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Accolade for Newcastle boss
The man who led the team that re-floated the Pasha Bulker at Newcastle in Australia has been named the town''s citizen of the year.
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Little progress on Bengal deep-sea port
India''s Union Shipping Ministry is reported to be struggling to find a consultant to prepare a detailed project report for the construction of a deep seaport on the coast of Bengal.
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NewsBayonne Bridge
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) Board has authorised up to $300,000 for a study of the restrictive 151 ft air draft of the Bayonne Bridge and how that might hinder future trade growth.
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NewsReal-life £1.75m port training centre launched
His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, has officially opened a world-class £ 1.75m port and international trade training facility on the UK''s north west coast.
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NewsLiebherr captures South American dream
Since opening a sales office in Brazil five years ago, crane manufacturer Liebherr claims to have boosted the mobile harbour crane (MHCs) population in the country from five to 22.
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'Cell-level' detection for Oakland
SSA Terminals has deployed a position detection system (PDS) in its US Oakland International Container Terminal.
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NewsSwap for top team at Vycon
Vycon, the flywheel-energy innovator, has announced the appointment of a new chief executive.
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LPC gets deep
This includes buying cranes and other equipment and expanding the terminal's quay by 149 metres, which will satisfy the company's needs through to 2012.
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DB and Rotterdam to co-operate
Deutsche Bahn AG and the Port of Rotterdam Authority intend to work together more closely.
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NewsAt the sharp end
Stowaways pose a significant threat to port security and should not be overlooked, as Felicity Landon discovers
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NewsJuxtaposed controls (stowaway article)
At the Port of Dover, once a magnet for truck-loads of stowaways, juxtaposed immigration controls have put the lid on the problem.
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NewsCapacity crisis brewing in north Europe
The European ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and Bremerhaven must urgently develop their infrastructure to accommodate rapidly rising traffic, or risk a loss of business, a study by HypoVereinsbank has urged.
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Eurogate on a roll
In 2007, the Eurogate group handled a combined 13.87m teu, which was 10.6% higher than the previous year. Bremerhaven and Hamburg saw traffic rise by 12% to 7.8m teu; Contship Italia reported an 8.8% hike to 5.82m teu.
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Newscement feature
Money from vigourous cement demand continues to pour in for ports happy to handle this needy minor bulk, as Stuart Pearcey reports
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The insurer
A particularly tricky operation at a port - we had better withhold its identity - was beginning to get a reputation as akin to a ride on the wall of death. Drivers of straddle carriers were required to negotiate a ramp and manoeuvre into a 90 degree turn. They tended ...
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NZ news snippets
Christchurch''s Syft Technologies is to supply up to five Voice200 SIFT-MS units to the Canada Border Services Agency. The units are designed to help protect border services officers and port workers from exposure to volatile chemicals sometimes found in containers.
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PSA box traffic system first
PSA International has introduced the first Containerised Traffic System (CTS) in Asia at its facility at Pasir Panjang terminal in the Port of Singapore.
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NewsDisappearing Container Capacity
Recent forecasts and press comments suggest that the major East-West liner trades are suffering weaker growth rates than had been anticipated. The US recession has caused transpacific trade volumes to decline sharply from nearly 10% growth in 2006 to only 2.2% to North America as a whole in 2007. For ...
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Tideworks Asian debut
Software developer Tideworks has opened a regional office in Singapore to better serve its growing Asian clientele.
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Boston throughput record
The port of Boston set a new throughput record for containers in 2007. This sector increased 10.1% to 220,341 teu.
