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Lisbon Port Authority (APL) has communicated to its leading deepsea container terminal Liscont that it would like it to vacate its current concession in the Alcantara zone and move to an entirely…

1st January 2005

Liscont to be moved to Santa Apolonia

1st January 2005

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EUROPE

Marseilles-Fos handled 94m tonnes of cargo in 2004, a 1.6% drop on the previous years but container throughput rose 10% to 916,600TEUs. The total included 593,600TEUs at Fos and 323,000TEUs at Marseilles.

1st January 2005

Marseilles polls workers over plans

1st January 2005

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EUROPE

The Drogheda Port Company (DPC) has announce its long term development strategy.

1st January 2005

New port for the Greater Dublin

1st January 2005

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EUROPE

Following studies, Bremore in Fingal Co, Dublin, was selected for a new deepwater port.Port of Tyne's £6.3m warehouse has been officially opened by Nigel Sherlock, Lord Lieutenant for Tyne and Wear. At…

1st January 2005

Official opening

1st January 2005

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EUROPE

COSCO Pacific Limited is buying a 25% shareholding in P& O Ports new container terminal, Antwerp Gateway.

1st December 2004

Cosco buys into Antwerp Gateway

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

Rotterdam's container movements jumped by more than 12% to 9.3m TEUs whilst Antwerp registered 6.5m TEUs up nearly 7% on the previous year.Le Havre port authority and stevedores Generale de Manutention Portuaire…

1st December 2004

LE HAVRE SIGNS FIRST NEW BOX TERMINAL CONCESSION

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

Belgium and the US have agreed to co-ordinate security at Belgian ports to detect illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive material. The US government will invest € 11.25m in the next three…

1st December 2004

US SIGNS WITH BELGIUM

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

Germany's DVD Bank is also participating in the transaction in syndication.Portugal's Setubal and Sesimbra port authority and the Tersado and Sadaport companies have signed concession contracts covering zones one and two of…

1st December 2004

SETUBAL AWARDS MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL CONCESSION

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

Whether known as hurricane or typhoon, we are all too familiar with these most ferocious of storms and their consequences: damage, destruction and, for some unfortunate souls, death.Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants…

1st December 2004

MUSC WINS €7MVENICE PORT SECURITY CONTRACT

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

British MP Gwyneth Dunwoody has opened a new deepwater berth at Felixstowes Trinity container terminal, Trinity lll.2.

1st December 2004

New deepwater berth

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

A leading British underwriter has warned that global super ports represent an attractive target to terrorists. Justin Priestley, head of the special risks and terrorism team at Aon Corp says transport infrastructure…

1st December 2004

Terrorist warning from underwriter

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

Chemion Logistik has inaugurated a new container terminal at Bayer Chemiepark in the city of Leverkusen.

1st December 2004

NEW HAZ-MAT TERMINAL IN GERMANY

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

Half the available plots at Fos Distriport - the Port of Marseilles logistics zone being developed alongside the existing Fos container terminal - have now been taken following the sale of 9.5…

1st December 2004

New deal at Fos Distriport

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

The Port of Marseilles Authority (PMA) has approved the terms of the agreement under which MSC is to operate one of two new facilities within the ports Fos 2XL container terminal development.…

1st December 2004

Marseilles approves Fos 2XL terms with MSC

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

Union general secretary Trevor Hanson says a sudden flood of requests for imported labour in other industries indicates a concerted campaign to "open the New Zealand labour market up to sweatshop-style conditions".The…

1st December 2004

MARSEILLES TO ASSIST COTONOUS DEVELOPMENT

1st December 2004

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EUROPE

Hamburg-Bremerhaven joint venture Eurogate will reach its target of 11.7mTEUs this year and remain focused on Europe, with no plans to go global. It will also continue a strategy for success which…

1st December 2004

INVESTING WHERE IT MAKES SENSE

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The dockers and seafarers sections of the of both the International and European Transport Workers Federations (ITF and ETF) are expressing their " deep regret and grave concern" at the European Commissions…

1st December 2004

ECs proposed Port Services Directive slammed – again

1st December 2004

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Commenting on the proposals, HPH's UK md, Richard Pearson, said: "This development will enable Felixstowe to berth more of the latest generation of large container vessels simultaneously, securing our position as a…

1st November 2004

RAVENNA TO DEEPEN PORT CHANNEL

1st November 2004

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EUROPE

Commenting on the proposals, HPH's UK md, Richard Pearson, said: "This development will enable Felixstowe to berth more of the latest generation of large container vessels simultaneously, securing our position as a…

1st November 2004

International Power

1st November 2004

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EUROPE

With the benefits of Polands recent accession to the European Union we believe this healthy growth rate will continue. We are confident that WOG will strengthen HPHs port network in Europe with…

1st November 2004

Northern Way strategy embraces ports

1st November 2004