Liverpool passes ISPS test

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The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Department has given the Port of Liverpool - the UK’s major container gateway to and from the U...

Kerala action plan

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The south Indian state of Kerala has launched a 100-day action plan to speed up the process of finalising tenders for at least three ports, ...

No hoorays for X-rays

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The Australian Customs Service (ACS), stevedores, freight forwarders and importers are at odds over the cost arising from increased security...

“Ecocombi” tests to start again

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The Dutch have authorised a new round of tests with extra long road rigs, comprising a rigid truck with drawbar (B Double type)....

A bridge over troubled waters

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Has the Port of Wallhman finally found a sustainable market niche, or will it continue to be buffeted around in the game of port politics? T...

Zim transfers hub to Táranto

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Under strong pressure from customers, Israel Corporation, the Ofer family vehicle which controls Zim Lines, has abandoned the Port of Haifa ...

PMSi wins Freetown scanner contract

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PMSi (Port Maritime Security International), which has more than ten years’ experience managing security at the Channel Tunnel, has won a ...

Coffee back on the Genoa menu

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Coffee imports are heading back to Genoa after an absence of 10 years, following an agreement between logistics company Centro Smistamento M...

Ro-ro in the South Pacific

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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines (WWL) serves the Australasian market with weekly ro-ro services linking Australia and New Zealand with Europe, So...

Scholten resigns

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The director general of the Port of Rotterdam (GHR), Willem Scholten, has been forced to step down while €100 million in loan guarantees h...

Timber port for NT

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A new port is being developed on Melville Island, the largest of the Tiwi Islands, located 60 km off the coast of Darwin in Australia’s No...

High speed river cat

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A new, high speed, cargo catamaran could significantly reduce the number of truck trips on Europe’s roads, according to FP6UK, the body wh...

NAWC looking for a decongestant

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Congestion has been increasing at Pacific Coast ports for most of the year and shippers are still waiting to see if port authorities, labour...

Cash for Kakinada

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India’s Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) has approved a long-term loan of Rs1.15 bill (US$25 mill) to Kakinada Sea Po...

BOT plan for Cebu

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Plans to build a new international port on the central Philippines island of Cebu remain stalled by the huge cost involved, but the Cebu Por...

A tale of two G’cities

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There is a consensus that the foreign trade of Poland, the biggest of the new EU members, will experience strong growth in containerisation....

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