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NewsRUSSIAN COAL EXPORTS ON FIRE
Coal reserves in Russia are generally agreed to be some of the best currently available, despite having problems with contamination from iron. Demand is nevertheless growing, with production increasing in 2003 by around 12% to 285m tons. Alex Hughes investigates.
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GPA moves forward
Whilst Control Risks' consultants will provide strategic assessment and advice on port and terminal security, PMSI, a subsidiary of Eurotunnel plc, will provide training on all aspects of security for Control Risks' maritime clients. A priority will be ensuring clients comply with the ISPS Code which comes into force on ...
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Florida joins counter-terrorism programme
Key West and Palm Beach have been selected to demonstrate a private-sector approach to waterborne antiterrorism security patrols. SeaWolf Security Group will be conducting a pilot programme to patrol the ports using a variety of purpose-designed security boats and specially trained security operators.
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NewsMUSC helps Nigerians
Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC) has been selected by the Nigerian government as advisors for raising standards of security in Nigeria''s ports and offshore oilfield installations.
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Colombo to bring in scanning equipment
"We've had the Port Security Facility Assessment done, " says security manager Denis Murphy. "It will be a month before TRANSEC come back with their written report." Murphy then has two months to put together a Port Security Facility Plan which will include all the berths on the river.As part ...
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AAPA concerned over funding shortfall
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) is worried that next year''s federal budget provides no funds to meet port facility security requirements despite being authorised in the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA). AAPA president, Kurt Nagle, said:
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NewsAFRICAN PORTS PROGRESS
The International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) held its Pan African Ports Conference in Douala, Cameroon last December. Steve Cameron was there.
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NewsNIGERIA TAKES THE PLUNGE
It''s been quite a year for Nigeria and its ports in particular. The successful elections last year marked the first civilian transfer of power in the country''s history and growing international support was underlined by the Commonwealth heads of Government meeting and a state visit by Her Majesty the Queen. ...
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Corus goes north
Corus is to supply 5,000 tons of sheet piles along with pre-fabricated anchorage for the construction of two brand new multi-purpose quays, Nordurbakki and Skarfabakki, in Reykjavik.
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Father Thames gets makeover
Over £ 1.3 billion is due to be invested in Port of London terminals in the next ten years and plans are underway to bring some unused wharves in London back into cargo handling use.
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New port development in Tenerife
The secretary of state for infrastructure, Benigno Blanco, confirmed that Spain''s development ministry would invest € 32.2m in the initial phase of Tenerife''s new Granadilla Port in 2004.
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$4 billion for Colombo
The majority of this would be spent on creating a breakwater, with some work to the quay.A report on a planned $4 billion development of Colombo port is due to be published. The project, which is being promoted by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board, will add a further 13 ...
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Joint Thai/ Myanmar port
The majority of this would be spent on creating a breakwater, with some work to the quay.Myanmar and Thailand are to cooperate on the establishment of a new joint-venture deep-sea port at Dawei in southern Myanmar. The project will go ahead as part of the economic cooperation strategy put together ...
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Algeciras to invest €61m
Algeciras is to make its largest ever yearly investment in 2004, when € 61m will be spent on infrastructure projects (see PS Jan/Feb 2004 p.16). This contrasts to € 24.4m spent in 2002 and € 48.3m in 2003. Of the total, € 13.4m will come from the EU''s cohesion fund. ...
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Marseilles lures Eastern trades
Marseilles' total throughput last year of 95.5m tons (3.6% up on 2002) was the highest since 1988. Key cargo growth came at Fos container terminal where a throughput of almost 533,000TEUs (+8.8%) was boosted by seven new services on the booming east-west trades. These services with bigger ships lifted capacity ...
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Israel defers ports' privatisation
Israel''s finance ministry appears to be about to reverse its policy on privatising operations at the ports of Ashdod, Haifa and Eliat and on dismantling the ports authority structure. Any move towards selling terminals to private sector companies has been fiercely resisted by organised labour, even though this was a ...
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NewsEurogate Hamburg to pull the big boys
The first piles have been driven in a five-year project to modernise the Eurogate Container Terminal in Hamburg and attract big boxships as that group reports record handling. The project, which will last 18 months, includes the renewal of quay walls and flood defences at the Predohlkai Berth 1 and ...
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PTP concedes regional competition will grow
Malaysian transhipment hub PTP expects to face growing competition from new ports in both Thailand and Indonesia in the near future, concedes ceo Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman, adding that developing infrastructure at Chinese ports would inevitably lead to more direct calls, lessening the need for transhipment.
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ABP invests in Southwest
Associated British Ports'' (ABP) ports of Plymouth and Teignmouth witnessed growth in important trades in 2003, while investment programmes being undertaken at both ports are being progressed to secure the future prosperity of ABP''s southwest flank.
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NewsInterforest Terminal Rotterdam
At Plymouth, the Brittany Ferries-operated services to Roscoff and Santander posted a 20% increase in ro-ro traffic.Interforest Terminal Rotterdam is expanding in the Eemhaven area with a container section and new handling equipment. It has ordered a gantry crane from Kalmar (seen being signed up here) and leased 6.5 ha ...
