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    Vigo overcome congestion problems

    2007-10-10T12:23:00Z

    Jesús Paz, president of Vigo Port Authority, claims that container terminal Termavi has managed to overcome the massive congestion that was threatening to swamp operations.

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    Cardiff upbeat on future prospects

    2007-10-10T12:23:00Z

    Associated British Ports married the old with the new at the centenary celebrations of the Port of Cardiff Queen Alexandra Docks.

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    BOX OUT Waste: Planning ahead

    2007-10-09T17:45:00Z

    Legislation introduced in 2003 which ostensibly updated existing requirements for UK ports to hold a Port Waste Management Plan, introduced a new provision stipulating that vessels have to contact their destined ports with details of the waste streams onboard and their waste disposal requirements.Associated British Ports has honed its waste ...

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    Waste in a mess

    2007-10-09T17:45:00Z

    Despite legislation in place to combat pollution in ports, ships continue to discharge illegally, reports Patrik Wheater

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    Legal Eagles thinking ahead

    2007-10-09T17:45:00Z

    With ports increasingly waking up to the potential of renewables, lawyers have been kept busy this year. Felicity Landon reports

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    Legal Eagles Pinsent Masons

    2007-10-09T17:45:00Z

    With a ports team that covers the Middle East, India, Asia Pacific and Europe, legal eagle Pinsent Masons is keeping itself busy.

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    Legal Eagles Norton Rose

    2007-10-09T17:45:00Z

    Law specialist Norton Rose has seen demand for container port financing services explode, as Felicity Landon discovers

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    Caught Between a Very Public and a Somewhat Private Place

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    During a recent visit to Egypt my attention was caught by the enthusiastic expansion plans for the Egyptian port sector, particularly on the Mediterranean coast.

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    When three laws go to war

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    Port of Long Beach's underwater kelp beds prove the marine environment needs our helpAnd with the US yet to ratify the IMO's MARPOL Annex VI - already less inclusive than activist port management would like - the US port industry is left with a potent brew of 'pro-activity' (wanting to ...

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    Aborted Merger Expensive

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    The aborted merger between the New Zealand ports of Tauranga and Auckland cost Tauranga alone NZ$1.2m ($890,484) in third-party research costs.

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    LPC software signing

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has signed a contract with Lawson Software to install its M3 Enterprise Asset Management, Finance and e-Procurement applications, which are expected to minimise downtime and optimise maintenance resources.

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    ACCC Legal Action

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted legal proceedings against former Patrick companies (now owned by either Asciano or Toll), former P& O companies (now owned by DP World) and executives for alleged contraventions of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

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    Efficiency gains may delay LPC upgrade

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    Improved productivity at existing Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) container berths may see a planned NZ$26m ($19.3m) upgrade of Cashin Quay Number Two delayed by two years.

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    Fit and forget

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    Take the time to make crane grab choice  right from the offset and save problems down the line, Stuart Pearcey advises

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    Radiation risks

    2007-10-09T12:23:00Z

    The presence of radiation in cargoes presents real risks not only to continued operation of ports, but also to the people who work in them. In other industries, particularly metals recycling, plants can be incapacitated for years, a blow from which they may never recover, if radiation sources are allowed ...

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    Bremore plan gains momentum

    2007-10-08T12:23:00Z

    Ireland''s proposed deepwater port at Bremore is inching closer to reality with government approval of the plan.

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    Sydney Container Expansion

    2007-10-08T12:23:00Z

    Sydney Ports Corporation is now deliberating over who will design and construct the 60-hectare expansion of Port Botany after prospective contractors made final submissions.

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    Botany Build Up

    2007-10-08T12:23:00Z

    An unprecedented build-up of import containers has caused Patrick''s Port Botany terminal in Sydney to "throw everything" it can at relieving congestion.

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    Coal Criticism

    2007-10-08T12:23:00Z

    Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) has rejected criticism from Queensland premier Peter Beattie describing Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT) as the "worst port" in the state.

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    NZ Snippets 2

    2007-10-08T12:23:00Z

    A 7.7-hectare former Norske Skog Tasman site has been acquired by the Port of Tauranga to supplement future bulk shipping opportunities.