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Forth Ports, going, going gone?
Is the last major listed port group in the UK, Forth Ports, about to be acquired by Babcock & Brown, the same Australian-based infrastructure fund that recently acquired the PD Ports Group? Answer, yes in our view, that is if Forth Ports, the group in question, isn't snatched at the ...
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NewsCoal: fuel for the future
A 180% increase in seabourne traded coal over two decades has spurred the world''s dry bulk ports into action, as Stuart Pearcey finds out
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Newssidebar for coal
Continuing increases in shipped coal volumes have led Italian company Coeclerici to think outside the box and create a means of expanding ports seawards rather than landwards.
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NewsNZ news snippets
Ports of Auckland chief executive Jens Madsen has incensed Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns with criticism the latter''s MetroPort Auckland inland port is an "illogical supply chain".
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ZPMC throws weight behind power regeneration
US-based VYCON has teamed up with crane manufacturer ZPMC to offer energy storage flywheel systems as a standard option to customers.
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SARS steps out
US-based SARS has expanded its international network of Automatic Identification System (AIS) sites with the addition of five sites in Chile and three in Mexico. The company''s network of AIS receivers delivers vessel traffic information for key ports and waterways, such as the identification, position, course, and speed of vessels.
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Extreme surveillance solutions
Extreme CCTV has launched a suite of new products to improve port surveillance options.
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Holy Ghost Brazilian blessing
Over the next seven years, the Brazilian state of Espí rito Santo is to invest $7.25bn in logistics areas and infrastructure. Ports will be the biggest beneficiary, receiving $3.19bn.
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Colombia coal barges death
Colombia has passed legislation making it mandatory to undertake direct loading of coal vessels to improve environmental conditions. The plan will eliminate the use of barges to load deepsea vessels. Most affected will be the port of Santa Marta.
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Congestion to force feeders out of Calcutta
Feeder operators are said to be considering transferring calls from Calcutta Dock System (CDS) to Haldia dock as a means of reducing port dwell times, which are being adversely affected by congestion.
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Records for Tauranga
Port of Tauranga set a second-successive container throughput record of 50,466 teu during November - a 6% increase on the previous record set only a month before.
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NewsSiemens powers down with 'cold ironing'
Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution has thrown its offering for combating air pollution in port in the ring with a ship-to-shore cold ironing product that allows ships in port to be connected to the medium voltage network of the local power supply company.
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Kongsberg eye on Rijeka
Vessel tracking specialist Kongsberg is to supply ship monitoring and port management solutions to the Port of Rijeka. All components will be installed by the second quarter and training is also included as part of the contract.
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NewsDraught deepened at Barranquilla
Work to deepen the draught at the entrance to the port of Baranquilla was completed at the end of December, four months behind schedule. However, changes to the original design meant that one of the major levees needed to stabilise navigation along the Magdalena River was not built.
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Extra lift for Hyster
Handling equipment manufacturer Hyster has increased the capacity of its 7-high single empty container handling models by 1.5 tonnes. The H16.00-22.00XM-12EC, can now lift a total of 8.5 tonnes.
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Russian dockers demand salary hikes
A strike by dock workers in late 2007 effectively paralysed operations at the Russian port of Tuapse for three days, with dockers eventually ordered back to work following a court ruling.
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Northern neighbours foster relationship
Germany''s Eurogate and Russia''s National Container Company (NCC) have forged a North-European alliance to improve prospects for their respective container terminals in Ust-Luga and Wilhelmshaven.
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Marseilles incentives to woo lines
Marseilles-Fos is offering reduced 2008 port dues to container lines that push increased volumes through the French port.
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Chinese to fund Hambantota Harbour
The Chinese government has agreed to fund 85% of the $360m cost of building the new Hambantota Harbour in Sri Lanka. The loan will have to be repaid within 15 years at an interest rate of 0.9%, including a four-year grace period.
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NewsPorts must invest to meet demand, says PTP
Harun Johari, chief executive of Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), has spoken out on the need for ports to invest in handling to meet mushrooming container trade.
