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NewsCorus announcement deals a blow to Teesport
The northeast England port of Teesport could lose the equivalent of a quarter of its total annual throughput following the announcement that Corus is to close its steelmaking facilities on Teesside, with the direct loss of 1,700 jobs, at the end of January.
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NewsA flexible arrangement
Flexibility in product handling has been helped along by the wide range of unloaders available. For example, besides the larger machines, Vigan produces compact, trailerable units which can deployed in some interesting ways.
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NewsShiploader for narrow quay work in Peru
A new flexible ''narrow quay'' installation to load copper and gold ores for the Gold Fields La Cima facility at the Port of Salaverry in Peru has been commissioned from B&W Mechanical Handling.
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NewsSuck it and see
Pneumatic units may not be the best fit for every bulk handling job, as Stevie Knight discovers
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NewsExpansion into logistics - a risky business
As the portfolio of services that ports and terminal operators provide their customers expands, so their risk exposure increases, as Damon Thompson explains
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ESPO attends COP 15
Whilst top politicians from all corners of the globe have been in Copenhagen this week for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, various industry side-events have been organised in the Danish capital. Following an initiative of Det Norske Veritas (DNV) a special session on Ports, Goods Movement and Supply ...
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U.S.A. Short Sea Shipping
Is short sea shipping finally being taken seriously in the States, asks Barry Parker
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True costs of hub status
In the United States, short sea shipping - or coastal freighting services for hauling non-bulk cargoes paralleling existing truck networks - is not a new idea: a few container feeder roll on-roll off (ro-ro) services have already carved out small niches. New Bedford, Massachusetts - investment to achieve hub status ...
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Georgia's new fleet to save a third on fuel
Eleven new rubber-tyred gantry cranes at the port of Georgia aim to conserve more than 83,000 gallons of diesel per year - a 33% saving compared with the existing fleet''s average consumption.
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Libra keeps foot on investment
The Brazilian terminal operator Libra Terminais says it will continue investing despite the downturn in the economy.
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APM Terminals welcomes CMA CGM's flagship
CMA CGM held a ceremony on board CMA CGM''s new 365m long, 52.1m (20 containers) wide fleet flagship, the Cristophe Colomb to welcome the giant technologically advanced vessel to the Port of Rotterdam on its maiden voyage from Shanghai.
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NewsUK's pre-budget report disappointment
Expressing frustration at the UK government''s refusal to cut duty on fuel as well as its stand on raising National Insurance Contributions, Roger Williams, CEO of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) has said "it was perhaps over-optimistic to expect any favours."
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Bulk and tanker operators less boxed in by downturn
The outlook for most container terminal operators might be bleak, but the economics of running dry bulk and tanker facilities provides some cause for optimism.
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T4 to start operations in Tangier in 2014
Marsa International Tangier Terminals is to assume management of T4 at the new Port of Tangier Med II. The 30-year concession was awarded last year to a consortium consisting of Marsa Maroc, PSA and SNI, although it is not clear whether PSA is still involved. The facility is slated to ...
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Aussies e-learn IMDG code
An IMDG Code e-learning course by Exis Technologies has now been included on the Australian Maritime Safety Authority''s website. This comes in advance of the mandatory training for all shore side staff involved in dangerous goods transport by sea that will take effect from January 2010.
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Newsps the strategist
Picture this - the whole of the traditional terminal investor world, in the shape of international terminal operators, is in the grip of the world''s worst recession and it has become evident that they have scaled back investment plans, and that new projects are now further from their mind than ...
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NewsNational Policy Strategy: increased investment
Setting out the UK government''s conclusions on the need for advancing port infrastructure, a new draft National Policy Strategy (NPS) has highlighted the need for increased investment over the next two or three decades and projects a definite requirement for increased capacity in the years ahead, despite the current downturn.
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port finance review
Record-breaking terminal deals of yesteryear hang heavy over today''s depressed market, Mike King explains
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NewsGlobal Port Tracker unveiled
Hackett Associates has launched a Global Port Tracker report to replace IHS Global Insight''s Port Tracker, which ceases publication at the end of the year.
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Cuba commits to ports modernisation undertaking
The expansion of the Panama Canal has prompted Cuba to fund the expansion and modernisation of its three main ports in collaboration with China and Venezuela.
