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Plans to build a second seaport in Sochi, Russia, at a cost of $272m have been abandoned. Instead, 10 other sites have been identified for the storing and transhipment cargo.

31st July 2009

Second Sochi port abandoned

31st July 2009

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EUROPE

Bucking the weak global operating climate, Valencia port authority has confirmed to Port Strategy that its proposed extension works are running to schedule, and that it does not intend to postpone the…

29th July 2009

Valencia expansion on track

29th July 2009

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EUROPE

Russias Baltic port of Ust-Luga has officially had its boundaries defined by the central government. This has been done to make foreign and Russian investment in the port more attractive. Located close…

27th July 2009

Ust-Luga boundaries in place

27th July 2009

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EUROPE

The worlds first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) facility with automatic synchronisation and 50/60 Hz conversion has been formally switched on at the Port of Antwerp.

19th July 2009

Onshore power at Antwerp

19th July 2009

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EUROPE

Marseilles Fos port is to take a 10% stake in a multimodal hub at Pagny in a bid to strengthen its hinterland connexions. Pagny is strategically located at the northern end of…

18th July 2009

Marseilles grabs a bit of Pagny

18th July 2009

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EUROPE

The 14,000-teu MSC Daniela recently became the largest container ship to have ever left the port of Rotterdam fully laden - a European record.

17th July 2009

Record for Rotterdam

17th July 2009

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EUROPE

Liscont container terminal in Lisbon continues to be embroiled in controversy.

15th July 2009

Controversy dogs Liscont

15th July 2009

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EUROPE

Klaipeda State Seaport Authority is seeking new private sector investment to develop infrastructure in the port. Incoming chief executive Eugenijus Gentvilas has stressed an urgent need for partnership with private capital, pointing…

15th July 2009

Klaipeda courts private investment

15th July 2009

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EUROPE

Graduation ceremonies were held in May for the APM Terminals Magnum/Magnet leadership class of 2007 in The Hague, Netherlands.

10th July 2009

Graduates for APM leadership

10th July 2009

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EUROPE

The new Prescott Lock, which gives barges of up to 350 tons direct access via the Thames and Bow Back Rivers to the UKs London Olympics site at Stratford, has opened.

8th July 2009

Prescott Lock opens

8th July 2009

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Southampton Port is to play host to theUKsannual Port City Futures Convention on July 13.

8th July 2009

Southampton hosts futures debate

8th July 2009

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EUROPE

The Global Institute of Logistics (GIL) has launched a Port Cluster Governance Council to drive best practice at public-private partnership ports around the world.

30th June 2009

Global institute launches port cluster council

30th June 2009

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EUROPE

Port executives gathered at TOCs annual European conference in Bremen this month called for rational thinking in this time of crisis.

30th June 2009

Rational thinking

30th June 2009

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EUROPE

Neil Davidson, director ports, Drewry Shipping Consultants, pulled no punches at TOC Europe when he told delegates the days of 20x Ebitda port valuations are over.

30th June 2009

Worst year ever for box port growth

30th June 2009

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EUROPE

The UK Port of Tyne anticipates a “much more difficult trading period” in 2009, in line with the downturn affecting its customers.

26th June 2009

Tyne to rise to 2009 challenge

26th June 2009

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EUROPE

Port Fund principal Ghislain Lorthiois has advised would-be ports investors to revise their ways of asset valuations if they want to secure future profitability.

26th June 2009

Assets ripe for the picking

26th June 2009

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EUROPE

The fight against crippling backdated rates bill for UK port tenants may have hit a stumbling block - one put there by the nations House of Commons, writes Stevie Knight

25th June 2009

Rates fight dealt another blow

25th June 2009

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A new docks outer perimeter and nearly 4,000 metres of sea wall have been completed at Gijó n Port.

11th June 2009

Gijón Port expansion progresses

11th June 2009

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The first phase of reclamation work at the UKs Felixstowe South development has been completed, with 750,000 cu m of unsuitable material removed and 1.7 cu m of sand placed on site…

10th June 2009

Felixstowe South emerges from the sea

10th June 2009

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Peel Ports group marketing director Frank Robotham is to leave thecompany in July after more than 31 years at the Port of Liverpool.

5th June 2009

Frank Robotham to leave Liverpool after 31 years

5th June 2009