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    Brisbane ups fees

    2009-10-02T12:24:00Z

    Brisbane has raised wharfage and harbour charges by 6% across the board, the first time in 27 years it has raised its fees. The increase reflects the cost of infrastructural investment and inflation. A new scale of charges for coal has not yet been detailed.

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    Arrested ships cause headaches for ports

    2009-10-02T12:24:00Z

    One unfortunate effect of the downturn is that there are more ships being arrested in ports as vessel operators become insolvent and different parties - from marine suppliers to ship financiers - look to secure claims against debtors'' assets.

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    Motorway hold up is testing patience

    2009-10-01T12:24:00Z

    Among consultants there is a standard joke that if Europe had funnelled into the marketplace as much money as it has spent studying the idea of Motorways of the Sea then the European maritime sector would be much richer for it.

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    Auckland Port holds surcharges

    2009-10-01T12:24:00Z

    Ports of Auckland is to postpone its Fuel Adjustment Factor (FAF) surcharges until January 1 in recognition of the current "challenging trading environment".

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    The Rules... and unexpected exposures

    2009-10-01T12:24:00Z

    Mike Burns, partner in the Marine & Transit Team of Weightmans Solicitors has his own angle on what issues are cooking at the moment, starting with the newly signed Rotterdam Rules.

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    India investing $4bn in ports

    2009-09-30T12:24:00Z

    India''s Ministry of Shipping is to award contracts for 28 projects worth $4.11bn in 2009-10.

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    Portuguese port growth outstrips Spain's

    2009-09-30T12:24:00Z

    Ports in Portugal have grown faster than those in Spain in spite of the recent economic crisis, according to Portuguese officials.

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    Hull opens all-weather terminal

    2009-09-30T12:24:00Z

    Associated British Ports'' Hull has converted its steel terminal to an all-weather 10,000 sq m terminal to store dry bulk materials, forest products and paper. It also continues to handle steel products.

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    APMT opens Dubai office

    2009-09-30T12:24:00Z

    Operator APM Terminals has inaugurated its regional head office in Dubai for its Africa, Middle East & Indian subcontinent region.

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    Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Completes Preliminary Study of Bayonne Bridge

    2009-09-30T12:24:00Z

    The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) has released results of a US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) analysis of the air-draft restricting Bayonne Bridge.

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    Finance

    2009-09-30T12:24:00Z

    The global port market has changed fundamentally from the market it was in mid-2008. There has been a seismic change in the attitude of bankers to providing both debt finance and capital for new project developments or acquisitions.

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    Interesting openings

    2009-09-30T12:24:00Z

    Doing business in new locations can be a legal and financial minefield, as Stevie Knight finds out

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    The Insurer

    2009-09-30T12:24:00Z

    September opened a new chapter in the growing book of potential liabilities for port and terminal operators.

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    Brazil ports

    2009-09-29T12:24:00Z

    Brazil''s Oderbrecht, an engineering and construction company, in partnership with Dubai-based ports operator DP World, has acquired a majority stake in a Brazilian port, Empresa Brasileira de Terminais Portuarios (Embraport) in Santos City, Sao Paulos state, media reports have said.

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    Dealing with lines

    2009-09-29T12:24:00Z

    Matthew Gore explains how to deal with shipping lines who do not pay bills promptly

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    The law's no ass

    2009-09-29T12:24:00Z

    The applicable law is the legal system that applies to the contract or standard terms and the applicable jurisdiction is the court system which has power to adjudicate over disputes.

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    ARL takes yard clashes out at PTP

    2009-09-29T12:24:00Z

    The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has paired up with software specialist ARL tools to run rubber-tyred gantry crane and yard block management tools at the Malaysian port.

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    Valencia now largest Mediterranean box port

    2009-09-28T12:24:00Z

    The Spanish port of Valencia is now the fifth largest in Europe in terms of containers.

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    NZL claim heads to court

    2009-09-28T12:24:00Z

    Port of Tauranga has lodged declaratory judgement proceedings in the New Zealand High Court in an attempt to resolve the terminal dispute with NZL Group.

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    The future is Green

    2009-09-25T12:24:00Z

    The benefits of integrated green ideas can stretch beyond the immediate port environs, says BMT's Del Redvers.