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    Dorset withdraws objections to Portland plans

    2008-07-12T21:26:00Z

    Dorset County Council has withdrawn its objections to a major expansion at the south coast port of Portland, after the port agreed to contribute to the cost of local road improvements.

  • Port Strategy: The canal authority is keen to capitalise on increased traffic on the back of its expansion
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    Panama targets canal traffic

    2008-07-12T21:26:00Z

    Panama Port Authority is aiming to boost its logistics provision to enable national ports to operate as international hubs.

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    Indo-Malaysian group gets Vizhinjam

    2008-07-12T21:26:00Z

    The Malaysian company Penbinan Redzai, along with Indian partners Lanco Infratech and Lanco Kondapalli Power, has been awarded a 33-year concession to build a container terminal at the Indian Port of Vizhinjam.

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    DP World falls short of Chennai performance targets

    2008-07-12T21:26:00Z

    Chennai container terminal operator DP World has agreed to pay $22m in compensation for not having covered minimum container throughput figures for non-transhipment traffic between December 2006 and November 2007.

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    Bathside Bay 'not until mid next decade'

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    The construction of a new UK container terminal at Bathside Bay, Harwich is unlikely to start until at least the middle of the next decade, a seminar on port congestion has been told.

  • Port Strategy: Spanish port seeks development partners
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    TCB expansion tender issued

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    Barcelona Port Authority has issued a tender for the extension of the South Quay, which will be incorporated into the concession of Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB).

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    Duisburg multimodal terminal

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    Duisburg is to be the home of a new 35,000 sq m trimodal container terminal, part funded by South Africa''s Imperial Group. Due to open in spring 2009, the terminal will be part of a new transportation link between the Upper Rhine ports and Duisburg, handling cargo which is not ...

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    Colombian concession extensions

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    The operators of the Colombian ports of Buenaventura, Santa Marta and Baranquilla have each been given a 20-year concession extension. In exchange, Buenaventura will have to invest $450m in upgrading its facilities, Santa Marta $128m and Baranquilla $178.

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    Terminal View release

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    The latest version of Terminal View, a 3D tool that enables port and intermodal operators to zoom into any area of the terminal and monitor operations in real-time, has been released by Tideworks Technology.

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    Charity begins at home

    2008-07-10T21:26:00Z

    A community fund in Felixtowe has been launched with the backing of twelve local shipping and transport companies.

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    Maersk signs up with Felixstowe

    2008-07-10T21:26:00Z

    Maersk Line has signed a ten-year agreement with the Port of Felixstowe which will give the shipping line priority terminal usage.

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    Green scheme for Southampton

    2008-07-10T21:26:00Z

    A UK first has been made by the ABP Port of Southampton who has recently started to obtain its power through a combined heat-and-power-led district energy scheme, reducing the port''s carbon dioxide emissions by 30%.

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    LLX to shed 30% equity stake

    2008-07-10T21:26:00Z

    The Brazilian logistics company LLX is to sell a 30% stake in its operations to a strategic investor for approximately $3.5bn. The sale is slated to take place before the end of 2009.

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    Rubber Gantries Part of Green Initiative in HK

    2008-07-10T21:26:00Z

    Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) is deploying 17 electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes (eRTGs) in the first phase of a HK$140m (US$18m) crane-electrification programme that will reduce emissions at Kwai Tsing Container Port.

  • Port Strategy: Lines anger at Costa Rican ports
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    Threat of boycott hangs over Limón and Moín

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    Shipping lines Crowley and APL have warned the Costa Rican ports of Limó n and Moí n that they are considering dropping calls on the back of poor service.

  • Port Strategy: Electro-Kinetic Ramps generate power every time a truck drives over them
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    The electrification of ports

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    Once viewed as a fashionable ''green'' statement, self sufficient power generation is in today''s ports less of a luxury and more a necessity, as Patrik Wheater finds out

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    Energy capture to fuel Russian port

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    As part of its expansion plans, Russia''s National Container Company has ordered 19 energy-efficient rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Konecranes, to meet an anticipated annual capacity of 9m teu.

  • Port Strategy: Dry bulk cargoes, such as grain, are vying for space in US containers
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    Bulk Into Containers

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    The global shipping market is in somewhat of a flux, with a possible world recession, sharply fluctuating bulk shipping rates and liner rates trying to decide what to do.

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    Future electric

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    Kalmar has launched an electric forklift series, designed as a productive, cost-effective, fossil-fuel free and environmentally-friendly unit.

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    Seamless radiation scanning

    2008-07-09T21:26:00Z

    VeriTainer, specialist in crane-mounted radiation scanning solutions, has been invited to participate in an Operational Readiness Test by US customs and security departments at the Port of Tacoma.