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NewsCaptive to Casablanca
Morocco''s original ''super-port'' risks being overshadowed by national neighbours, as Stevie Knight explains
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NewsDefining the ‘Green Port’ concept
The keynote speech of the GreenPort Congress on 14th September 2011 is to be presented by Dimitrios Theologitis of the European Mobility Network Directorate, says event organiser Mercator Media Ltd.
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NewsOff the transhipment seesaw
In today''s market, those North African terminals with hub status carved out in transhipment will likely find themselves more stable than those with domestic pull.
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NewsRevolutionary spirit
There remain a myriad of barriers to ''secure'' port investment in North Africa as Stevie Knight discovers
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NewsAn extraordinary affair
The early expulsion of Getma International, a subsidiary of the NCT Necotrans group, from its 25-year concession for the Conakry container terminal in Guinea has all the hallmarks of a most extraordinary affair.
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NewsHead of Unit, EC to open Congress
Dimitrios Theologitis of the European Mobility Network Directorate, will give the keynote speech at the 2011 GreenPort Congress
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Brazilian government to participate in ports
Brazil''s federal government has announced that it is to increase its intervention in the management and planning of 16 large ports.
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Chile's Coquimbo considers concession
The Chilean port of Coquimbo will shortly be offered as a concession as a means of expanding its working area and thereby allowing it to more easily accommodate larger vessels.
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NewsKiwi ports maintain steady funding
New Zealand’s two largest ports - Ports of Auckland (POAL) and the Port of Tauranga - are reporting steady relationships with their banking creditors, albeit with some differences since the global financial crisis.
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NewsNew-fashioned financing
The new age of risk averse banking calls for fresh thinking to raise finance for port projects.
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NewsDP World celebrates four-fold profit increase
A stronger operating environment pushed DP World''s first-half profits up four-fold, but second half uncertainty could disrupt the profits party, the group cautioned on Thursday.
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NewsUS East coast ports prepare for Irene
The expected landfall of category three Hurricane Irene on Saturday has prompted the US Coast captain of the port North Carolina sector to set Port Condition Whiskey for the state’s Wilmington and Morehead City ports.
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Suape request for $625m funding
The Brazilian state of Pernambuco has asked BNDES for a loan of $625 million to finance upgrades at the north-eastern port of Suape.
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Santos racks up $6bn in investment
The port of Santos will have received combined private and public investment of $6bn by 2024 aimed at improving infrastructure and capacity.
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Mormugao upgrades put on hold
Modernisation of the mechanical ore handling plant at the Indian port of Mormugao has been suspended.
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NewsIndia commits $60bn to national ports
The Indian government has announced that, in partnership with the private sector, it is to invest $60bn into the national port network by 2020 to accommodate increasing levels of growth.
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Uruguay revisits deep water port plan
The government of Uruguay has re-activated a project that first emerged in 2005 to build a new deepwater port at Garzón.
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Cadiz releases terminal tender
The southern Spanish port of Cadiz has issued a tender for a new container terminal.
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NewsNo one solution to scanning puzzle
Flexibility will be vital in responding to whatever scanning approach is decided upon by regulators, says Andrew Goldsmith of Rapiscan.
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NewsZero tolerance
The radioactive threats are real, but the container scanning debate continues. Felicity Landon reports
