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Phase I of Terminal XXI offers 320 metres of berth with 16-metre draught, two post-Panamax quay cranes and three RTGs providing it with an annual handling capacity of 250,000TEUs.Halfway through the fruit…

1st June 2004

Rotterdams fruit throughput up

1st June 2004

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ABPs port of Ipswich has moved closer to expanding its ro-ro facilities after accepting a £ 3.5m tender from Edmund Nuttall for a second ro-ro berth at the ports West Bank Terminal.

1st June 2004

Ipswich one step closer

1st June 2004

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The state of Bremen has moved fast to pledge € 19m for infrastructure modernisation at Bremerhavens 30-year-old Container Terminal 1 to back the spectacular news that Eurogate and MSC will base their…

1st June 2004

New MSC-Gate venture gets Bremen cash backing

1st June 2004

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Every fortnight vessels of P& O Nedlloyds container fleet take fresh seawater from the Atlantic to Rotterdam in their ballast tanks. While the ship is worked at the terminal, a small tanker…

1st June 2004

P&ONL facilitates Rotterdams mating game

1st June 2004

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This process has been given the blessing of the Indian authorities, who have given permission for foreign direct investment to be increased from 49% to 100%. The money raised via the share…

1st June 2004

MSC in Fos2XL deal..

1st June 2004

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Economic policy has to give greater recognition to the role played by Welsh ports and deal fairly and efficiently with proposals to develop them if the contribution they make to national and…

1st June 2004

Port boss calls for end to unreasonable rejections

1st June 2004

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Given our ongoing coverage of ways to ease congestion at container terminals (see PS May 2004 and this current issue), it seemed only right to kick off our new personality series with…

1st June 2004

ITS ABOUT PROCESSES MANAGING AND PEOPLE

1st June 2004

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New long term policy for Genoa

1st May 2004

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Maasvlakte 2 moves closer

1st May 2004

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Poland offers the largest market out of all the new countries joining the EU and has recently been the subject of strong container traffic growth at the nations premier port gateway, the…

1st May 2004

POLAND: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL

1st May 2004

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The Setubal Port Administration has embarked on a privatisation process that flies in the face of the widely anticipated benefits of a more competitive and lower cost operating environment.

1st May 2004

SETBACKS SETUBAL

1st May 2004

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Germanys seaports, including its now integrated former GDR facilities, expect to benefit greatly from the EUs eastern extension, reports Tom Todd.

1st May 2004

GERMAN PORTS BATTLE BULGES AND EYE THE FUTURE

1st May 2004

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The European Parliament has adopted new guidelines for the trans-European transport network that include the " Motorways of the Sea" initiative.

1st May 2004

UKs ports lukewarm on Motorways of the Sea project

1st May 2004

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The specialist heavy-lift multi-purpose pontoon, TERRA MARIQUE, loaded with Concorde GB-OAA has successfully completed its journey down the river Thames and up the North Sea to the aircrafts destination in Scotland.

1st May 2004

London proves its worth in reducing traffic chaos

1st May 2004

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UK Transport Minister Tony McNulty has accepted the recommendation of the Dibden Bay Inquiry Inspector to turn down proposals for a new container terminal on Southampton Water.

1st May 2004

Dibden rejected

1st May 2004

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Valencia port authority has adopted a plan which will ensure that sufficient capacity will be available at the port until at least 2015. Both the main port of Valencia and the secondary…

1st April 2004

Valencia to expand facilities

1st April 2004

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There is a view that all the facts are not being properly presented in conjunction with future UK container port expansion.

1st April 2004

MASTER-CLASS OF MISTAKES

1st April 2004

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Port Strategy (PS) continues its focus on the role of government in UK containerport expansion, which, sadly, continues to represent a master-class in how it shouldnt be done, writes Mike Mundy

1st April 2004

UK PORT PLANNING BLIND SPOTS?

1st April 2004

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The Spanish Governments decision to put a half billion dollar price-tag on a place of refuge for ships in distress is counter-productive and in some situations could actually increase the threat to…

1st April 2004

Spains self-defeating decree

1st April 2004

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A new £ 150m intermodal container terminal is to be built on Peel Holdings Manchester Ship Canal with a projected annual throughput over the berth of 83,000 TEUs, accommodating 250 ship calls…

1st March 2004

Ship canal gets new tri-modal port

1st March 2004