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Valencia expects to achieve nearly a 9% growth in volume over its 2004 total of 2.145m TEUs and is in the final throes of adding significant new capacity to help it absorb…

1st December 2005

Valencia grows and grows

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

A Chinese group is planning to develop a container terminal on Cretes rugged and beautiful south coast. China Shipping Group has been searching for transhipment hub facilities in the Mediterranean and thinks…

1st December 2005

Crete

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

The new Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) terminal being developed adjacent to the port's largest container terminal facility, operated by Maritima Valenciana, is expected to commence operations in June/July 2006 and the unofficial…

1st December 2005

GENOA

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

Acciona and ACS have been awarded a ?124.3m contract to build the third-phase expansion of the port of Algeciras. This will be concentrated in the outer harbour area of the Isla Verde…

1st December 2005

Isla Verde expansion goes ahead

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

Europe Container Terminals (ECT) has acquired a majority stake of 51.56% in DeCeTe Duisburger Container Terminal (DeCeTe).

1st December 2005

ECT SWIMS UPRIVER

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

Rotterdam is to gain a new container terminal for inland navigation vessels and feeders.

1st December 2005

ROTTERDAM

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

The new Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) terminal being developed adjacent to the port's largest container terminal facility, operated by Maritima Valenciana, is expected to commence operations in June/July 2006 and the unofficial…

1st December 2005

Kalmars parent in the money

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

Gdansk will see a € 180m programme of development, after law firm Norton Rose closed its second port deal in a year with arranger DVB Bank AG. The new deepwater container terminals…

1st December 2005

NORTON ROSE CLOSES SECOND DEAL

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

Quay dues in Rotterdam are set to rise by 2% next year, while most port and inland shipping tariffs are to go up by 2.6%. The latter amount is to compensate for…

1st December 2005

ROTTERDAM TARIFFS TO RISE

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

The thousands of hauliers passing through Felixstowe every day are soon going to require identity cards, the first of their kind in the UK, as the port increases security at its terminals.

1st December 2005

FELIXSTOWE PREPARES FOR NEW ID CARDS

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

Rotterdam is investing an average of €150m per annum in the period 2002-2012.The port of Rotterdam is to reduce its workforce by between 10 and 15% over the next four years as…

1st December 2005

Rotterdam cuts workforce

1st December 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Industry has once again withdrawn support for the controversial port services directive put forward by the European Union. The beleaguered proposal suffered the blow following almost ludicrous scenes in the EU Parliament.

1st December 2005

Ports directive confusion

1st December 2005

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EUROPE

Rotterdam is investing an average of €150m per annum in the period 2002-2012.The president of the Portuguese port of Sines has forecast a 50% rise in traffic by 2015. Part of this…

1st December 2005

SINES

1st December 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

TransponderTech has won a contract to supply Automatic Identification System (AIS) base stations in China as part of a major extension of AIS coverage along Chinas coastline.

1st December 2005

SAAB

1st December 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Tideworks has launched a new Mainsail Ro-Ro module aimed at helping terminal operators more efficiently manage their rolling stock and other non-containerised cargoes.

1st December 2005

Tideworks

1st December 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Magenta Technologys intelligent scheduling and continuous planning application, i-Scheduler, has been selected by supply chain manager Noble Group to facilitate co-ordination of its logistics operations.

1st December 2005

Noble selects Magenta

1st December 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Navsoft of Rio de Janeiro and Transas USA have teamed to provide an Automatic Identification System (AIS)-based marine surveillance and monitoring solution for the CVRD port of Ponta da Madeira, Sao Luis,…

1st December 2005

TRANSAS

1st December 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has established its own subsidiary in India through the acquisition of 51% of Indlift, which has been the agent for Kalmar products in India since 2000.

1st December 2005

Kalmar

1st December 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Besides strong MHC sales, Gottwald is reporting important milestones in the automated port technologies segment with the first ASC Automated Stacking Crane order and successful launch of the E-AGV series, the diesel-electric…

1st December 2005

Gottwalds golden geese

1st December 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new high capacity screwtype ship unloader has been ordered for Seaforth Grain Terminal in Liverpool from BMH Marine. In future bulk carriers of up to 75,000 dwt will be discharged at…

1st December 2005

Siwertell supplies Mersey

1st December 2005