World News – Page 322

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    Australia port planning to be simplified

    2010-06-01T10:00:00Z

    Australian port infrastructure planning is to be streamlined as part of a government initiative to woo more private sector investment in ports.

  • Barcelona is making a bid for rail links as a way to win over shipments
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    Hearts and minds

    2010-05-31T10:00:00Z

    Southern Europe is drawing up the battle lines for intermodal unity, as Stevie Knight reports

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    Lower emissions from Felixstowe

    2010-05-30T10:00:00Z

    The Port of Felixstowe has announced an 8% cut in its carbon emissions in 2009. The amount of carbon dioxide was reduced from 19.8kg to 19kg in 2009 alone, and the port is confident of a further downward trend over the coming year.

  • Eritrea has a long and strategically placed coastline, but its ports have suffered
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    Eritrean ports begin to climb

    2010-05-30T10:00:00Z

    Eritrea has launched a drive to revamp its ports of Massawa and Assab. These ports have been left languishing after the rupture of relations with Ethiopia cut Eritrea out of the picture and Ethiopian cargo moved to neighbouring Djibouti.

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    Italian port reform to go ahead

    2010-05-29T10:00:00Z

    The Italian government has approved draft legislation that will reform the structure of Italian ports.

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    NZ ports' future under scrutiny

    2010-05-29T10:00:00Z

    Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) chief executive Peter Davie predicts there will only be a handful of international container ports in New Zealand within the next decade, as a second tier of feeder ports develops.

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    Liscont legality questions continue

    2010-05-28T10:00:00Z

    Portugal''s Public Ministry has stated that legislation put forward in 2008 allowing the Liscont concession at Alcântara Dock to be extended until 2042 was unconstitutional.

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    KPA investigations called off

    2010-05-27T10:00:00Z

    The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission has recommended that investigations into a flawed $12.3m crane contract awarded by Kenya Ports Authority be dropped.

  • Penalty payments will flow directly between Botany's stevedores and road operators. Photo: J Bar
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    Trucking penalty system questioned

    2010-05-27T10:00:00Z

    The recently announced reforms aimed at reducing congestion at Sydney’s Port Botany has had a mixed reaction from the truckers themselves.

  • Durban was brought almost to a standstill by the strike say reports
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    End in sight for crippling South Africa port strikes

    2010-05-26T18:27:00Z

    A workers'' strike that has crippled South Africa''s ports for more than two weeks could be over by the end of this week, with unions said to be looking favourably on the latest wage deal on the table.

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    Funding approved for Savannah

    2010-05-26T10:00:00Z

    The Georgia General Assembly has approved funding for the Savannah Harbour Expansion Project (SHEP) as well as significant infrastructure improvements that will enhance access to the port.

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    Double bubble for Peel

    2010-05-26T10:00:00Z

    Peel Ports has commissioned a double barge service on the Manchester Ship Canal to handle growing container volumes at the UK’s Port of Liverpool.

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    Panama partners with Jacksonville

    2010-05-25T10:00:00Z

    The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and Jacksonville Port Authority have launched a strategic partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

  • Graph showing the reduction in pollution. Source: APA
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    Antwerp’s pollution drops, despite rise in industry

    2010-05-25T10:00:00Z

    Atmospheric pollutants in Antwerp harbour have dropped significantly over the last decade, according to recent figures.

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    Buenaventura future threatened

    2010-05-25T10:00:00Z

    The Colombian port of Buenaventura has warned it will become less competitive if it is not given the go-ahead to deepen the draught in its access channel.

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    Algeciras loses to Tangier

    2010-05-24T17:21:00Z

    Maersk shipping line is switching 500,000 teu from Algeciras to its facility in TangerMed, because, it says, the Tangier facility has high productivity, lower costs and incorporates zero deviation for vessels.

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    Tenders come thick and fast in South America

    2010-05-24T17:20:00Z

    Mexican port authority API Guaymas, which operates Sonora state''s Guaymas port, has drawn up two tenders to build specialised liquid and mineral terminals.

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    New Ilhéus port in doubt

    2010-05-24T17:18:00Z

    A public inquiry into a proposed new private port in the Brazilian state of Bahia has divided public opinion in Ilhéus.

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    New Indonesian port

    2010-05-24T17:15:00Z

    Indonesian state port operator Pelindo II is to build a 10m teu capacity hub port at Karawang, West Java. The development will take place over the next five to ten years at a cost of $667m.

  • Port Strategy: Darwin's East Arm Wharf, where the pollution incidents are said to have happened
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    Darwin under pollution microscope

    2010-05-24T17:14:00Z

    The Port of Darwin is being investigated by the Northern Territory Government following complaints that copper concentrate has been escaping during loading operations at the port.