Latest News – Page 158
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CMA CGM Signs
APM Terminals, the A.P. Moller Maersk subsidiary, plans to divest its 30.75 per cent stake in London-listed Russian port operator Global Ports Investments. The move is in accord with the comprehensive sanctions applied to Russia, the resulting massive exodus of western companies from Russia-based activities and actions taken by other ...
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Russia Exit
APM Terminals, the A.P. Moller Maersk subsidiary, plans to divest its 30.75 per cent stake in London-listed Russian port operator Global Ports Investments. The move is in accord with the comprehensive sanctions applied to Russia, the resulting massive exodus of western companies from Russia-based activities and actions taken by other ...
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Poland Switch
For reasons of suitability, as voiced by potential users, and timing of terminal construction Poland’s Council of Ministers has adopted a resolution changing the location of the installation terminal for off shore wind farms from the port of Gdynia to the nearby port of Gdansk. The proposed Gdansk facility, to ...
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Riga €19.8 Million
The Riga Freeport Administration, Latvia, reports that it will invest €19.8 million over the course of 2022. Investment will be focused on the upgrade of piers, diverse port buildings and improved road connectivity. The largest stevedoring company operating at the Freeport of Riga, Riga Universal Terminal (RUT), also states it ...
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JAXPORT Prepares
JAXPORT Blount Island Marine Terminal is in the last stage of comprehensive works that will provide access to larger vessels. The summer period will see the completion of in excess of US$100 million of berth improvements that will enable the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal, Blount Island to simultaneously accommodate two ...
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NewsNAMPORT PPPs
Andrew Kanime, CEO, Namibian Ports Authority (Namport), reports that PPP initiatives in development or under consideration include: the development of a common user manganese export terminal at the port of Luderitz and green hydrogen production and export from both the port of Luderitz and North Port. In late 2021 Namport ...
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NewsPATENGA POSITIVES BUT…
Operator selection for the soon to open Patenga Container Terminal may benefit from a more empirical approach drawing on best practice. Mike Mundy reports
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NewsPERU LINES UP MAJOR PORT INVESTMENTS FOR 2022
Public and private sector port investment in Peru in 2022 is expected to come in at just under the two billion US dollar mark.
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DPW-P&O FERRIES: WHAT CODE OF ETHICS?
DP World, owner of P&O Ferries, has gone to the trouble of publishing an eight-page document on its Code of Ethics, the openings words of which state: “DP World’s intention is to create a culture of honesty and openness…”
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STS10 SANTOS GETS GOING BUT WITH SOME CONTROVERSY
The planned concession of the new so-called STS10 container terminal in the port of Santos, Brazil is running into stormy waters.
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NewsTHE COLD WAR IS BACK, A NEW NORMAL LOOMS
Congestion and supply chain problems continue to be with us and now the Ukraine war has caused a thick fog over our industry.
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POLITICAL PRESSURES SET TO CHANGE TRADE HORIZONS
All of a sudden (or at least so it seems) gone is the conviction that free trade is a ‘win-win’ solution that will make all countries (and their people) better-off.
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NewsNO TO REGULATION BUT YES TO DATA COORDINATION INITIATIVE FROM FMC
By the time that this column appears, the situation in Ukraine could have stabilised, or gotten much worse; it’s impossible to forecast.
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Negatives and positives
I make no apology for returning to the starting point of my last Viewpoint – Ukraine.
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FIGHTING TO SURVIVE
Oleksandr Gavrylyuk, Port Strategy’s Ukraine based correspondent, provides a human perspective of life in the face of Russian aggression
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NewsFLSMIDTH WINS GLADSTONE CONTRACT
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has selected FLSmidth to build its new shiploader 1.
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NewsDOUALA TARGETS INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
The Container Terminal Management of the Port of Douala (RTC) is targeting increased operational productivity with the arrival of fi ve new reach stackers and an empty container handler from Konecranes.
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DB Jumbo Trial
DB Cargo UK is trialling the use of ‘combi-consists’ to increase capacity, improve customer service and improve its efficiency.
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Brazil’s Wind
Shell has confirmed that it has applied for environmental licenses from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) to develop off shore wind farms along the coast of Brazil.
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New PSA Halifax Cranes
PSA Halifax LP has confi rmed an order for two additional Super Post Panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes.
