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A new Polish hinterland terminal has just opened near Katowice, bringing the southern Polish economic region of Silesia closer to the Port of Hamburg and linking up with the northern European seaports…

5th August 2010

Northern ports gain link with Poland

5th August 2010

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The port of Poti in Georgia is to receive investment of $500m from Ras Al Khaimah of the United Arab Emirates over the next four to five years.

30th July 2010

UAE cash to expand Poti

30th July 2010

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Despite the Port of Dover taking advantage of the UK governments ‘austerity speeches’ by saying that its plans to opt out of trust status were in line with the government strategy, there…

29th July 2010

Call for more discussion on trust port plans

29th July 2010

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The port of Cork has identified an area adjacent to the existing ferry terminal at Ringaskiddy for development as a container terminal. Dry bulk operations will also move here.

29th July 2010

Cork’s new terminal location

29th July 2010

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Russia is to spend $3.29bn this year on developing its ports network, compared with $3.35bn in 2009.

25th July 2010

Investment earmarked for Russian ports

25th July 2010

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Drewry’s latest Container Forecaster paints a far more positive picture for the industry in 2010, but there are still some areas of concern that could spoil the party quite quickly.

22nd July 2010

Its not business as usual quite yet

22nd July 2010

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Terminal 2 at Malta Freeport is to be expanded. The North Quay will be extended from 480 metres to 668 metres and the West Quay from 118 metres to 312 metres. The…

16th July 2010

Malta Freeport expansion

16th July 2010

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A tender has been issued for the transfer of Riga Port from the city centre to the nearby Russian island of Krievu sala.

14th July 2010

Riga port on the move

14th July 2010

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The UK’s Department of Transport has published provisional statistics on freight traffic at its major ports which shows, at best, ports suffering from a slight fall with exports helping figures somewhat.

12th July 2010

UK port traffic picture hazy

12th July 2010

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Teesport has announced an expansion of its container facility from its current capacity of 235,000 teu to 450,000 teu. However, this first phase could be scaled up to almost double the present…

11th July 2010

UK box port set to expand

11th July 2010

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Piraeus Port Authority reported a loss of €33.6m ($41.4m) last year compared with a profit of €5.6m ($6.9m) in 2008. The deep recession being experienced by Greece is also dramatically cutting the…

11th July 2010

Recession hits Piraeus

11th July 2010

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Peel Ports chief executive Stephen Baxter has left the company ‘with immediate effect’, an internal company announcement has confirmed.

1st July 2010

Peel Ports boss ‘has left with immediate effect’

1st July 2010

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An agreement has been signed that brings a wide ranging and international group of port clusters together with Valencia port to examine best practice issues.

23rd June 2010

International ports confirm commitment to cluster study

23rd June 2010

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This weeks UK Budget announced funding to waive £175m of backdated business rates demands that had been levied on ports businesses.

23rd June 2010

UK budget brings backdated rates reprieve

23rd June 2010

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With 101 proposals received by the call deadline, the third Marco Polo II call for project proposals has attracted a record number of submissions in 2010, beating all previous calls since its…

23rd June 2010

Marco Polo call passes landmark

23rd June 2010

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The claim by Ukrtranscontainer (UTC) against the Ukrainian Government for investment rights violation is moving into the European Court of Human Rights.

23rd June 2010

Ukrtranscontainer will have its day in court

23rd June 2010

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A recent spate of takeover bids for the UKs Forth Ports has come to an end, with would-be suitor Northstream withdrawing a last-ditch attempt to secure the interest of Forth’s board with…

16th June 2010

No more bids for Forth Ports – for now

16th June 2010

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Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) has acquired a 25% stake in Belgium’s multi-user Zeebrugge box terminal from APM Terminals (APMT), for €27.16m ($33.7m).

16th June 2010

Zeebrugge terminal share goes to SIPG

16th June 2010

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An exclusive market report by Trelleborg Marine Systems and Port Strategy magazine reveals that 75% of downtime in many ports is unscheduled and likely to be costing the industry large amounts of…

10th June 2010

Operators struggle to tackle excessive downtime

10th June 2010

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Russian ports may see container traffic rise by 3% to 7% in 2010, despite a disproportionately high boost in throughput in the first quarter. For the first three months, tonnage handled rose…

5th June 2010

Russian box traffic in the ascendency

5th June 2010