Europe – Page 144

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    Rotterdam's LNG plans solidify

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

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    ALGECIRAS

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    An investment of several hundred million euros is to go into the new terminal, which will have an initial capacity of a minimum of six billion cu metres per annum and will be expanded in phases. Guaranteed longterm agreements for throughput are one of the main conditions for the investment. ...

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    CAGLIARI

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    An investment of several hundred million euros is to go into the new terminal, which will have an initial capacity of a minimum of six billion cu metres per annum and will be expanded in phases. Guaranteed longterm agreements for throughput are one of the main conditions for the investment. ...

  • LauritzenCool: launching the new code
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    Quality code welcomed

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The proposed open industry standard, the 360 Quality Code, recently put forward by reefer carriers LauritzenCool, Seatrade and NYK Reefer, is wholly supported by Simon Bird and the port of Bristol. While he acknowledges this will inevitably add some degree of cost both to the port and to the shipping ...

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    ABP warns children

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The aim is to bring all the agencies in the port and others together to recognise and mitigate risks, and for new types of risk, to nominate a lead agency responsible for security.UK port group, ABP, has launched a summer safety-awareness campaign to warn children of the dangers they face ...

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    Congestion: this will get you home at least

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK''s Freight Transport Association together with six other maritime and logistics associations, have published a Best Practice Guide which describes how each party involved in the movement of goods could help reduce the problem of port congestion.

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    UK PORTS' STRONG FIRST HALF BUT . . .

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports and Forth Ports both report buoyant performance for the first half of this year, bolstered by property sales and cargo volume growth.

  • Antwerp Gateway: Cosco Pacific has 25%
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    Deurganckdock opens - finally

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    After a decade of hopes and plans, Antwerp has officially opened the Deurganckdock, intending to relieve northwest European port congestion. The dock adds 1.4m TEUs of capacity to the market, and Antwerp''s capacity is expected to eventually double.

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    PSA moves on Mersin

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The E470m Vuosaari Harbour project will sweep up cargo operations from the existing city centre North and West Harbours, which are constrained by the surrounding city.PSA International, together with construction company Turkish Afken, has lodged a US$755m bid to operate the port of Mersin under a 36 year concession.

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    LA CORUNA GETS ITS OUTER HARBOUR

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The Spanish cabinet has reserved 708ha of land for the construction of the Outer Harbour at La Coruna. Work will consist of the construction of a dyke 3.36km long and a contra-dyke 579 metres long. Within this protected area, transversal quay 921 metres in length will be built, alongside which ...

  • London Gateway: £1.4bn for terminal and business park
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    London Gateway almost there

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    P& O''s £ 1.5bn plans for a new terminal near London have at last been given a tentative thumbs-up by the government, provoking a predictable scramble for attention among other port development promoters. The plans intend to alleviate Britain''s chronic container capacity headache, and to eventually create 16,500 jobs.

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    C'EST CERES CERES

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development is planned out for the next decade and beyond. Another £700m is earmarked for the adjacent business park, ...

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    Tangier-Med not a threat - we hope

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development is planned out for the next decade and beyond. Another £700m is earmarked for the adjacent business park, ...

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    CONTAINER MILLIONAIRES HAVE CLOSE RACE

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK may be top of the Rotterdam container customer throughput league table, but China is snapping at its heels.

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    EUROGATE EXPANSION IS GO

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development is planned out for the next decade and beyond. Another £700m is earmarked for the adjacent business park, ...

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    Clean-up craft devours cars

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A scheme to clean up the UK''s River Tyne has celebrated the launch of two new vessels. Local children were tasked with finding a name for the larger debris collection vessel and the winning students chose the name " Clearwater" .

  • Teesport: new box terminal would occupy site of old refinery
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    Royal Haskoning to carry out Teesport EIA

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    PD Ports has appointed Royal Haskoning to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its proposed deepsea terminal at Teesport, including the preparation of a construction and engineering report on the brownfield site.

  • Bathside Bay is important area for nine species of bird
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    RSPB swoops on Bathside

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK government''s go-ahead for a deepsea container port at London Gateway (Shellhaven) on the Thames should mean that Bathside Bay is reprieved, the RSPB says.

  • Piraeus: the government has effectively gone to half-way house with privatisation but it is the reform of front-line container handling operations that will make a real difference
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    Unlocking its huge potential

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    With Turkey having just announced its first containerport privatisation and Egypt showing signs of more interest in this direction, will the eastern sector of the Med at last come of age, asks Mike Mundy .

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    The EC's position: not unreasonable on the face of it

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    A key objective of the EC''s strategy for the development of ports is to establish clearer rules which set high quality standards for access to the port services market, and make procedures more transparent. Commercial port services" and in particular cargo handling, passenger services, towage, pilotage and mooring" are ...