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    TOLL FINDS BIG SAVINGS AT PATRICK

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    For the first half of 2008 overall, the index registered 13.7 days, which compares with the 22.9 days reported 12 months ago. Australia's Toll Holdings Ltd is expecting to make savings of more than ¢39m following its ?3.785bn acquisition of port operator Patrick Corp Ltd.

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    US Lines buoys Australasia ports with new service

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    US Lines (USL) is in the throes of expanding its existing Pacific schedule through the introduction of a new " ANZL" fixed-day service connection with New Zealand and Australia.

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    VOLUME INCREASE FOR AXIS INTERMODAL

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Ports of Auckland''s specialist container handling and terminal operating company Axis Intermodal has reported an 11% increase in export box volume and 7% rise in import containers during the past six months.

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    PLA seeks equipment supplier

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The PLA is responsible for all traffic on the tidal Thames as far as Teddington Lock to the West London. To date, smaller vessels have been exempt from mandatory Automatic Identification System carriage, although this will all change as from June 1, 2007.

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    London blazes trail

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The PLA has long been a supporter of identification systems, despite the major expenditure required to introduce AIS equipment, as Alex Hughes found out

  • LRIT promises improved security, assistance with search and rescue operations and environmental protection
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    Big brother's watching

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    New tracking and identification regulations mean that ships can be monitored from port to port. Alex Hughes investigates

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    Cold shoulder for energy risks

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Insurance is regularly about classes of business. Marine insurance and energy insurance are often to be found along the same corridor in firms, but they do not readily mix and they exhibit different propensities. The division is especially visible in an area like port insurance. Port insurers and reinsurers are ...

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    Cerescorp opts for Liebherr cranes in Montreal

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Liebherr Container Cranes has committed to supply one post panamax crane to Cerescorp''s Termont Terminal during the third quarter 2007.

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    DOUALA SCANNER

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A container scanner has been installed at Douala Port, Cameroon, in a bid to beat customs fraud and speed inspection procedures. 

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    MES green crane to cut fuel costs

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co has showcased a new yard crane which promises all-electrified movement, high efficiency and energy- and maintenance saving operation.

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    Luderitz upgrades quay

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    High oil prices and international moves to support environmentally friendly product and services were key drivers in the creation of this cranes, according to the company.A 500 metre new quay has been built at the Namibian port of Luderitz, allowing it to handle medium-sized feeder vessels. The quay, with a ...

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    KPA PROFIT SLUMP

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    High oil prices and international moves to support environmentally friendly product and services were key drivers in the creation of this cranes, according to the company.Kenya Port Authority reports a pre-tax profit of $51.4m this financial year, compared with $143m in the previous period. Traffic at Mombasa is expected to ...

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    KENYA PLANS SECOND DEEP-SEA PORT

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    High oil prices and international moves to support environmentally friendly product and services were key drivers in the creation of this cranes, according to the company.Kenya is to build a second deepwater port at Lamu at a cost of 194m. This will also involve constructing a railway link between the ...

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    Six gang up on APM at Tin Can Island

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Following the Nigerian government''s decision to award APM Terminals the concession to operate Tin Can Island container terminal, six local shipping lines have put together a consortium which aims to set up a rival box handling facility. Alraine Nigeria Limited, Wasa, Hullblyte Elder Demster Agency, Blue Funnel, Transcap Nigeria Limited ...

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    DREDGING TO GO AHEAD AT CALABAR

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    High oil prices and international moves to support environmentally friendly product and services were key drivers in the creation of this cranes, according to the company.Van Oord and Jandule have been awarded a ?56.8m contract to undertake dredging work in the 84 kilometre Calabar Port channel, in Nigeria. Work has ...

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    HAL cold ironing

    2006-08-18T16:06:00Z

    Holland America Line (HAL) has recently retrofitted two of its ships to plug into shore power at the Port of Seattle. And, in a separate program, HAL plans on conducting a seawater scrubber feasibility project aboard one of its cruise ships

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    Valencia to build fifth box terminal

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The Port of Valencia is expected to issue a tender in the second quarter of 2008 for a fifth container terminal.

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    IPH lands Great Yarmouth partnership

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    International Port Holdings (IPH) has won a public procurement process to become the preferred partner for the development and operation of the existing Great Yarmouth river port and its new outer harbour project.

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    THAMES CARGO UP

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Interested parties will have to partially finance construction of the facility, although public investment of ?396.3m is also earmarked.Port facilities on the Thames handled 53.8m tonnes of cargo in 2005, an increase of 1% on the previous year. The figures cement the Port of London's top three UK port ranking ...

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    MAASVLAKTE TERMINAL ATTRACTS SIX

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The Port of Rotterdam Authority has received six proposals for operation of a 138 ha container terminal on Maasvlakte 2.