Transhipment hub for Scapa Flow?

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Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) have published an economic impact study of a major container transhipm...

New tolls in France?

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As part of a move to reduce public infrastructure deficits, estimated at €1.2 bill/ year, the French government is considering introducing...

New fight over RTT

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The Hong Kong government has appealed a High Court decision that allowed the River Trade Terminal (RTT) to continue to handle ocean-going sh...

P&OP speeds up in Melbourne

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The Victorian Transport Association (VTA) has reported that P&O Ports significantly improved truck turntimes at its West Swanson Dock contai...

…flood threat to Pearl River Delta

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Chinese scientists have warned that the Pearl River Delta in south China faces serious flooding, with the water level in the region likely t...

Global stevedores report

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Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd has published a new study entitled The Annual Review of Global Terminal Operators (2003)....

Unblocking the terminal gate

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Container terminal operators are turning increasingly to appointment systems to ease gate congestion and allow a smooth flow-through of traf...

Battle on in Blyth

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Buoyed by strong cargo growth, the UK Trust Port of Blyth has announced a major investment programme worth almost £5 mill, focused mainly o...

Muscle flexing in the Baltic

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Filipino-owned International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is looking to equip its newly acquired, 60 hectare Baltic Container Ter...

Hoyer in restructuring move…

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The Hoyer Group is being restructured, with the division of operations into six business units - chemicals, foodstuffs, petroleum products, ...

Container track and trace study underway

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The Australian Government’s Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS) is managing a major project to assess the strengths and...

IFC boost for river system

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, will provide a US$45 mill financing package to ...

Surveyors team up

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SINSPEC Marine Services Pte Ltd of Singapore and Paris-based CMC International have formed a strategic alliance offering equipment inspectio...

…where is piggy?

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In a PR exercise, Lafarge is holding three “open days” at its Westbury cement works this month, so local residents can check out alterna...

ICTSI commits US$80 mill to BCT Gdynia

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International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) says it will invest US$80 mill in Baltic Container Terminal Ltd (BCT) in Gdynia over t...

VTA wants faster P&OP

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The Victorian Transport Association (VTA), transport operators and P&O Ports are taking a joint approach to what operators claim are unaccep...

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