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NewsAPMT opens Dubai office
Operator APM Terminals has inaugurated its regional head office in Dubai for its Africa, Middle East & Indian subcontinent region.
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NewsPort Authority of New York and New Jersey Completes Preliminary Study of Bayonne Bridge
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) has released results of a US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) analysis of the air-draft restricting Bayonne Bridge.
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NewsIndia investing $4bn in ports
India''s Ministry of Shipping is to award contracts for 28 projects worth $4.11bn in 2009-10.
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NewsInteresting openings
Doing business in new locations can be a legal and financial minefield, as Stevie Knight finds out
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NewsThe Insurer
September opened a new chapter in the growing book of potential liabilities for port and terminal operators.
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NewsBrazil ports
Brazil''s Oderbrecht, an engineering and construction company, in partnership with Dubai-based ports operator DP World, has acquired a majority stake in a Brazilian port, Empresa Brasileira de Terminais Portuarios (Embraport) in Santos City, Sao Paulos state, media reports have said.
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NewsDealing with lines
Matthew Gore explains how to deal with shipping lines who do not pay bills promptly
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NewsThe law's no ass
The applicable law is the legal system that applies to the contract or standard terms and the applicable jurisdiction is the court system which has power to adjudicate over disputes.
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NewsARL takes yard clashes out at PTP
The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has paired up with software specialist ARL tools to run rubber-tyred gantry crane and yard block management tools at the Malaysian port.
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Valencia now largest Mediterranean box port
The Spanish port of Valencia is now the fifth largest in Europe in terms of containers.
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NZL claim heads to court
Port of Tauranga has lodged declaratory judgement proceedings in the New Zealand High Court in an attempt to resolve the terminal dispute with NZL Group.
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The future is Green
The benefits of integrated green ideas can stretch beyond the immediate port environs, says BMT's Del Redvers.
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Thamesport boosts STS cover
London Thamesport has ordered its eighth ship-to-shore gantry crane from ZPMC. Due to be delivered in April 2010, the ultra post-panamax crane has an outreach of 62.5 metres and can handle ships with containers stowed 22-wide on deck.
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Cathelco's temporary solution
Cathelco''s need for additional, short-term storage space at its UK facility has been answered by a 100 sq metre aluminium-framed temporary unit.
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NewsGulf investment becomes unsure
Declining oil revenues and the current economic downturn could put at risk $40bn of investment planned in ports and terminals across the Gulf region.
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NewsAttempts being made to halt LLX development
The Federal Public Ministry in Campos dos Goytacazes has put forward a legal injunction to prevent LLX from continuing with construction of a port complex at Aç u on the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro state.
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NewsWinning the sustainability dollars
Stop treating green initiatives as ''add-ons'' and start embracing holistic solutions, Stevie Knight suggests
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NewsIndonesian ports court private investment
Indonesian state port operator, Pelindo I, has signed partnership agreements with 11 private-sector companies to develop logistics and ports business in the west of the country worth $500m over the next five years.
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CSS Code
The IMO subcommittee on dangerous goods, solid cargoes and containers (DSC) has produced draft amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing (CSS Code), addressing problems associated with access to lashing points on containerships. The scope of these amendments includes both ship design and construction, and ...
