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NewsLiverpool boosts logistics capacity
Port of Liverpool owner Peel Ports has submitted plans for the construction of more than 400,000 sq ft of warehousing to boost the port's logistics capacity.
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Securewest online training
Training provider Securewest has launched an on-line training package for port facility security awareness courses.
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Seatrade relocates
Reefer operator Seatrade has made the strategic decision to switch base from Auckland to the Port of Tauranga following the winning of long-term contracts with both Zespri and ENZA.
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New Argentinean box terminal
The Argentinean port of Comodoro Rivadavia is to have a new container terminal costing $2.55m. The terminal will cover an area of 11,500 sq m in the south of the port and be built by Freile Construcciones.
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Ukraine terminal beast
Ukraine''s Privat Group has finalised plans for the country''s largest independent private container terminal, International Container Terminal Peresyp. Covering 62 ha and with 1,300 metres of quay wall, construction of the terminal - sited next to Odessa port territory - is slated for 2011 completion.
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Smart Kalmar spots positioning gap
Port equipment manufacturer Kalmar has added to its cache of automated products with a tool to aide positioning of containers.
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Green light for Gladstone terminal
Environmental clearance has now been given for the construction of Wiggins Island Coal Terminal at the port of Gladstone, Australia.
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IDB bankrolling Santa Catarina Tecon
The Interamerican Development Bank has approved a loan of $144m to Itapoá Terminais Portuá rios SA, which is building Brazil''s first entirely private port of the northern coast of Santa Catarina state.
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HPH awarded new Karachi contract
Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has awarded Hutchison Port Holdings a 25-year concession to establish the new Pakistan Deepwater Container Port at east Kearnari Groyne.
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New Santander bulk terminal
Dragados-SPL has begun the final phase construction work at its new ¢ 50m ($74.3m) dry bulk terminal in the port of Santander. Start-up traffic this year is expected to be 1.5m tonnes, rising to 2m tonnes from 2009.
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Putting wind in Tilbury's sails
The UK''s Port of Tilbury is seeking to harness wind power in a bid to cut carbon emissions and power consumption. It has submitted a planning application to Thurrock Council for the development of its own wind farm, initially for four wind turbines.
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Brazil to open up port services
A proposal before the Brazilian parliament would make it possible for domestic ports to issue international tenders when undertaking major dredging programmes.
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Philadelphia contentious land swap to go ahead
Philadelphia''s Maritime Stakeholders Group was dealt a bitter blow to its campaign to stop a land swap in the port to a non-maritime business when Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini denied their request to a preliminary injunction.
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New finance models for Bengali port
The Indian government has conceded that it may well have to look into alternative models to finance construction of the projected new deep-sea port on the west Bengal Coast.
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NewsSt Petersburg bows to dockers demands
Russian billionaire Vladimir Lisin has agreed to pay port workers at St Petersburg Seaport salary increases of between 10% and 51% as from February 1.
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ZPMC throws weight behind power regeneration
US-based VYCON has teamed up with crane manufacturer ZPMC to offer energy storage flywheel systems as a standard option to customers.
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SARS steps out
US-based SARS has expanded its international network of Automatic Identification System (AIS) sites with the addition of five sites in Chile and three in Mexico. The company''s network of AIS receivers delivers vessel traffic information for key ports and waterways, such as the identification, position, course, and speed of vessels.
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Extreme surveillance solutions
Extreme CCTV has launched a suite of new products to improve port surveillance options.
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NewsNZ news snippets
Ports of Auckland chief executive Jens Madsen has incensed Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns with criticism the latter''s MetroPort Auckland inland port is an "illogical supply chain".
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NewsJaxport set for Hanjin terminal green light
Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) expects to get the green light for its third container terminal within the next six months, according to the port''s operations director Chris Kauffmann.
