World News – Page 454
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ACCIDENT STATS
The UK''s Department for Transport estimates 1.2 in a hundred port employees is likely to experience an accident in a given year. But Port Skills and Safety Ltd estimates 2.8 per 100 will suffer a mishap though they use a different definition of port employment, slanted in favour of blue ...
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NewsSeattle backs security bill
The port of Seattle is supporting a bill to improve maritime security and provide funding for additional grant programmes.
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ITALIAN CUSTOMS
The bill would also call for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to enhance international supply chain security for all modes of transportation by which containers arrive in, depart from or move through the United States.Smiths Heimann, part of Smith Detection, has won a ...
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LONDON GETS GREEN GONG
The work of the London Port Authority in safeguarding continued high environmental standards has been recognised with the awarding of an EcoPorts Port Environmental Review System (PERS) Certificate.
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Valencia grows and grows
Valencia expects to achieve nearly a 9% growth in volume over its 2004 total of 2.145m TEUs and is in the final throes of adding significant new capacity to help it absorb further forecast substantial volume increases. A total of 2,332m TEUs is estimated for 2005 representing an increase of ...
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CONGESTION DOWN BUT PROBLEMS PERSIST
UK port congestion has eased this year, but there is no room for complacency, according to the Freight Transport Association.
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GENOA
The new Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) terminal being developed adjacent to the port's largest container terminal facility, operated by Maritima Valenciana, is expected to commence operations in June/July 2006 and the unofficial word on the street is that Maritima Valenciana will operate this facility on behalf of MSC. Given the ...
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Isla Verde expansion goes ahead
Acciona and ACS have been awarded a ?124.3m contract to build the third-phase expansion of the port of Algeciras. This will be concentrated in the outer harbour area of the Isla Verde quay. Work will consist of building a 2.05km outer dyke which will be 412 metres wide and allow ...
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ECT SWIMS UPRIVER
Europe Container Terminals (ECT) has acquired a majority stake of 51.56% in DeCeTe Duisburger Container Terminal (DeCeTe).
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HAMBURG NEEDS NEW BOX TERMINAL
The new Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) terminal being developed adjacent to the port's largest container terminal facility, operated by Maritima Valenciana, is expected to commence operations in June/July 2006 and the unofficial word on the street is that Maritima Valenciana will operate this facility on behalf of MSC. Given the ...
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Kalmar's parent in the money
The new Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) terminal being developed adjacent to the port's largest container terminal facility, operated by Maritima Valenciana, is expected to commence operations in June/July 2006 and the unofficial word on the street is that Maritima Valenciana will operate this facility on behalf of MSC. Given the ...
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NORTON ROSE CLOSES SECOND DEAL
Gdansk will see a € 180m programme of development, after law firm Norton Rose closed its second port deal in a year with arranger DVB Bank AG. The new deepwater container terminal''s extension and operation will be overseen by a new management team chosen by the Gdansk Authority. The terminal ...
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ROTTERDAM TARIFFS TO RISE
Quay dues in Rotterdam are set to rise by 2% next year, while most port and inland shipping tariffs are to go up by 2.6%. The latter amount is to compensate for inflation (2%) and to maintain investments in public infrastructure (the remaining 0.6%). The increase for tankers carrying crude ...
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FELIXSTOWE PREPARES FOR NEW ID CARDS
The thousands of hauliers passing through Felixstowe every day are soon going to require identity cards, the first of their kind in the UK, as the port increases security at its terminals.
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Rotterdam cuts workforce
Rotterdam is investing an average of €150m per annum in the period 2002-2012.The port of Rotterdam is to reduce its workforce by between 10 and 15% over the next four years as a means of boosting its financial position vis-a-vis other European ports. In 2006-2010 annual revenue growth of 4% ...
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NewsPorts directive confusion
Industry has once again withdrawn support for the controversial port services directive put forward by the European Union. The beleaguered proposal suffered the blow following almost ludicrous scenes in the EU Parliament.
