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Concordia fuel removal completed
The works to remove fuel from the wreck of the capsized luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the Italian coast on 13 January, has been completed.
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Felixstowe calls for axing of off-peak passenger trains
Passenger trains sometimes carrying only three people are taking up rail paths that could be used by 30-wagon freight trains on the branch line to and from the Port of Felixstowe, Hutchison Ports UK chief executive David Gledhill has said.
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US threatens to downgrade Nigerian ports
The United States is threatening to add Nigeria to its list of countries whose ports are considered insecure.
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Tacoma pinches 400,000 boxes from Seattle
The port of Seattle is to lose about 20% of its current container traffic to regional rival Tacoma, as the Grand Alliance switches from Terminal 18 at Seattle to Washington United Terminal at Tacoma.
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Brazil mulls Docas privatisation
The Brazilian government is looking at the possibility of privatising national ports.
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Canal expansion faces seven-month delay
The design and construction contract to build the third set of locks for the Panama canal is to suffer a seven-month delay.
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Tauranga reaches saturation point
Port of Tauranga has announced it can no longer accept unscheduled calls from vessels wishing to bypass Ports of Auckland as that port’s ongoing industrial dispute stretches it beyond capacity.
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Northport eyes stranded NZ trade
Northland Regional Council chairperson Craig Brown believes Northport is ideally-placed to win trade from nearby Ports of Auckland and Port of Tauranga.
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Taranaki breach forces security review
Port Taranaki is to increase security measures after Greenpeace protesters boarded the vessel Noble Discoverer in late February - the third action at the port by members of the organisation in three years.
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NewsTransport Council narrows TEN-T network
During the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting which took place on 22 March, European Transports Ministers reached a first agreement on new guidelines defining a long-term strategy for the development of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T).
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NewsKonecranes hits new heights in Slovenia
Helsinki based Konecranes has received an order for three new RTGs to be delivered to Slovenian port operator, Luka Koper in October.
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NewsPresentation of PERS Certificates took place at the GreenPort Congress in Hamburg
Port of Cork and Peterhead Port Authority were presented with their PERS Certificates by Victor Schoenmakers, Chairman of ESPO
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NewsEarly bird delegate rate available now!
Book your delegate place now and save 20% off the full rate. But hurry, the early bird rate ends 30 July 2012!
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NewsKey Industry Associations lend their support
ESPO, EFIP, ECOPORTS, Pole Mer PACA and AIVP are just some of the supporters of this year''s event.
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NewsMemory loss the bane of the industry
If someone suffers from memory loss or senility, then the shipping industry is where to be. The industry bounces from crisis to euphoria and then appears to forget how it got there, but as the events will be repeated every two to four years we do not need much of ...
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NewsDutch shipyard hands over river cruisers
Dutch shipbuilder Shipyard De Hoop has built a first generation river cruise vessel – the first of four for US tour operator Vantage Deluxe World Travel.
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Moving goods efficiently to inland cities
During the 3rd Annual Africa Ports, Logistics & Supply Chain Conference in Ghana, Reik Mueller, APM Terminals’ Director of Business Development and Infrastructure Investments for the Africa-Middle East Region described a new model for transportation planning and development in West Africa.
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News2012 Call for Papers now closed
The provisional programme for the 7th GreenPort Congress will be released shortly.
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NewsAPMT focuses on African integration
APMT has described a new model for West African transportation suggesting a shift away from "container lifts" towards “integrated container transport solutions”.
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NewsOceanographic optimisation fuels efficiency
Applied oceanography specialists Tidetech will be demonstrating significant fuel saving results on a recent route optimisation trial at the Green Ship Technology (GST) conference in Copenhagen this week.
