Pakistan to extend box scanning

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Following its success at Port Qasim, US Customs officials are talking with the government of Pakistan to extent a pilot project for 100% scr...

EC comes to the rescue

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The European Commission has given the green light to continuing support from the French and Italian governments for the troubled Aiton (Lyon...

Heineken on the water

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Dutch brewer Heineken is to make another major modal shift from road to inland water. The brewer is no stranger to inland barging, as it has...

PYI’s fourth on Yangtze

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Hong Kong-listed PYI Corp has paid Yuan149M (US$22M) to acquire a 51% stake in Yichang Port Group (YPG), which operates 57 berths on the Yan...

Colonet tender issued

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After years of political infighting, conflicts over land use, legal disputes, etc, a tender has finally been issued in respect of the constr...

EBHI passes 1 mt with BAT

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EBHI, the company in charge of managing the iron ore and coal terminal in Spain’s Port of Gijón, has now handled 1 mt with its BAT system...

Felixstowe South project under way

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The Port of Felixstowe has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the formal commencement of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) proj...

Expansion at SCCT

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Buoyed by strong half year performance, Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) in East Port Said has announced the award of its Phase II quay ...

Hobart zinc rethink

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The Tasmanian port of Hobart may be the winner if a review by Belgian zinc refiner Nyrstar leads to consolidation of its Australian operatio...

SAL cancels type 179s

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Shipbuilder J J Sietas Werft and heavy lift shipping operator Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land GmbH & Co KG (SAL) have jointly announced that SA...

Sediment trap withstands storms

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Port Canaveral reports that its new US$2M sediment trap passed its first major storm test during Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna, intercepting...

Santos plans ahead

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Land currently occupied by the Prainha and Conceiçãozinha favelas in Guarujá will not be cleared before 2010, according to the local mayo...

…more for Soton

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Associated British Ports (ABP) Port of Southampton has ordered two 63t HMK 170 E mobile harbour cranes from Gottwald Port Technology as part...

Lobito to challenge Luanda

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The government of Angola has completed a study on the redevelopment of the port of Lobito, concluding that the project will require investme...

BLG interested in JWP phase 2

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Hillert Onnen, BLG’s Board member for finance, has stated that BLG is interested in running a future second phase of the new JadeWeserPort...

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