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Maersk downsizes at Kaohsiung
Maersk has slashed the number of containers it handles at Kaohsiung by 20%, less than the rumoured 50% reduction. The company will no longer call at berths 118 or 119, instead transferring containers to berth 75, adjacent to berths 76 and 77, where the company handles the majority of its ...
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Melbourne record
Melbourne has set a new Australian record for box movements, handling over 6,600 containers a day in August. Total container throughput for the month was a record 205,066 teu, 13% up on the previous record of 202,397 teu in October 2007
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NewsRoundabout steers trucks to log port
The Bypass East road in Duisburg-Rheinhausen has been officially opened enabling the heavy vehicle traffic of around 1700 trucks daily to be directed via a new roundabout and the new Osloer Strasse directly to the log port logistics center.
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Boskalis serious about Smit
Boskalis is to make an all-share offer for maritime services company Smit. After its earlier ¢ 1.1bn ($1.48bn) bid for the company was rejected, it increased its equity stake in Smit from 6.7% to 10.5%, allowing it to call an extraordinary meeting of shareholders to discuss a new bid.
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NewsAttorney general challenges Colombia's concessions law
Colombia''s attorney general has asked the Constitutional Court to make changes to the law granting port terminal concessions.
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Norfolk Southern issues first Sustainability Report
US rail operator Norfolk Southern Corporation has issued its first sustainability report, describing the company’s commitment to responsible economic, environmental, and social performance. The report, which the company plans to issue annually, is posted on Norfolk Southern’s environmental Web site ...
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Western Mediterranean side
Larger, newer terminals in the western Mediterranean are helping to address an issue that should be of concern to all terminal operators - how to rationalise the speed of growth in ship capacity with that of the terminals they must use.
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NewsIsraeli courts order strikers back to work
Striking Israeli port unions are the subject of legal action being taken by the Manufacturers'' Association and the Chambers of Commerce, who claim that strike action is in contempt of court.
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Challenge for UK rail?
While the north of the UK will see the opening of the Northern Gateway Container Terminal at Teesport in 2011 with a container capacity of 1.5m teu, the capability of the surrounding rail infrastructure may not be up to the job, according to Martyn Pellew, group development director for PD ...
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Brazlian operator halts investment
Brazil''s LLX Logistica has decided to suspend investments in the Port Brasil terminal project in Peruibe municipality, Sao Paulo, the company said in a press release.
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NewsNo end in sight for US West Coast ports malaise
Plummeting volumes at US West Coast ports could be the precursor to long term erosion of the US Pacific coast shipping dominance, according to Drewry Shipping Consultants.
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NewsTerminals operators urged to review crane lockdown procedures
Port equipment, premises and liability insurer, TT Club has urged port and terminal operators to re-visit their crane ''tie-down'' procedures and emergency braking operations to mitigate structural damage and accidents in high winds.
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Yangtze Transport Report
“Yangtze Transport 2008: Accessing China’s Interior” is an in-depth guide to transport infrastructure in the Yangtze region and the logistical challenges facing foreign investors in China’s interior.
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ABP backs clients in UK ratings row
The property revaluation that looks likely to add millions to rate bills for ABP clients at Hull has hit the port company just as hard, said Matt Jukes, Port Director at Hull and Goole.
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NewsDP World ZPMC article addition
Do large operators get preferential service agreements with the Asia crane manufaturers? Alex Hughes talks to DP World to investigate
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NewsTyne on track
Rail has long been at the heart of the Port of Tyne’s operations, which, in recent years has seen significant investment and development.
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A P Moller publishes HSE-report
With the publication of its first consolidated Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Report, the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group has reached a starting point of reporting to the Group’s stakeholders. Over time, this will develop into a Sustainability Report covering additional important aspects ...
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The idiot's guide to recession riding
Are you bombproof? Can you weather these times of economic and financial turbulence? A few suggestions that might help and if some are a little tongue in cheek then the times dictate the need for humour too! So here''s what to have in your recession survival kit:
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Western Mediterranean shorts
Italy''s largest seaport is poised to become even more significant with the announcement of European funding to develop a liquefied natural gas terminal with an annual capacity of 1.2m cu m.
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LR’s environmental management standard for shipping
Using its quality assurance business, LRQA, Lloyd’s Register has developed a shipping industry specific guide for the ISO 14001 environmental management standard, to enable ship operators to establish and implement effective environmental management systems.
