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    PIRAEUS

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    RMS will now have operations in five ports on the Humber and will be able to provide services to clients through handling larger ships with cargoes of up to 30,000 tonnes.COSCO Hellas has expressed interest in taking a stake in Piraeus' container port. A potential deal was discussed during the ...

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    Caledonian Canal

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    It is hoped a recent trial along the Caledonian Canal will open up a new freight logistics gateway for the Scottish Highlands. The trial was undertaken by the ship''s owner in conjunction with the Scottish Executive and British Waterways (Scotland) and demonstrated in a that with technical modifications commercial ship ...

  • Algeciras: APMT spending €48m
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    APM to boost Algeciras box lifting capability?

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    APM Terminals is to spend € 48m this year on new equipment for its Algeciras container terminal. The Argentinean manufacturer IMPSA will supply three super post-Panamax gantry cranes for delivery in July, while ZPMC is scheduled to deliver a further two in 2007 as part of an order totalling € ...

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    GREECE

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Port projects throughout Greece to the value of ¢ 1,125bn are planned whilst projects totalling ¢ 215.45m are already in the implementation stage.

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    SPAIN

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Paper products manufacturer Stora Enso is negotiating with various ports in the north of Spain in respect of a new daily ro-ro service to and from Zeebrugge. This will convey products in specially designed containers adapted for intermodal transport.

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    HULL

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports is looking to develop a shortsea coal terminal at Hull which could become operational in 2009.

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    VALENCIA

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    RMS will now have operations in five ports on the Humber and will be able to provide services to clients through handling larger ships with cargoes of up to 30,000 tonnes.The Association of Logistics and Container Transport Companies in the port of Valencia (ELTC) has presented the port authority with ...

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    THAMESPORT

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Two new resin silos are planned at Thamesport.

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    Felixstowe South gets the nod

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The Government has given the go-ahead for the reconfiguration of the southern part of Felixstowe involving the conversion of the port''s original Dock Basin and the existing Landguard Terminal, into a new deepsea container terminal.

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    ..while import-export traffic declines

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    1,350m of quay will be dredged to 16m alongside, and an approach channel dredged to 14.5m. An additional 13 ship-to-shore gantry cranes will bring the total number in operation at the port to 38. An all-new North Rail Terminal, capable of removing annually up to 500,000 lorries off the roads, ...

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    Amsterdam Ceres Paragon Termina

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    1,350m of quay will be dredged to 16m alongside, and an approach channel dredged to 14.5m. An additional 13 ship-to-shore gantry cranes will bring the total number in operation at the port to 38. An all-new North Rail Terminal, capable of removing annually up to 500,000 lorries off the roads, ...

  • Piraeus: everything on offer
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    Maritime Centres and Democracy

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    In Belgium and Holland recently it was striking to see what a deep-routed culture of maritime tradition prevails. The history of maritime activity goes back centuries and as with any such region, this breeds much more than just the port and its core activities. In Benelux you will find the ...

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    SHANDONG

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.Shandong Province in eastern China is to invest US$3.8bn in port and road construction in 2006. Of this, US$1.2bn is earmarked exclusively for port ...

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    QINGDAO

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.According to Maersk, the Chinese port of Qingdao is the most efficient in the world, achieving hourly berth productivity of 181 moves. The port ...

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    VIZHINJAM

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.A Chinese consortium has been given the go-ahead to develop the proposed international container transhipment terminal at Vizhinjam in Kerala on the southwestern Indian ...

  • Suez Canal: few limits in future
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    Suez digs deeper

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    By the end of the year, the Suez Canal Authority will have deepened the draught of the Canal from 62 to 66 feet to accommodate the next generation of large vessels.

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    No Bojonegara rethink

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Reports that the Indonesian government is postponing construction of the planned deepwater port of Bojonegara have been denied by officials.

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    ASHDOD

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The Banten, northwest Java port is being developed as an alternative to Tanjung Priok restricted by the Indonesian capital surrounding it. According to the Israel Ports Development & Assets Co, a private operator will be appointed for the Ashdod Eitan Port B development project which encompasses three new terminals to ...

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    TASMANIA

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The Banten, northwest Java port is being developed as an alternative to Tanjung Priok restricted by the Indonesian capital surrounding it. Responsibility for Tasmania's four existing port authorities has been transferred to a new unitary body Tasmania Ports Corporation (TasPorts).

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    Bidding for a strategic vision

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Fourteen bidders have submitted tenders for the development of Chennai port.