Transport has found that the extension granted to Liscont for the concession of its container terminal in the port of Lisbon is not anti-competitive. Given particular examination was the fact that majority shareholder Mota-Engil (82.95%) also has interests in other terminals in the port.
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NewsPollution - the big clean up
Port pollution control has taken on a life of its own, as Stevie Knight finds out
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NewsAn individual perspective
David Jacobs of CWA has a very personal view of pollution issues. A ship''s master for many years, he is now a senior consultant and acts as arbitration for various maritime pollution cases.
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Naples operators back port revival
Operators at the port of Naples recently got together with representatives of the port authority and the Transport Department of the regional government to discuss ways of tackling future challenges at the port.
