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Amsterdams Ceres Paragon terminal has changed its name to Amsterdam Container Terminals (ACT) effective immediately. The name change follows a share-swapping agreement, signed in December 2008, when Hutchison Port Holdings became the…

1st April 2009

Ceres identity shift

1st April 2009

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Cosco has officially been granted a 35-year concession by the Greek government to run the port of Piraeus.

29th March 2009

Cosco cements relations with Piraeus

29th March 2009

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Kiel has handled its first container as part of a new service between Riga and the Baltic port. It aims to turn round 10,000 teu in its first year, with growth planned…

26th March 2009

Kiel celebrates box first

26th March 2009

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Reducing the depth of the planned dredge and changing the phases of construction are two options being considered as the Port of London Authority and DP World discuss ways to drive forward…

25th March 2009

PLA and DP World look for ways to push London Gateway forward

25th March 2009

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Green demonstrators keen to halt development of Tenerifes Granadilla port marched through the streets of Santa Cruz in protest - but estimations of numbers involved vary wildly.

18th March 2009

Port protester take to the streets

18th March 2009

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The global economic downturn could be a blessing in disguise for the port industry and investors in the industry, according to APM Terminals chief executive Kim Fejfer.

16th March 2009

Downturn blessing in disguise

16th March 2009

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Lisbon Port authority has been given approval to decommission parts of the port that no longer have any recognised use. These will be returned to the state and redeveloped.

6th March 2009

Lisbon sheds area

6th March 2009

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UK port businesses campaigning against massive backdated business ratesbills have received an important boost from the Conservative Party,which has announced it will use the parliamentary process in an attemptto scupper Gordon Browns…

5th March 2009

Tories plan to scupper backdated ports rates

5th March 2009

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The Port of Cork is to make a decision in October regarding the location of a $283.7m container terminal.

4th March 2009

Cork revisits box terminal project

4th March 2009

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PD Ports has just started running a twice weekly feeder service from Felixstowe to Teesport, in order to develop its shortsea and coastal traffic through the northern port.

2nd March 2009

Feeder service to Teesport

2nd March 2009

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The British-Swiss Zumax AG group has been awarded a ¢ 1.18bn ($1.5bn) concession to build a new container terminal in southwestern Albania and operate it for a period of 35 years.

1st March 2009

New Albanian port

1st March 2009

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Zim has moved its western Mediterranean hub from the port of Barcelona to Tarragona, where it has a 40% equity participation in the Contarsa box handling facility.

25th February 2009

ZIM switches transhipment to Tarragona

25th February 2009

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The president of Genova port authority, Luigi Merlo, has had his knuckles rapped by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport over an interchange of shares between the ports two container terminal operators,…

24th February 2009

SECH and VTE share swap scandal

24th February 2009

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Port unions in Valencia are currently renegotiating their new collective bargaining agreement, to replace the agreement introduced in 1995.

23rd February 2009

New collective bargaining agreement in Valencia

23rd February 2009

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EUROPE

The European Commission (EC) has published its third call for proposals for freight transport services under its second Marco Polo programme.

22nd February 2009

EC calls for third short sea funding proposals

22nd February 2009

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Portugals Office of Port and Maritime Transport has found that the extension granted to Liscont for the concession of its container terminal in the port of Lisbon is not anti-competitive. Given particular…

21st February 2009

Liscont concession extension legal

21st February 2009

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Operators at the port of Naples recently got together with representatives of the port authority and the Transport Department of the regional government to discuss ways of tackling future challenges at the…

20th February 2009

Naples operators back port revival

20th February 2009

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BMW, VW, Peugeot/Citroen and vehicle logistics group CAT have all threatened to close their UK added value port operations as a direct result of the controversial new port business rates system being…

18th February 2009

Car giants threaten to pull out of UK ports

18th February 2009

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The IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL), the body that promotes smooth transition of shipping between international ports and offshore terminals, has cleared the last hurdle to it becoming a fully fledged institution of…

5th February 2009

No Red Tape committee through red tape

5th February 2009

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EUROPE

The Georgian Port of Poti has sold a 49% stake to RAK Investment Authority of the UAE for $65m; the same company had earlier bought the other 51% for $90m.

5th February 2009

UAE buys Poti

5th February 2009

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The Polish container terminal operator DCT Gdansk passed the 100,000 teu mark ahead of expectations in mid December, helped by the arrival of Maersk Line at the port on the 1 December.

4th February 2009

Gdansk tops 100,000 teu in 2008

4th February 2009

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Louise Ellman, UK MP for Liverpool Riverside, has again taken her fight against port rate rises, and the attempt of the UK Valuation Office Agency to push through three years of backdated…

4th February 2009

Rates – no handing back the yolk

4th February 2009

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Rotterdam Port Authority has invited bids for construction of phase two of its Euromax Terminal, despite the fact that phase one has yet to be completed. The work involves building 300 metres…

3rd February 2009

Euromax stage two tender

3rd February 2009