All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 613

  • Final bids in for Piraeus were submitted on Monday
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    Final bids in for Piraeus

    2015-12-22T11:18:00Z

    Greece has announced that the final bids for a majority stake in Piraeus Port Authority have been submitted.

  • TIPC wants to take responsibility to create international commercial ports in Taiwan with an emphasis on environmental friendliness
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    Taiwanese ports get EcoPort certified

    2015-12-22T11:15:00Z

    The ports of Keelung and Taichung have successfully obtained EcoPorts Certification reaching a significant milestone in the history of port development in Taiwan.

  • DP World and the Prince Rupert Port Authority have announced an agreement
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    Prince Rupert feasibility study

    2015-12-22T10:06:00Z

    DP World and the Prince Rupert Port Authority have announced an agreement to study further expansion of the Fairview Container Terminal at the port.

  • Equipment order: Kalmar will supply fifteen additional all-electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes to Piraeus
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    Kalmar e-RTGs for Piraeus

    2015-12-21T17:07:00Z

    Cargotec''s Kalmar has signed a third large order for additional fifteen all-electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes with Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) S.A. in Greece, a wholly-owned subsidiary of COSCO Pacific Limited.

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    Rail line for Contargo

    2015-12-21T11:32:00Z

    From January the container hinterland network Contargo will be offering a direct fixed-schedule rail connection between Neuss and Rotterdam with two round trips a week.

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    New marine energy consultancy

    2015-12-21T11:32:00Z

    A new marine energy consultancy has been established to offer trusted intelligence to an increasingly complex sector, including to ports.

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    North America's 'first' LNG bunker barge

    2015-12-21T09:48:00Z

    Clean Marine Energy LLC (CME) has announced that North America’s ''first'' LNG bunker barge is scheduled to be launched in February 2016.

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    Brazil to launch second phase of logistics plan

    2015-12-20T07:54:00Z

    In Brazil, the second phase of the government''s National Ports Logistics Plan (PNLP) is scheduled to be launched in December, according to the ports minister Helder Barbalho.

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    TRX launches new infrastructure fund

    2015-12-20T07:52:00Z

    In Brazil, TRX Infraestrutura, one of TRX''s business units, has launched its TRX Infraestrutura FIP II investment fund.

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    Valencia stevedoring unions labelled inflexible

    2015-12-20T07:50:00Z

    The Port of Valencia''s stevedoring company, Sevasa-Sagep, recently put out a press release stating that “the lack of flexibility among stevedores” would lead to a reduction in the operating capacity at the port.

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    Impeachment proceedings fail to stop concessions

    2015-12-20T07:49:00Z

    Brazil issued its first round of port tenders on December 9, divided into two calls.

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    HPH fined for breach of contract

    2015-12-20T07:47:00Z

    Ecuador''s Attorney General, representing Manta Port Authority (APM) as plaintiff in the arbitration case taken out against companies belonging to Hutchison Whampoa Limited, has ruled that the port authority is due compensation for a breach of contract obligations by the defendants in respect of the terms and conditions related to ...

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    Hogia wins Stockholm TOS contract

    2015-12-18T11:00:00Z

    Ports of Stockholm is redeveloping Värtahamnen as a part of the urban development of Norra Djurgårdsstaden.

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    Ten year LNG project

    2015-12-18T09:55:00Z

    Svitzer Australia has won a ten year contract to provide towage and other marine services to the multi-billion dollar INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project in Australia''s Port of Darwin.

  • Building starts on Shell LNG bunker vessel
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    Shell LNG bunker vessel

    2015-12-17T10:56:00Z

    STX Offshore and Shipbuilding has started the construction of the LNG bunker vessel that Shell will be operating from the Port of Rotterdam.

  • Peel Ports announces the acquisition of GYPC
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    Peel adds Great Yarmouth to portfolio

    2015-12-17T10:19:00Z

    Peel Ports Group has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Great Yarmouth Port Company Limited (GYPC).

  • Paris COP21 Climate Change Conference could bring change to the shipping industry
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    A game changer for shipping?

    2015-12-17T07:24:00Z

    The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) has begun in Paris with the aim to reach a new legally binding climate agreement to limit the rise in global warming.

  • Port Metro Vancouver calls for the protection of industrial land
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    Port Metro Vancouver calls for collaboration

    2015-12-16T23:32:00Z

    Port Metro Vancouver is calling on leaders to embrace a shared responsibility for managing the growth of Vancouver’s trade gateway and the protection of the ports industrial land.

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    Panama releases Corozal tender

    2015-12-16T23:25:00Z

    Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for companies interested in the Corozal Container Terminal.

  • Turku is doing its bit to promote a sustainable maritime link between Finland and Sweden Photo: Port of Turku
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    Baltic ports in green collaboration

    2015-12-16T23:25:00Z

    Three Finnish TEN-T core ports are working in collaboration with Ports of Stockholm and Viking Line to invest €8,100,000 in measures to reduce the environmental impact from shipping in the Baltic Sea.