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Panama Canal Authority and Antwerp Port Authority sign agreement

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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 12:40

Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator/CEO Alberto Alemán Zubieta and Antwerp Port Authority CEO Eddy Bruyninckx signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly

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Philips Roosendaal chooses inland shipping

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Monday, 06 September 2010 12:12

From now on, Philips Lighting is to transport all its export containers, which Maersk Line ships overseas, by freight barge from its distribution centre in Roosendaal to the port of Rotterdam.

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100th mega container ship in Rotterdam

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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 14:00

On Thursday 26 August, the Evelyn Maersk was the 100th ultra large container carrier (ULCC) to sail into the port of Rotterdam in 2010. A ULCC is a ship that can carry more than 10,000 TEU.

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Krishnapatnam Port sets an all India coal discharge record

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Monday, 30 August 2010 11:44

Krishnapatnam Port has established an all new record for coal discharge in India using the conventional system of coal unloading for ports in India.

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Panama Canal Authority signs agreement with the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway

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Friday, 27 August 2010 08:46

Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator/CEO Alberto Alemán Zubieta and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (TTW) Administrator Michael D. Tagert signed a

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Panama Canal Authority unveils model of the D'Artagnan dredger

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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 13:30

Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator/CEO Alberto Alemán Zubieta, joined by DEME Group CEO Alain Bernard, recently unveiled a model of the D'Artagnan dredger

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Port authority foresees growth and shifts in types of goods

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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:57

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has calculated that throughput could rise from approx. 420 million tonnes now to approx. 575-740 million tonnes in 2030.

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Boskalis wins capital and maintenance dredging project in Angola

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Friday, 20 August 2010 09:19

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract for the capital and maintenance dredging of the Soyo LNG port in Angola. The total contract value is approximately

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APM Terminals acquires 50% of new terminal in Santos

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Thursday, 19 August 2010 09:13

APM Terminals will, subject to regulatory approval, acquire 50% of the shares in Brasil Terminal Portuario (BTP), a new container terminal being built in Santos, Brazil.

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Panama Canal traffic down

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Thursday, 19 August 2010 08:48

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) released third quarter (Q3) operational metrics for fiscal year 2010. In Q3, Canal Waters Time (CWT), the average time it takes a vessel to transit the Canal

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NOVATEK ships stable gas condensate via the Northern Sea Route

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Wednesday, 18 August 2010 08:17

OAO NOVATEK has announced that on 14 August 2010, the Company dispatched a consignment of its stable gas condensate from the Murmansk Port which will travel to

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Port Authority results rise to € 90 million in first half year

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Monday, 16 August 2010 10:59

The Port of Rotterdam Authority’s results for the first six months were up by € 13 million on the same period of 2009, to € 90 million. This rise is largely explained by the increase in revenues.

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Jakarta invests in new container terminal

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Monday, 16 August 2010 09:26

Indonesia's state-owned port company, Pelabuhan Indonesia, will start building a new container terminal in Jakarta this year. The first phase of the 22 trillion rupiah ($2.45 billion) project

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Coastlink's 2010 Annual Conference is just a month away

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Monday, 16 August 2010 07:47

This year, Coastlink will be holding its 2010 Annual Conference in the Port of Antwerp on 14th and 15th September. In addition to its regular coverage of shortsea shipping as it affects

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Port of Rotterdam throughput back on track

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Thursday, 12 August 2010 11:00

In the first half of 2010, 213 million tonnes of cargo were handled, 14.8% up on the same period of 2009. Outgoing trade rose by 15% to 62 million tonnes, incoming by 14.7% to 150 million tonnes.

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Channel closure could cost JNPT dear

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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 09:30

The oil spill in Mumbai harbour caused by the Panama-flagged container vessel MSC Chitra, after a collision with the merchant vessel Khalijia last Saturday, could cost Jawaharlal Nehru

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Japanese hub ports upgrade

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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 13:33

The government has designated two mega-ports as "International Freight Strategic Ports," which are to receive high-priority in budget allocations in an attempt to transform them into

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Fremantle Inner Harbour dredging resumes

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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 12:28

The cutter suction dredge Phoenix has been prepared for Phase 2 of Fremantle Ports’ Inner Harbour and channel deepening, and dredging may begin. Fremantle Ports Chief Executive

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In Riga port record number of ships has been served in July

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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 12:06

383 ships have been served in Riga port in July of 2010. Larger number of ships entered Riga port only back in August of 2007 (396 ships), as well as in April (386 ships) and May (402

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Charleston containers up 19% in first half, harbor deepening reaches milestone

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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 09:15

Deepening of Charleston Harbor, already the deepest in the Southeast, reached another milestone as container volumes in the Port of Charleston increased 19 percent in the first half of

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Cargo throughput in Indian Ports increases by 13.6%

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Monday, 09 August 2010 12:35

During 2009-10 Major and Non-Major Ports in India accomplished a total cargo throughput of 844.9 million tones reflecting an increase of 13.6% over 2008-09 compared to a marginal

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