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" The volume of cargo suitable for rail transport has risen.

1st October 2003

Lubeck plans for modal switch

1st October 2003

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EUROPE

The Volkswagen Group has opened its new eco-friendly £ 5.6m Tyne Distribution Centre. The 20-hectare car import facility at Maritime Park, North Shields, is a secure storage compound accommodating up to 8,000…

1st October 2003

Tyne nurtures modal shift and lapwings

1st October 2003

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Preliminary construction of a new deep-sea port at Vostochny in the Kaliningrad Region has started. Located close to the town of Baltiisk, the port will be used by container lines as well…

1st September 2003

Russians get go-ahead..

1st September 2003

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Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) has finally gone ahead with its Initial Public Offering on the Athens Stock Exchange. 25.5% of OLPs stock has been floated and was oversold by almost 20 times.

1st September 2003

Piraeus IPO at last

1st September 2003

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US consultants Moffatt & Nichol are due to complete a feasibility study for the proposed Colombian port on the Aguadulce Peninsula by the end of this year.

1st September 2003

Aguadulce study

1st September 2003

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Well-crafted strategies are fine but dont always expect your neighbours to agree with them reports Tom Todd

1st September 2003

A TALE OF Two Rivers

1st September 2003

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Volumes at Vostochny International Container Services (VICS) increased by 48% in the first half of 2003. Under the joint management of CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) and P& O Ports since 1995, the…

1st September 2003

..Meanwhile in Siberia

1st September 2003

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The EU has announced that the investment subsidy obtained by Huisvuilcentrale Noord-Holland (HVC) to build a new river container terminal at Alkmaar in The Netherlands does not breach community regulations.

1st September 2003

EU OKs investment subsidy to Dutch box terminal

1st September 2003

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Maersk Sealand is negotiating with Dragados with a view to basing its enhanced North African container services at Terminales del Sudeste, which the construction company is building at the southern Spanish port…

1st September 2003

Maersk diversifies across southern Spain

1st September 2003

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Grangemouth reactivates rail

1st September 2003

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EUROPE

Hudson Trident has been appointed by the port of Gothenburg to conduct an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code assessment of the port authority' s facilities.

1st September 2003

Gothenburg gets help on ISPS

1st September 2003

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P& O Ports has announced its Q2 throughput was 26% up on Q2 2002 with 22% attributable to organic growth. Globally the company handled 2.743m TEUs in Q2 and 5,217m year-to-date up…

1st September 2003

P&OP volumes up

1st September 2003

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EUROPE

Greymouths owners, the Grey District Council, have approved a staged approach to developing the west coast South Island, New Zealand port, with the object of matching development with customer commitments.

1st September 2003

Coal Greymouths catalyst

1st September 2003

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EUROPE

Gavin van Marle voyages to the Baltic states and assesses the need for extra port capacity in light of impending EU accession and the not always easy relations with a sometimes obstinate…

1st July 2003

LIVING WITH BIG BROTHER

1st July 2003

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Elena Siems, Maersk Sealand general manager, noted recently that, " St Petersburg is the most expensive port in the whole of Europe."

1st July 2003

Maersk Sealand labels St Petersburg Europes most expensive port

1st July 2003

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La Spezia Anx

1st July 2003

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The Japanese car maker Mazda has moved its Southern Europe distribution hub from Antwerp to Barcelona, where it will make use of Barcelona Autoterminal. The move was prompted by better value added…

1st July 2003

Mazda switches distribution from Antwerp to Barcelona

1st July 2003

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EUROPE

Genoa has become the 14th member port of the Container Security Initiative (CSI). It joins Rotterdam, Le Havre, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Antwerp, Singapore, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Gothenberg, Felixstowe, Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax in…

1st July 2003

Genoa latest to institute CSI

1st July 2003

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EUROPE

The European Commission is to introduce anti-terrorism legislation that goes further than the agreements made within the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

1st June 2003

EC goes further on security

1st June 2003

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EUROPE

Container terminal strategies to suit every aspiration have evolved in the Mediterranean but can they keep pace with change? Nick Elliott reports .

1st June 2003

Med Medley plays the tune of DEMAND

1st June 2003

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Clydeport has announced a full environmental study conducted by Halcrow for its proposed international container transhipment terminal at the Hunterston deep-water site on the Clyde.

1st June 2003

Clydeport commits to Hunterston hub environmental study

1st June 2003

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Lluis Badia, president of Tarragona Port Authority, has revealed that representatives from Maersk Sealand (MSL) are discussing the possibility of transferring the company' s current Algeciras-based transhipment operation to the Catalan port.

1st June 2003

Maersk Sealand weigh up Tarragona

1st June 2003

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Terminal Intermodale Venezia (TIV) signalled its entrance to the container handling business in Venice, Italy, with the handling of its first Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) vessel in mid-May. Four MSC vessels per…

1st June 2003

MSC Commits to New Venice Terminal

1st June 2003