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    Manaus concession put back to 2012

    2011-09-01T14:34:00Z

    The tender for second port concession at the city of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas will not now be issued until 2012. Originally, the tender was slated for 2010, but was later put back until the second half of 2011, although has now been delayed until early next ...

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    APMT profit increases

    2011-09-01T14:34:00Z

    In the first two quarters of this year, APM Terminals generated revenue of more than $2bn, up 6%. Profits amounted to $304m. Three new port operations commenced: at Cai Mep in Vietnam, at Monrovia in Liberia and at Poti in Georgia.

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    Five pre-qualify for Kalibaru

    2011-09-01T14:34:00Z

    Five bidders have prequalified for the concession to build and operate Kalibaru Terminal at the Indonesian port of Tanjung Priok in a contract that will eventually be worth $1.37bn.

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    New tender for Valparaiso

    2011-09-01T14:34:00Z

    A new tender for the proposed Terminal 2 at the Chilean Port of Valparaiso is to be issued in the first half of 2012.

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    US Northwest ports lose out to Canada

    2011-09-01T14:34:00Z

    Ports in the US Pacific North West say that the mandatory Harbour Maintenance Tax that they have to pay for dredging is forcing grain shipments towards cheaper ports in Canada.

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    First strikes at Tanger-Med

    2011-09-01T14:34:00Z

    Dockworkers at the Eurogate terminal in the Moroccan port of Tanger-Med have gone on a six-day strike demanding similar pay and conditions to stevedores in the adjacent APM Terminals facility.

  • Zeebrugge posted an increase over May’s figures for incoming volumes in June – a rare result in the current climate
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    Rough water ahead for northern Europe

    2011-09-01T14:34:00Z

    According to the North Europe Port Tracker, despite a very strong second quarter which may rescue total year volumes, the region is in a sharper slow down than anticipated by the industry.

  • Port and industry leaders will pause on Sunday, September 11, at AAPA’s convention to remember those tragically lost in the terrorist attacks
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    Can US port security stand up to the cuts?

    2011-09-01T14:34:00Z

    Ten years on from 9/11, US ports are being asked to enhance their security further, but it’s a troubling issue in the recent environment of budgetary cuts.

  • Tripoli will start to see calls again in the near future
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    Libyan operations aim toward normality

    2011-09-01T14:34:00Z

    The European Union is expected to lift sanctions against Libya''s ports today, and operations are looking at getting back to normal as quickly as possible.

  • Casablanca has a truly huge hinterland behind it
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    Captive to Casablanca

    2011-09-01T10:00:00Z

    Morocco''s original ''super-port'' risks being overshadowed by national neighbours, as Stevie Knight explains

  • Dimitrios Theologitis
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    Defining the ‘Green Port’ concept

    2011-08-31T16:42:00Z

    The keynote speech of the GreenPort Congress on 14th September 2011 is to be presented by Dimitrios Theologitis of the European Mobility Network Directorate, says event organiser Mercator Media Ltd.

  • Suez Canal Container Terminal had to deal with the aftermath of troubles in Libya and Syria when boxes got stuck in its container yard
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    Off the transhipment seesaw

    2011-08-31T10:00:00Z

    In today''s market, those North African terminals with hub status carved out in transhipment will likely find themselves more stable than those with domestic pull.

  • Port projects associated with the Suez Canal, such as Port Said's development, will not find the going as hard as other areas might
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    Revolutionary spirit

    2011-08-30T10:00:00Z

    There remain a myriad of barriers to ''secure'' port investment in North Africa as Stevie Knight discovers

  • Guinea's roller-coaster concessioning ride shows no signs of stopping any time soon
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    An extraordinary affair

    2011-08-30T07:50:00Z

    The early expulsion of Getma International, a subsidiary of the NCT Necotrans group, from its 25-year concession for the Conakry container terminal in Guinea has all the hallmarks of a most extraordinary affair.

  • Dimitrios Theologitis
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    Head of Unit, EC to open Congress

    2011-08-29T11:19:00Z

    Dimitrios Theologitis of the European Mobility Network Directorate, will give the keynote speech at the 2011 GreenPort Congress

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    Brazilian government to participate in ports

    2011-08-29T10:00:00Z

    Brazil''s federal government has announced that it is to increase its intervention in the management and planning of 16 large ports.

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    Chile's Coquimbo considers concession

    2011-08-29T10:00:00Z

    The Chilean port of Coquimbo will shortly be offered as a concession as a means of expanding its working area and thereby allowing it to more easily accommodate larger vessels.

  • Port Strategy: Auckland believes that local body ownership helps secure bank support. Credit: QFSE Media
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    Kiwi ports maintain steady funding

    2011-08-29T10:00:00Z

    New Zealand’s two largest ports - Ports of Auckland (POAL) and the Port of Tauranga - are reporting steady relationships with their banking creditors, albeit with some differences since the global financial crisis.

  • Global Ports
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    New-fashioned financing

    2011-08-26T10:00:00Z

    The new age of risk averse banking calls for fresh thinking to raise finance for port projects.

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    DP World celebrates four-fold profit increase

    2011-08-25T19:19:00Z

    A stronger operating environment pushed DP World''s first-half profits up four-fold, but second half uncertainty could disrupt the profits party, the group cautioned on Thursday.