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PTI Media Watch brings you a round-up of all the top port related news stories making headlines around the world.
Chinese port investments in Brazil / Queensland ports pressured to meet demand / China oil spill contained in coastal waters
Jul 27, 2010
 In this week's PTI Media Watch: China invests in Brazilian ports to better facilitate Chinamax vessels; ports in Queensland, Australia, are facing pressure to expand to meet demand and ease the port bottlenecks; and news that the oil spill at Dalian Port, China, has been successfulyl contained and will not reach international waters.
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Call for national ports plan for Australia / Dry bulk shippers poised for upturn in BDI / $4m penalty for port-polluting shipper
Jul 12, 2010
 In this week's PTI Media Watch: Authorities call for an Australian national ports plan, an upturn in the Baltic Dry index forecasts increased optimism for the dry bulk shipping sector, and a shipper is fined for deliberately concealing pollution left at its ports of call.
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Blog: TOC Europe 2010
Jun 15, 2010
 Port Technology International was out and about at the TOC Europe show last week (8th-10th June), which this year was held in Valencia, Spain. For all those who missed it, here's a round-up of all the news from the show...
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What is a 'top kill'? / BP used risky technique before oil well blast / US Gov to split export control enforcement? / Work begins on Lekki Port, Nigeria
May 26, 2010
 In this week's PTI Media Watch: We find out what a 'top kill' is and BP risky techniques used to seal the Gulf of Mexico oil well before its explosion; while the White House seems likely to split enforcement authorities among federal entities, and we get an update on developments in the construction of Lekki port, Nigeria.
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Global impact of U.S. port security / Ships save $$$ in Sweden / Eruptions reinforce shipping
Apr 22, 2010
 In this week's PTI Media Watch: US port security has global implications, how cold-ironing in Sweden is saving shippers money, and the eruptions in Iceland confirm shipping's global importance in export cycles.
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DP World ready to invest / Big Brother AIS system for shipping / New cowboys of shipping
Apr 08, 2010
 In this week's PTI Media Watch: DP world draws close to its investment targets, the possibilities of AIS through satellite surveillance are debated and could rogue Chinese shippers be the maritime scourge of the future?
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New shipping companies with no ships / Ports call for Obama's help / Risks of cutting corners to avoid fuel regulations
Mar 24, 2010
 In this week's PTI Media Watch: An analysis of the new crop of shipping companies with a difference - no ships, US ports ask Obama for help with exports, and cargo ships take riskier routes to shortcut Californian fuel regulations.
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Rise in yuan could be "disastrous" / Somali pirates have their say
Mar 18, 2010
 In this week's PTI Media Watch: Anxiety in Asia as an official body reports that strengthening the Chinese yuan could prove "disastrous" for exporters; and Somali pirates tell their side to the Huffington Post.
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LNG tankers not welcome in Boston / Nigerian deep sea ports / Canadian ports go for gold
Feb 24, 2010
 In today's PTI Media Watch: Boston Mayor vows to keep LNG tankers out of Boston Harbour, Nigeria's deep sea ports are debated, ports in British Columbia celebrate an upturn in volumes to coincide with the Olympics.
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Port of Long Beach - now hiring / US Coast Guard's new budget strategy / Will DP World bounce back?
Feb 19, 2010
 In today's PTI Media Watch: The Port of Long Beach bucks the trend and increases its workforce by 34.5% in two weeks, US Coast Guard reveals its new strategy after Obama's budget cuts, and DP World's fortunes are investigated.
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US ports gear up for Panama Canal expansion / Gazprom divert LNG imports to Europe / Argentina demands shipping permits in Falklands row / LNG workers' strikes halted by judge
Feb 17, 2010
 In today's PTI Media Watch: How U.S. ports are getting ready for the Panama Canal expansion, the world's largest gas producer diverts LNG imports from the US to Europe, Argentina demands that ships sailing around the Falklands have a shipping permit, and workers at the UK's biggest LNG import terminal have had their strike ended by a judge.
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Obama's port security policy stirs up trouble / Australian LNG industry in skills slump / China's port developments have India worried... / ...But India has a comeback plan
Feb 16, 2010
 In today's PTI Media Watch: Arguments over Obama's port security policy rage in the U.S., Australia's LNG industry faces a lack of skilled workers, China outpaces its nearest competitor India in port development - but, for India, it's not over yet.
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Long Beach in glorious technicolour / Shrimps cause Atlantic rift / Plans for Manila port redevelopment take a siesta
Feb 15, 2010
 In today's PTI Media Watch: New episodes of the Port of Long Beach's video programme hit the Net, Canada closes its ports to ships from Greenland and the Faroes, and plans to redevelop Manila port are pushed back - again.
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Olympics port security / U.S. LNG terminals may close / New ships deliver relief to Port-au-Prince /
Jan 25, 2010
 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.
