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PANAMA ADDS QUAYS
The government of Panama is to build a series of 12 quays in the province of Colón.
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PORTS AMERICA GOES LIVE
On March 17, DP World completed the sale of its former P& O Ports US assets to the AIG Global Investment Group, which will henceforth market them as Ports America.
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NY/NJ SETS RECORD
Cargo throughput at the Port of New York and New Jersey hit record levels in 2006. The rise has prompted the port authority to commit to a $2bn investment programme over the next 10 years.
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Biometrics question safety at US ports
A Federal programme aimed at improving maritime security in the US may well result in up to one million port personnel having to undergo additional background checks and obtain biometric identification cards.
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NewsICTSI granted Guayaquil concession
ICTSI has been granted a 20-year concession to manage the Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil. Its initial priority will be to reinforce existing quaysides at a cost of around $168m, taking two years to implement. Total investment across the 20 years of the concession will be around $800m.
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US short-sea shipping call
Short-sea shipping is the only answer to the US capacity crunch, according to Charles Raymond, chairman, president and chief executive of Horizon Lines. In his view,rising container imports are placing extreme pressure on an already strained transportation infrastructure.
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NewsFuture-proof
Bremen/Bremerhaven secures feedership role for the future as JadeWeserPort project gets go-ahead. Tom Todd reports
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Changing tide of German opinion
Few now appear to doubt the future strategic importance of what will be Germany’ s only deep-water container terminal: the idea, once scoffed at, appears to have literally grown on Germans.
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Lübeck's share sights
City hopes to boost future port prospects with a majority share sell off to an experienced port operator, as Tom Todd reports
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Sassnitz-Mukran eager to fill unused capacity
Germany’ s easternmost deep-water port,Sassnitz- Mukran, expects planned new rail-ferry links this year with Russia will help solve its problem of unused capacity and hopes more cruiseships will fill the rest.
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NewsDouble-edged strategy
Kiel’ s focus on the two Cs of cruise and cargo should keep it on a steady course, as Tom Todd reports
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Multi-sector plan encourages Rostock cargo growth
Although best known for booming ferry and ro-ro traffic, east Germany’ s biggest port, Rostock, continues to surprise, with eggs in many baskets as part of a strategy of universal, multisector development.
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NewsLegislation overload
Port operators are used to being bombarded with new rules and regulations – and environmental “ issues” generally lead the field. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsCutting out CARBs
New emissions regulations off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach hope to enforce a dramatic improvement in air quality.Felicity Landon reports
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NewsLack of Spark
A review of Scottish ports’ policy produced few recommendations for change, instead it highlighted the importance of landside infrastructure links, as David Foxwell reports
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NewsShow your hand
The Port of Dakar, Senegal is reportedly in the process of privatising its container terminal facilities – or is it?
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NewsThe environmental issue: hot topic or here to stay?
It used to be that we were inundated with newsworthy reports on security issues and the various programmes and schemes with interesting acronyms such as TWIC and CTPAT. The lesson there was that they all have a cost associated with them. Today, the port industry is embroiled in environmental issues, ...
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Re-writing the concessioning small print
It has become increasingly clear in the last two or three years that there is a growing requirement to consider in greater detail the aspect of exit arrangements from a terminal concession or a similar contract that gives management and operating rights to a specific party for a given port ...
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Reality check
In the UK,if you turn on the radio,look at the television or read the newspaper it is virtually guaranteed that you will be exposed to an array of facts, discussions or opinions about the environment. And we are not alone; our colleagues around the world are no doubt being subjected ...
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VIZINJAM TENDER RE-ISSUE
The government of the Indian state of Kerala has agreed to re-issue the tender for the proposed international container transhipment terminal at Vizinjam.
