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Shanghai International Port Group is not now to go ahead with the purchase of a 40% stake in APM Terminals Zeebrugge. The decision was made because of the global economic downturn.

29th April 2009

Shanghai pulls out of Zeebrugge deal

29th April 2009

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Salonika Port Authority has officially confirmed its decision to cancel the international tender to find a concessionaire for its container terminal.

23rd April 2009

Salonika kills concession concept

23rd April 2009

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Liverpool committed £ 6.5m to its Seaforth terminal in the last quarter of 2008, buying a £ 5.1m ship-to-shore Liebherr gantry and three new Noell straddle carriers from Germany at a cost…

15th April 2009

Liverpool equipment spend

15th April 2009

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The Port of Zeebrugge saw volumes very slightly down last year, but still above 42m tonnes. However, this year the port authority expects some ups and downs, says a spokeswoman.

14th April 2009

Zeebrugge

14th April 2009

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For Rotterdam, there are bright spots as a direct result of the downturn.

13th April 2009

Rotterdam

13th April 2009

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The dramatic slowdown in the last quarter of 2008 wasnt enough to prevent record full-year results for the giant Benelux ports - but 2009 looks like being a different story. Felicity Landon…

10th April 2009

Clouds and silver linings

10th April 2009

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Detthold Aden, managing director of the BLG Group, has stated that, despite the credit crunch, construction of JadeWeserPort remains on schedule.

10th April 2009

JadeWeser on track

10th April 2009

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PSA remains committed to Italys Voltri terminal despite a tumultuous year in 2008 with strikes and legal battles upsetting the status quo.

9th April 2009

PSA reaffirms Voltri commitment

9th April 2009

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There are to be 60 redundancies at Southampton docks, with even more of the contracted workforce going in response to the severe decline in UK containerised volumes, says the terminal operator, DP…

2nd April 2009

Redundancies at Southampton docks

2nd April 2009

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Dramatic drops in traffic at Valencia at the end of 2008 have continued into 2009, leaving some 400 dockworkers with practically no work to do.

2nd April 2009

Declining work for Spanish dock workers

2nd April 2009

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Mutual insurer the TT Club has reported what it terms satisfactory financial results for 2008 amid market conditions which have drastically reined back earnings elsewhere in the insurance industry.

1st April 2009

TT Club slips into deficit

1st April 2009

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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