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PSA International report negative box figures
Jan 11, 2010
 PSA International, a leading global container terminal operator has reported full year negative box figures for 2009. Volumes slumped across the business’s 28 terminals by nearly 10 per cent in 2009 to 56.93m teu. PSA Singapore suffered, its flagship business, reported a 13 per cent decline in full year figures of 25.14m teu.
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DP World to list shares
Jan 07, 2010
DP World is to list shares on the London Stock Exchange after a disappointing valuation in Dubai.
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Dubai economy / CN strike / U.S. cargo screening / London Gateway effect / tamper-proof containers
Dec 03, 2009
In today's media watch: UAE officials rally together to face debt challenges, Canadian Ports weathering rail strikes, U.S. look likely to miss 100% cargo screening deadline, London Gateway subsidy effects Southampton, and DHS looks to tamper-proof cargo containers.
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$175 million Port Qasim terminal / World's largest cruise ship / Mexican port's impact on Yuma / Dayton port picking up / Productivity boost for Bundaberg
Nov 02, 2009
In today's media watch: Port Qasim to build $175 million facility; world's largest cruise ship to enter Atlantic; Deep water Mexican port may impact Yuma; Dayton Port Authority beginning to pick up; Productivity boost planned in Port of Bundaberg takeover.
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Funding for London Gateway / Ugandan central corridor / NYK - "new terminals needed" / French-Malaysian partnership / Maldives port project
Oct 29, 2009
In today's media watch: London Gateway gets funding for dredging; Uganda developing central corridor route to sea; NYK Group state no need for extra terminal capacity until next decade; Port Klang and Marseilles Fos sign MoU to boost joint exploration; $4.8 million project to develop the Malé North Harbour.
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Khalifa Bin Saman Port / Miracle needed for U.S. ports / $468mn deepwater port in Espírito Santo / Port LB clean trucks / Sohar looking for investment
Oct 21, 2009
Today's media watch sees: The opening of Khalifa Bin Salman Port; Hope for holiday miracle for U.S. ports; Brazilian Govt promoting port in Espírito Santo; LB and truckers settle Clean Trucks dispute; Sohar generates international interest.
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Delcambre port development / API Tuxpan terminal tender / 35-year lease for Howland Hook / Mobasa container handling row / RTGS for RSGT
Oct 15, 2009
Today's media watch sees the Port of Delcambre port development fund increase, API Tuxpan launch a container terminal tender, 35-year lease extension for Howland Hook Marine Terminal, a container handling row in Mombasa Port gets worse, and 8 more RTGs delivered to Red Sea Gateway Terminal.
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Babcock sells port biz on the cheap, workers to block Mombasa berth sales, Tacoma box terminal canceled, Sri Lanka terminal sees record high, China to aid Lamu port construction
Oct 07, 2009
This week's media watch sees Babcock selling its port business for $1, dock workers in Mombasa oposed to privatisation of berths, Tacoma box terminal canceled, Sri Lanka port sets volume records, and China to aid Lamu port construction.
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Santos port expansion / Canveral police boost / Curtici terminal inauguration / War in Somali port / Port of Houston charts new course
Oct 01, 2009
Today's Media Watch see's a quote of $2.9bn needed to expand Santos Port, Canveral port police get a cash injection, Romanian port of Curtici is inaugurated, Islamist factions on brink of war in Somali port.
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Odesa port investment draft / Trouble for Gujarat port projects / N.C. Port's green changes / Southern Sudan new build / Logistics centre for Imbituba port
Sep 23, 2009
Today's media watch sees: Investment agreement for Odesa port deep-sea terminal, Gujarat's port not granted environmental clearance, N.C. Ports' to cut emissions by 50 per cent, Southern Sudan to build first modern port, Brazil's Imbituba port to get logistics centre.
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$50M Gulport pier restoration / Lonshoreman killed in LA / Tenders for grain terminal / Port compensation / $11M seized in container
Sep 14, 2009
Today's Media Watch sees: a $50M restoration of Port of Gulfport pier in wake of Hurricane Katrina; A longshoreman is tragically killed while on duty at Port of LA; Port of Mombasa is excepting tenders for new grain terminal; The city of Norfolk to receive compensation for Norfolk Int. Terminals funding; Colombian customs seize $11M found in container.
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New port openings and investments, green initiatives for ports and shipping, more drug busts
Sep 03, 2009
Today's media highlights the opening of Melford Terminal in 2012, UAE's $23 b investment in seaports, green aproval for Port Botany, cold ironing in Vancouver, ship pollutant controls in North America, and drug busts in Ghana.
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More on Russian ship mystery, Muara and Westway port expansions, Spill drill in Floriday, UK drug bust
Aug 27, 2009
In today's media watch: Russian official shed some light on ship hijack, Muara plan expansion while Westway Terminal break ground on theirs. Florida fuel terminal conducts spill drill, and £1.7m of cannabis found at Suffolk Port.
