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  • Salerno Port in Italy is benefitting from Trelleborg’s expertise in fenders and bollards
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    Trelleborg secures new contract with Salerno Port

    2011-10-17T14:24:00Z

    Trelleborg Marine Systems has secured a new contract to supply Super Cone Fenders and Tee Head bollards to Salerno Port in Italy.

  • APM are set to take over management of Gothenburg’s Skandia container terminal in 2012. Photo: Port of Gothenburg
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    APM to take over Gothenburg’s Skandia container terminal

    2011-10-17T14:14:00Z

    APM Terminals have signed a concession with the Port of Gothenburg to take over Skandia Container Terminal next year.

  • The GE Energy onshore power supply project at the Port of Rotterdam, aims to help reduce emissions at the port.
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    GE Energy reduce emissions at Rotterdam

    2011-10-17T13:07:00Z

    Rotterdam’s port handles more freight than almost any other facility outside of China – but understandably, this comes at a cost of increased emissions.

  • Red Sea Gateway Terminal is the only Saudi terminal that can currently handle new generation 13,000 teu containerships
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    The sleeping giant that is Saudi Arabia

    2011-10-17T10:00:00Z

    Regional giant Saudi Arabia lacks modern port capacity for a country of its size, location and wealth.

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    Algerian sea port tender

    2011-10-17T10:00:00Z

    The Algerian government has issued a tender for a new port to be located between Algiers and Ténès, some 200 km to the east.

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    Lyttelton insurance costs mount

    2011-10-17T10:00:00Z

    As Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) processes what is due to be the largest single corporate insurance claim in the Southern Hemisphere, other local ports are also feeling the ramifications of the Canterbury earthquakes.

  • Abu Dhabi's Khalifa Port development has helped push the inner Gulf from transhipment bottlenecks to surplus hub capacity
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    Shifting sands

    2011-10-16T10:00:00Z

    The focus of Middle East port development has shifted from transhipment capacity to addressing specific domestic bottlenecks. Karen Thomas reports

  • Slow steaming strategies have a limited bearing on sea-air demand
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    Dip in demand just a blip

    2011-10-15T10:00:00Z

    Following a stellar 2010, global volumes of sea-air cargo have declined this year.

  • Coastal GIS satellite image data can be used in a number of ways
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    Keeping the detail in view

    2011-10-14T18:06:00Z

    It’s not the information you have but what you do with it – this is the message from James Cutler of emapsite.

  • Apapa in Lagos, Nigeria has been subject to congestion and other problems springing from multiple agencies. Photo: Scenar308 Flickr
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    Agencies ordered out of Nigerian ports

    2011-10-14T17:56:00Z

    Nigerian ports are making a move toward efficiency by finally kicking multiple government agencies off their premises.

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    Brazilian state muscles into ports

    2011-10-14T17:45:00Z

    The Brazilian government is to renegotiate all contracts that ports have with the state, municipal government or private sector to allow it to have more influence in how they are managed.

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    Dockers down tools at Al-Dekheila

    2011-10-14T17:44:00Z

    Some 450 ports stevedores belonging to the Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company downed tools in October, claiming that promises made to them over concerns raised in April had been reneged on.

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    Cavotec holds capital base

    2011-10-14T17:43:00Z

    Plans to raise significant capital have been put on hold by Cavotec partially due to the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm-listing firm having a “very strong balance sheet” and recently signing a €80m ($110m) Credit Facility agreement.

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    Otago job cuts stun unions

    2011-10-14T17:43:00Z

    A committed protest campaign is being promised by the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) in light of Port Otago seeking up to a dozen voluntary redundancies.

  • Containers from the stricken Rena have been spotted off and removed off the Port of Tauranga. Image: Mark Alen
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    Tauranga undeterred by Rena disruption

    2011-10-14T14:02:00Z

    Containers from the Rena grounding finding their way into the shipping channels of the Port of Tauranga have so far been swiftly removed, the port has said.

  • Jari Kauppila: Trade by sea to China suggests a slowdown
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    Freight loses Asia pull

    2011-10-13T10:00:00Z

    The latest global freight data highlights concern over economic recovery and exposes the risk of dependence on Asia-led growth, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

  • Varying customs procedures has provoked competition amongst EU member ports
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    EU Customs procedures cause of competition

    2011-10-13T09:45:00Z

    The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) is calling for a harmonised implementation of customs procedures across EU ports after it identified problems arising from uneven legislation.

  • Maritime UK is concerned that the “net environmental benefits” of sulphur reduction will be lost under current proposals
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    EU ports 'vunerable' to sulphur legislation

    2011-10-13T09:45:00Z

    Baltic and UK ports will be “especially vulnerable” to new Sulphur Emission Control Area (ECA) regulations which may increase bunker fuel prices by 87%, David Balston of the UK Chamber of Shipping told Port Strategy.

  • Ben Hackett: The cascade plays into the large ship strategy, at the expense of the traditional smaller feeder sizes
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    Smaller feeders face marginalisation

    2011-10-13T09:30:00Z

    The recent wave of newbuilding contracts for vessels of over 8,000 teu will start to tell on the ports themselves, as smaller feeder facilities start feeling the impact of the increases.

  • Jurong Port is investing in green technology and productivity projects in the port over the next five years.
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    Boost for green port solutions in Singapore

    2011-10-12T12:07:00Z

    Jurong Port (JP) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have committed to a large investment in green port technology and productivity over the next five years.