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A Long Way to Go: Egypt's Shipping Survey 2008 -03 Feb 10 Today countries all over the world are paying mounting attention to their national fleets. Given their significance in harnessing foreign trade, governments are set to build more vessels, upgrade specifications of existing ones to comply with international standards and satisfy customer expectations. READ MORE...

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PTI Media Watch

Olympics port security / U.S. LNG terminals may close / New ships deliver relief to Port-au-Prince /
-25 Jan 10

In today's Media Watch: Port security is tightened in Canada and the US before the start of the Winter Olympics, the future of Oregon's LNG gas terminals hang in the balance, and a new container ship opens up the delivery of relief to Haiti.

Port planning + Environment Obama budgets $12M for West Sacramento port project-08 Feb 10The Port of West Sacramento is to receive a $12.3 million grant for its ship-channel project in Barack Obama's proposed budget for fiscal year 2011. New Wilhelmsen Ships Service office opens in Russian Baltic port-03 Feb 10 'Green' ISSA warns of the hazards of dumping ships' waste-03 Feb 10	AtoN + Mooring/ Berthing U.S. Icebreaker receives new deep water multibeam echo sounder-08 Feb 10The United States Coast Guard has ordered a Kongsberg Maritime EM 122 deep water multibeam echo sounder for use aboard the icebreaker Healy, the largest vessel in its fleet. SES announces new carbon navigation mast-04 Feb 10 New FleetBroadband Bundles launched by Marlink-01 Feb 10	Terminal Handling Irish Continental Group orders new mobile harbour crane from Gottwald-08 Feb 10The Irish Continental Group (ICG) has ordered a new mobile harbour crane for their operation at the Port of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Yemen LNG soon to be transported to US-04 Feb 10 Shipments of LNG through Panama Canal may rise after expansion-01 Feb 10
Security + Logistics INTERTANKO gets involved with the anti-piracy debate in the Phillippines-08 Feb 10A new regulator, with help from INTERTANKO, is aiding the Philippines in developing an anti-piracy course for its seafarers. Milestone Systems and Honeywell Security Group to collaborate on new IP surveillance products-04 Feb 10 Intertanko's Terminal Vetting Database broadens its access-03 Feb 10	Industry Blog A word from ESPO-03 Sep 091 September is not only the start of a new school year for many children, it also marks a fresh start for EU lobbyists after the August intermezzo during which the otherwise buzzing Schuman quarter in Brussels traditionally becomes an eerie ghost town. PTI TOC Europe technology round-up-06 Jul 09 Positive conditions for investing during the economic downturn -27 Mar 09	Going Places Aberdeen Harbour appoints two new board members-08 Feb 10Aberdeen Harbour had announced the appointment of two new members. Alistair Mackenzie and Colin Crosby took their seats on the Board in January, while existing members Alan Amoore and Brian Turnbull have been reappointed for another three years. Port Canaveral elects new Chairman-03 Feb 10 New transatlantic appointment for the Port of Rotterdam-02 Feb 10
Shipping
'Actual' weight of containers needs to be documented, says inquiry -09 Feb 10The actual weight of a container, not its declared weight, should be specified on documentation so that a ship’s stowage plan has more integrity, according to a new report.	U.S. Containerised trade on the road to recovery -02 Feb 10U.S. containerised imports were down 14.8% in the third quarter of 2009, compared with the same period the prior year, continuing the deceleration that began in the second quarter of 2009, according to a report from PIERS Global Intelligence Solutions.	Qatar Navigation Company and Qatar Shipping Company approve merger -01 Feb 10Qatar Navigation Company and the Qatar Shipping Company are to merge, after the companies’ boards of directors approved the plan.