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    US threatens to downgrade Nigerian ports

    2012-03-26T16:13:00Z

    The United States is threatening to add Nigeria to its list of countries whose ports are considered insecure.

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    Tacoma pinches 400,000 boxes from Seattle

    2012-03-26T16:13:00Z

    The port of Seattle is to lose about 20% of its current container traffic to regional rival Tacoma, as the Grand Alliance switches from Terminal 18 at Seattle to Washington United Terminal at Tacoma.

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    Brazil mulls Docas privatisation

    2012-03-26T16:13:00Z

    The Brazilian government is looking at the possibility of privatising national ports.

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    Canal expansion faces seven-month delay

    2012-03-26T16:13:00Z

    The design and construction contract to build the third set of locks for the Panama canal is to suffer a seven-month delay.

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    Tauranga reaches saturation point

    2012-03-26T16:13:00Z

    Port of Tauranga has announced it can no longer accept unscheduled calls from vessels wishing to bypass Ports of Auckland as that port’s ongoing industrial dispute stretches it beyond capacity.

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    Northport eyes stranded NZ trade

    2012-03-26T16:13:00Z

    Northland Regional Council chairperson Craig Brown believes Northport is ideally-placed to win trade from nearby Ports of Auckland and Port of Tauranga.

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    Taranaki breach forces security review

    2012-03-26T16:13:00Z

    Port Taranaki is to increase security measures after Greenpeace protesters boarded the vessel Noble Discoverer in late February - the third action at the port by members of the organisation in three years.

  • European Transports Ministers reached a first agreement on new guidelines defining a long-term strategy for the development of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T)
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    Transport Council narrows TEN-T network

    2012-03-23T14:58:00Z

    During the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting which took place on 22 March, European Transports Ministers reached a first agreement on new guidelines defining a long-term strategy for the development of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T).

  • Three new Konecrane RTGs are destined for Slovenia
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    Konecranes hits new heights in Slovenia

    2012-03-22T19:00:00Z

    Helsinki based Konecranes has received an order for three new RTGs to be delivered to Slovenian port operator, Luka Koper in October.

  • Presentation of PERS Certificates
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    Presentation of PERS Certificates took place at the GreenPort Congress in Hamburg

    2012-03-22T17:34:00Z

    Port of Cork and Peterhead Port Authority were presented with their PERS Certificates by Victor Schoenmakers, Chairman of ESPO

  • Cruise Ship docked at Marseille
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    Early bird delegate rate available now!

    2012-03-22T17:05:00Z

    Book your delegate place now and save 20% off the full rate. But hurry, the early bird rate ends 30 July 2012!

  • Marseille Fos Port
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    Key Industry Associations lend their support

    2012-03-22T16:23:00Z

    ESPO, EFIP, ECOPORTS, Pole Mer PACA and AIVP are just some of the supporters of this year''s event.

  • The industry seems to be more than a little forgetful
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    Memory loss the bane of the industry

    2012-03-22T10:42:00Z

    If someone suffers from memory loss or senility, then the shipping industry is where to be. The industry bounces from crisis to euphoria and then appears to forget how it got there, but as the events will be repeated every two to four years we do not need much of ...

  • The Vantage River Discovery II
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    Dutch shipyard hands over river cruisers

    2012-03-21T16:42:00Z

    Dutch shipbuilder Shipyard De Hoop has built a first generation river cruise vessel – the first of four for US tour operator Vantage Deluxe World Travel.

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    Moving goods efficiently to inland cities

    2012-03-21T15:58:00Z

    During the 3rd Annual Africa Ports, Logistics & Supply Chain Conference in Ghana, Reik Mueller, APM Terminals’ Director of Business Development and Infrastructure Investments for the Africa-Middle East Region described a new model for transportation planning and development in West Africa.

  • Speakers at the 2011 Congress
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    2012 Call for Papers now closed

    2012-03-21T09:43:00Z

    The provisional programme for the 7th GreenPort Congress will be released shortly.

  • The Port of Luanda has benefitted from and ICD an container park
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    APMT focuses on African integration

    2012-03-20T17:51:00Z

    APMT has described a new model for West African transportation suggesting a shift away from "container lifts" towards “integrated container transport solutions”.

  • Tidetech's route optimisation trial involving Caribbean cruisers demonstrated bunker savings
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    Oceanographic optimisation fuels efficiency

    2012-03-20T17:45:00Z

    Applied oceanography specialists Tidetech will be demonstrating significant fuel saving results on a recent route optimisation trial at the Green Ship Technology (GST) conference in Copenhagen this week.

  • Durban fish nurseries are making expansion more difficult
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    Fishy concerns over Durban expansion

    2012-03-20T13:43:00Z

    Transnet’s plans to expand the container berths in Durban Harbour have met with ecological concern because the area is seen to be one of the country’s most important fish nurseries.

  • Salalah is clear about its hub strengths
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    Flying the hub flag

    2012-03-20T10:00:00Z

    Launched in 1998, the Port of Salalah has established itself as one of the key transhipment hubs in the West Central Asian region and ranks among the top-30 container ports in the world, writes Iain MacIntyre.