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..and rivals join forces
Involved in the syndicate are Banco Sabadell, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Fortis Bank, HSBC Bank, Santander and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, although a total of 22 financial institutions participated in the operation. After centuries of aggressive competition, Venice and Trieste have joined forces with the signing of an ...
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. as Italian operators urge development?
Contship Italia chief, Cecilia Battistello, has told the Italian government that urgent steps must be taken to improve the country''s port infrastructure.
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DUNKIRK
Involved in the syndicate are Banco Sabadell, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Fortis Bank, HSBC Bank, Santander and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, although a total of 22 financial institutions participated in the operation. Dunkirk's North France International Container Terminal has announced that APM Terminals will be taking a minority ...
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CYPRUS
Involved in the syndicate are Banco Sabadell, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Fortis Bank, HSBC Bank, Santander and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, although a total of 22 financial institutions participated in the operation. The 30-year-ban on Cypriot access to Turkish sea and airports remains in place following Turkey's commencement ...
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TEESPORT
Involved in the syndicate are Banco Sabadell, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Fortis Bank, HSBC Bank, Santander and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, although a total of 22 financial institutions participated in the operation. The manifesto of the Association of North East Councils has announced support for the development of ...
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NewsPorts get funding as Piraeus' fortunes fluctuate
Greece''s port facilities are to get a boost from European Investment Bank financing.
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Hutch wades in
HPH''s recently reported foray into St Petersburg will certainly shake things up in the region. Its impending US$150m acquisition of 50% of the port''s First Container Terminal and 37% of the Baltic Container Terminal (time for some fresh thinking on the naming of these terminals perhaps? ) at Ust-Luga 110km ...
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NewsEU accession brings mixed fortunes
The disintegration of the Soviet Union left Russia with a dilemma: should it carry on using container terminals in what had become former colonial territories or develop existing ports within its own territory? Alex Hughes reports.
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No room for complacency
Gazing into the future of the trade from a terminal capacity perspective, Drewry''s ports director Neil Davidson told PS: " Our analysis of supply and demand at the major North European deepsea container ports including UK, shows that even with the new developments which we definitely know are coming on ...
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NewsRiding the Rollercoaster
It''s a tumultuous, not to say precarious time to be reviewing this trade, as Nick Elliott reports.
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NewsCEM steps up to Irish Harbour
Dun Laoghaire: people watchingAnti-terror police reviewed thousands of hours of CCTV footage to help trace the movements of the 7 July suicide bombers, as well as to identify suspects in the attacks a fortnight later. A leading surveillance expert later warned that London was facing a "security nightmare" and that ...
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PASS ISSUE OFFICE BOOMING
Teesport''s pass issue office and CCTV control room have been a big success since opening in January. With five members of staff covering all the bases twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the facilities are proving indispensable. The team report brisk business.
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MAASVLAKTE 2
These meet the three major aims of sustainability: economic benefit, environmental balance and social development.Port of Rotterdam Authority is inviting tenders for the design and construction of Maasvlakte 2, the port site of around 2,000ha in the North Sea which will be created alongside the current Maasvlakte. The authority is ...
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Irish Sea spawns expansion plans
Liverpool, Belfast and Cork are all gearing up for expansion with plans being laid to improve facilities at all three ports. Liverpool hopes to get the go-ahead for construction of its £ 80m post-panamax container terminal which would increase capacity to nearly 1.5m TEUs.
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NewsBra wars ceasefire
The so-called ''bra wars'' may not be entirely resolved, but there is now a ceasefire in the form of an agreement between China and the EU. If approved by EU members, the goods which have been blocked from entering Europe''s ports and borders could be released and counting against 2006 ...
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Rotterdam's LNG plans solidify
Rotterdam''s plans for supplying LNG are advancing on two fronts. Petroplus International has taken a next step in the development of an import terminal. Having planned to have the terminal operational by the end of 2009, the European oil company has presented an environmental effect report.