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$100 million terminal for Jacksonville, JaxPort injury, Cocaine bust, Tauranga profits up, Peel Ports urged to resolve strike
Aug 20, 2009
Today's Media Watch see's Keystone Coal plan a $100 million marine terminal in Jacksonville, an injury at JaxPort 110 feet up, Port of Tauranga profit up 7 percent, Mayor of Dublin urges Peel Ports to resolve strike.
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Grim forecast for L.A./LB, Missing ship found - conspiracies, £2M upgrade for Teesport, green gantries for Shekou
Aug 18, 2009
Today's media watch sees a report forecasting that L.A./LB won't fully recover from downturn until 2013, the Russian cargo ship has finally be found and a host of conspiracies as to what happened have cropped up, Teesport are getting a £2M upgrade to its facilities and Shekou Container Terminals has added an impetus to be more green.
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Park on shipping containers / shipper expands op in Phily / Groundbreaking ceremony for grain terminal / Access arangements rejected in Australian terminal / security review in Queensland
Aug 10, 2009
Today's media watch sees a novel idea for disused port space, Mediterranean Shipping Co expand operations in Philadelphia, Port of Longview begin construction on $200 million grain terminal, watchdogs nix wheat exporters' terminal access plan and a port security review in Queensland after green protests.
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10% drop for DP World, APM Terminals fined, port drug bust, Hanjin projects begins, NOAA set for Oregon
Aug 05, 2009
Today's news round-up from around the net includes: Business at DP World has dropped 10% in the first half of '09; APM Terminals are fined for stormwater violations at Port of LA; A successful drug bust at Freeport Container Port; Hanjin project at JaxPort begins; NOAA is leaving Seattle for Oregon.
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Cosco Busan sentence, Hapag-Lloyd lifeline, new Zim route, US security project, GTSI
Jul 28, 2009
The pilot has been sentenced in the Cosco Busan crash, Hapag-Lloyd could be receiving 300M euros in a rescue effort, Zim has added some new Chinese shipping routes, US homeland Security are involved in a new security pilot effort and GTSI has won a $7M port contract for Oakland.
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Port stalls on LNG / Tampa concentrates on containers / Iron ore down in Twin Ports / Environmentalists protest
Jul 23, 2009
Today's round-up sees the Port of Astoria stalling to renew an LNG lease, Port of Tampa switching from breakbulk to container cargo, Iro ore shipments from the Twin Ports declining by nearly two-thirds, and environmentalists protesting the construction of a new container terminal in North Charleston.
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WTC financing, UK waste in Brazil ports, Port for landlocked country, container play
Jul 20, 2009
PA of NY/NJ are locked in a $2.7 billion dispute of the WTC, tonnes of British hazardous waste is found in Brazilian ports, Moldova get a port dispite being landlocked, construction at Falmouth port, Jamaica to begin next month, and Young Vic stage play in a container.
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Southampton crane incident, tax credits at Port of NO, financing for Miami-Dade, Steel piling - Port of Muuga
Jul 17, 2009
Today's round-up covers two stories on the recent Southampton crane accident, a new tax intiative for the Port of New Orleans, financing for a port tunnel in Miami-Dade, Per Asrsleff installing steel pile retaining walls in Port of Muuga, and the announcement of a $7.1 million grant for a new wharf for the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority.
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Dubai hub, Dibden Bay, Cai Cui port, US Homeland Security
Jul 14, 2009
Today's news round up highlights amongst others: a new logistics corridor in Dubai, a call for why the Dibden Bay project is neccessary, US Homeland Security showing its stuff and construction begins on Cai Cui port, Can Tho city, Vietnam.
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Gulfport expansion, Marseille considers acquisition, Cork harbour terminal sight search
Jul 09, 2009
The above are just a few of the stories making waves today around the world. A Sri Lankan/Chinese consortium has put in a bid to build a new terminal in Colombo, while Leighton Holdings has won a major Middle East port construction contract in Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile the Examiner offers a profile of Jacksonville's ports.
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PTI brings you a new feature, rounding-up the top port stories hitting the press this week
Jul 07, 2009
We all lead busy lives and no one has time to trawl all the papers around the globe searching for the news that matters to you, thus PTI has put together a news round-up of some of the top stories that you may have missed.
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Intermodal transportation: The next wave?
 Holidays are almost over, for those lucky enough to go on vacation. I spent my time away from the sea, and well above sea level. Just for reassurance. As you might know, the majority of Dutch grounds are below sea level (about 65%), and we keep dry feet by pumping water. Without that, we would build our sandcastle around "Amersfoort at the Sea" (a city some 80km inland).
However, spending time in the Alps, some 800m above sea level, my rectangular box driven mind did not come to a complete standstill, wondering about hinterland transportation.
New Strategy & Development Director appointed at Dunkerque Port
 Jean-Frédéric Laurent has just been appointed Strategy and Development Director of Dunkerque Port, replacing Pierre Joly on his retirement. He is 41. |
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