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Newsstrike Peru
Workers went on strike for a day this week at Peru''s largest shipping terminal as part of their campaign for better pay and benefits.
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NewsTT Club confident after renewals battle
Mutual insurer TT Club has retained the vast majority of its prime ports and terminals portfolio, following hard fought start-of-the-year renewal negotiations.
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NewsEuropean orders ticking over
Two Liebherr super post-panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes are destined for the Port of Tilbury, in the UK. The cranes are scheduled for delivery during the first quarter of 2010.
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Logistics winner for Southampton
Logistics company Import Services has found a niche for storage combined with high volume retail ''pick and pack'', close to Southampton container port.
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Bolloré Congo concession
Bolloré Africa Logistics has expanded its terminal network in Africa by securing a 27-year concession to manage a container facility at the Port of Pointe Noire in the Democratic Republic of Congo in tandem with local partner Socotrans. The company already operates port facilities in Abidjan, Tema, Lagos, Douala, and ...
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NewsEmail alerts from Thamesport
London Thamesport has introduced an e-mail alert system to update hauliers and port users on operational conditions.
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Public funding for JadeWeser approved
The European Union has approved $765m of public funding for the $1.2bn new deepwater port of Wilhelmshaven in Germany. The money will come from the federal states of Bremen and Lower Saxony. The first 1,000 metres of quay offering 18 metres alongside draught will open in the second half of ...
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Boskalis ditches Smit bid
The Dutch group Royal Boskalis has abandoned plans to acquire Smit International. Boskalis was unable to agree on a structure for the takeover and, given a deterioration in market conditions, decided to pull out of any possible deal.
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Bintu gets better radar for less
Bintulu Port, Sarawak, East Malaysia is upgrading its VTMIS and has chosen a system from Kongsberg that will improve the port''s radar performance without upgrading radar hardware.
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NewsAPM shows its credentials
APM Terminal''s integration of the new US Transportation Workers'' Identification Credential (TWIC) with its existing security system, could have implications beyond the US borders.
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Rio Grande to deepen access channel
Brazil''s Special Secretariat of Ports (SEP) has published a tender in respect of the deepening of the access channel at the Port of Rio Grande. Investment will be $84m, of which $63m will come from the federal government and $21m from the state government.
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CMH announces cut backs
China Merchants Holdings (International) is to cut back plans to develop terminals and also possibly adjust capital expenditure as the economic downturn begins to impact in China.
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NewsBoost for Gdansk
The Polish deepwater container terminal DCT Gdansk has boosted its handling capabilities with the commissioning of three new Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).
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Currency slump hit Paranaguá
The Brazilian port of Paranaguá reported a worse performance in 2008 than in 2007, blaming a decrease in the price of maize in world markets which reduced exports, and a devaluation of the real against the dollar that made imported fertiliser too expensive. However, the rising price of soya in ...
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Batumi edges into container management
Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), located in Adjara, Georgia, has installed a ''stand alone'' version of the Spinnaker container management solution from Tideworks. It will be integrated with Spinnaker''s purpose-built "Star Gate" module for gate processing.
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NewsDublin and Algeria plan on Liebherr
As part of port expansion plans, Portroe Stevedores Ltd has taken delivery of six Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for the Port of Dublin, Ireland.
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NewsStop the bilge water bugs
BioPetroClean''s ''plug & play'' cleaning system promises to address the problems of vessels cleaning out their bilge water in port.
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Loads more for Koper
Work is now underway on a high efficiency coal loader, rated at 2,000 tonnes per hour, for Slovenian company Luka Koper, to be installed in the Port of Koper.
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Congestion mounts at Lagos
At the end of December, the Nigerian Minister of Transport gave the Nigerian Ports Authority just two weeks to find solutions to congestion stalling operations at ports in the Lagos area.
