Wednesday, October 8, 2014

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Seattle/Tacoma alliance
Ports announce a new "unified management structure" as they move to end unsustainable competition for container services....
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Eye on the cold chain
Andy Connell from Dole South Africa calls for better cargo management and less political interference in cold chain logistics....
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Charleston eyes 52' draft
The US Army Corps of Engineers has recommended Charleston Harbour be deepened to 52 feet....
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Rotterdam talks called for
The ITF has launched urgent appeals to Rotterdam port authority and DP World to help solve the stalemate between FNV Havens and Rotterdam World Gateway over a collective bargaining agreement....
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Liftech opens in China
New Shanghai office to be headed by former ZPMC/Kalmar engineer....
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Maersk to "think inside the box"
Maersk is determined to take a less adversarial, data-driven approach to managing reefer cargo liability....
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Busan up 5.5%
Throughput at South Korean hub port reaches 12.2M TEU in the year to September....
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PD Ports for Allport
PD Portcentric Logistics, part of PD Ports Group, has won a 3-year contract from freight forwarder Allport Cargo Service to undertake its LCL deconsolidation service...
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Unifeeder schedule upgrade
Unifeeder says it is offering a significant upgrade of its scheduled routes connecting North Continent with the Baltic...
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People on the move
Latest round-up of appointments known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and allied industry sectors...
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Anaklia deadline extended
Georgia has extended the bidding deadline for the new port od Anaklia from 1 to 15 October...
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London Gateway selects DC operator
Import Services Ltd has been selected by DP World London Gateway as the operator of its common user distribution centre...
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DPW Southampton scoops award
DP World Southampton won the Global Port Operator of the Year 2014 award at the Lloyd's List Global Awards ceremony held in London earlier this week...
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Hamburg still in dredging "limbo"
The Federal Court in Leipzig has again referred the vexed Elbe dredging question to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg...
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Reefer monitoring for KAP
IDENTEC SOLUTIONS has won a contract to install its CTAS reefer monitoring system at King Abdullah Port in Saudi Arabia....
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Manila on the fast-track
ICTSI is fast-tracking new yard facilities in Manila, but rejects any notion a lack of capacity is responsible for the port's chronic congestion issues....
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Changes for Global
Terminals in British Columbia, New Jersey and New York to be renamed with "GCT" branding....
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Russia and China are on track
Russian Railways (RZD) and China Railways (CR) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement as bilateral trade grows....
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Monthly Cleveland-Europe charter service launched
The Port of Cleveland has now handled the first three calls of its fledgling Cleveland-Europe Express service, connecting Cleveland and Antwerp with a container and general cargo service operating through the St Lawrence Seaway....
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India plans new rail entity
India's new Union Government is planning to set up a new organisation that will be charged with improving rail access and rail operations within the 12 major state-owned ports....
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Spain entices investors
Spain's Economic Development Ministry is proposing extending port concessions from 35 to 50 years in return for either a 20% cut in tariffs or increased investment....
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ECS is taking a direct line
Zeebrugge-based European Container Service (ECS), which specialises in door-to-door services in 45ft palletwide containers using short sea transports between Zeebrugge, the UK and Ireland, is now offering a combi-rail option as well....
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OT spreads out in Gdynia
OT Logistics Szczecin has taken over Baltic General Cargo Terminal Gdynia (BTDG) from the Port Authority of Gdynia (ZMPG)....
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Don-Bur pushes the envelope
Leading British retailer Argos has ordered 19 lifting deck longer semi trailers (LSTs) from Don-Bur with what is claimed to be the largest internal cubic volume seen on British roads. The order follows successful trials on a prototype unit, beginning in April this year....
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Norfolk Southern traffic up
US Class 1 railroad Norfolk Southern has reported an 11% increase in intermodal volume in Q2, and a corresponding 11% increase in intermodal revenue....
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LimakPort wins new business
The eastern Turkish port of Limak Iskenderun (LimakPort), which opened its container terminal in early 2013, has successfully expanded its client base in the first half of 2014....
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Algeciras investments
Spain's Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA) is to invest €35M in technology upgrades by 2018....
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Rotterdam fights congestion
Action is required because delays to inland waterway and feeder vessels in the past two months have resulted in surcharges and some services being diverted....
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Nouakchott capacity doubles
The Port Autonome de Nouakchott dit Port de l'Amitie (PANPA), which owns/operates Mauritania's largest port, Nouakchott, recently took control of its new cargo handling wharves....
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Nanaimo handles ocean vessel
The Port of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in British Colombia has handled its first mainline container ship. DP World Vancouver signed a three-year agreement to operate its Duke Port Terminal in 2012 and established a barge service to Vancouver....
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Study time
Portos de Sines e do Algarve SA, the port authority for Sines and Algarve, has awarded Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia a contract to study ways of upgrading maritime access at the southern Portuguese port of Portimao....
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Stockton parks barge service
The US Port of Stockton's "M-580-Marine Highway" barge between Stockton and Oakland is to be reduced from a weekly to an "as-needed" service....
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Manta date is extended
The date for awarding the concession for the port of Manta in Ecuador has been put back to 28 October, following the approval of the Technical Commission overseeing the process....
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Maritime acquires Roadways
Maritime Group Limited has acquired Aegeus Transport Limited, the holding company for Roadways Container Logistics Limited, for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes the entire company, employees and assets of Roadways, the fourth largest container transport company in the UK. It thus further strengthens Maritime's position as the UK's biggest container haulier by road and the second biggest overall after Freightliner....
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Charleston in the money
The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) finished its 2014 fiscal year with earnings 20.7% ahead of its financial plan. Year-end operating earnings totalled US$14.3M after revenue grew nearly 17% to US$164.1M....
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Pipavav splashes out to boost its capacity
The Gujarati port of Pipavav in north-west India is to invest about US$76M over the next 18 months on increasing its throughput capacity by 50% to approximately 1.35M TEU a year....
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Mitsubishi invests in Colombia
Mitsubishi Corporation has announced another step into the port business with a 25% stake in a new port holding company in Colombia....
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Petlim port takes shape
APM Terminals Izmir (AMPT) has ordered the first tranche of equipment for the new container terminal being developed at Petlim Port near Izmir, Turkey....
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