Speed up plans, Melbourne told

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The Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) needs to advance plans for additional container handling capacity and the likely introduction of a ...

Oz wheat boxes up

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Since deregulation on 27 August 2007, there has been a seven-fold increase in exports of wheat in bulk bags and containers leaving Australia...

Constanta to double up

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DP World has embarked on an expansion programme aimed at doubling handling capacity at its Constanta South Container Terminal (CSCT) in Roma...

Rotterdam ferry deal

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Stena Line and P&O Ferries have agreed terms on Stena’s takeover of stevedoring activities for its own vessels at the Westbank Terminal in...

New Iranian box terminal

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The first phase of a new container terminal is scheduled to come on stream this month at Shahid Rajaii Port in Bandar Abbas, Iran....

NCC traffic up 18.6% last year…

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Aggregate throughput at the container terminals operated by National Container Company (NCC), Russia’s biggest container handler owned 50:...

PN to cut country services…

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Asciano, the owner of rail freight operator Pacific National (PN), has until next month to finalise business plans that will likely see PN w...

Ennore to use TAMP tariffs

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The company that wins the deal to develop a new container terminal at India’s Ennore Port will not have the freedom to fix tariffs despite...

Ashdod to be sold to its customers?

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Persistent reports from Israel suggest that the Manufacturers Association of Israel (MAI) has approached the national government with regard...

ITS adds V-Trax auto-steer system

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UK-based International Terminal Solutions Ltd (ITS), which first introduced auto-steering for RTGs in the 1980s, has completed the developme...

OMG buys two more ships

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Vyborg Shipping, the shipping subsidiary of Saint Petersburgbased Oslo Marine Group (OMG), has purchased two more vessels, with a combined d...

Jebel Ali capacity to reach 14M TEU

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The expansion programme at Container Terminal 2 (T2) in Jebel Ali will be completed by the middle of this year, increasing Dubai port’s an...

Dammam to get new terminal

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A new container terminal is to be built at King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, at a cost of more than SR1B (US$267M), according to...

Sea Containers in pension deal

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Beleagured Sea Containers has taken a step towards extricating itself from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by reaching an agreement in prin...

Maersk buys into Höegh Autoliners

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AP Møller-Maersk A/S has acquired a 37.5% stake in Höegh Autoliners from Leif Höegh & Co. Simultaneously, Höegh Autoliners has acquired ...

Portland seeks PPP for T-6

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The Port of Portland (Oregon) has engaged Morgan Stanley to evaluate a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for up to 215 acres of its Terminal ...

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