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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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Dock Workers Pause Strike at Santos Port, to be Resumed Thursday

SAO PAULO, July 10 (Reuters) – Dock workers at Brazil’s key shipping port of Santos, the largest in South America, stopped a strike over port

July 10, 2013
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Navio Maersk Lavras santos brasil
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Dock Workers Strike At Brazil’s Santos Port

SAO PAULO, July 10 (Reuters) – Dock workers at Brazil’s key shipping port of Santos, the largest in South America, started a 24-hour strike on

July 10, 2013
Total Views: 21

Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Operação do Navio Maersk Lavras santos brasil
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Dock Workers At Brazil’s Santos Port To Strike On Wednesday

SAO PAULO, July 9 (Reuters) – Dock workers at Brazil’s key shipping port of Santos, the largest in South America, are planning a 24-hour strike on

July 9, 2013
Total Views: 24

Monday, July 8, 2013
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Small Ports Feel the Heat from Big Box Ships as Cascade Effect Begins

With the first of Maersk’s Triple-E container ships, the Maersk McKinney Moller, due to be officially delivered to the line tomorrow by shipbuilder

July 8, 2013
Total Views: 196

Wednesday, July 3, 2013
France’s CGT Union Calls For July 4th Port Strike
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France’s CGT Union Calls For July 4th Port Strike

France's powerful CGT union has called for a 24-hour strike on July 4 in all French ports, which is likely to disrupt grain, oil and gas traffic at the

July 3, 2013
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
It’s Not Time to Panic About UK Port Capacity – Although There Will be Losers
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It’s Not Time to Panic About UK Port Capacity – Although There Will be Losers

Fears that the UK is heading towards an era of sustained overcapacity in its major container ports may have been overcooked, according to a leading industry

July 2, 2013
Total Views: 8

Sunday, June 23, 2013
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Gulftainer Acquires Majority Stake in Saudi Port Operator

DUBAI, June 23 (Reuters) – Gulftainer Co Ltd, the United Arab Emirates’ second-largest port operator, said on Sunday it had acquired a 51 percent

June 23, 2013
Total Views: 28

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Australian Gov’t to Offer Up Long-Term Lease on World’s Biggest Coal Export Port
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Australian Gov’t to Offer Up Long-Term Lease on World’s Biggest Coal Export Port

Australia’s New South Wales state is planning to offer a long-term lease for Newcastle port, the world’s biggest export harbor for coal used in

June 18, 2013
Total Views: 10

Monday, June 17, 2013
Operator: Polish LNG Terminal To Overcome Delays, Meet Deadlines
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Operator: Polish LNG Terminal To Overcome Delays, Meet Deadlines

Poland has sped up work on a terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as it aims for a 2015 start date for receiving shipments from suppliers such as Qatar,

June 17, 2013
Total Views: 8

Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Ship Photos of The Day – Four Super-Post Panamax Cranes Arrive in Georgia [GALLERY]
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Ship Photos of The Day – Four Super-Post Panamax Cranes Arrive in Georgia [GALLERY]

Four massive new ship-to-shore cranes arrived at Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Terminal on Wednesday, bringing the total number of

June 5, 2013
Total Views: 92

Monday, May 20, 2013
Argentina’s Main Grains Ports Paralyzed By Labor Strike
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Argentina’s Main Grains Ports Paralyzed By Labor Strike

Port workers in Argentina's main grains hub of Rosario went on strike over wages on Monday, slowing exports from the world's No. 1 soymeal and soyoil

May 20, 2013
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Transportation Minister (Likud) Yisrael Katz
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Israel to Privatize New Seaport, Unions Prepare for Battle

A privately run seaport would break up the monopoly controlling the country's main trade

May 20, 2013
Total Views: 6

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Six Killed in Ship Fire at Port of Wakkanai, Japan
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Six Killed in Ship Fire at Port of Wakkanai, Japan

Six Russian crewmembers killed in fire in port of Wakkanai in

May 16, 2013
Total Views: 23

Dredge Contract Awarded for Miami Port Deepening
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Dredge Contract Awarded for Miami Port Deepening

A $180 million contract to dredge Miami's harbor was awarded to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock on Thursday, part of a plan to deepen the port channel to handle

May 16, 2013
Total Views: 9

Port Battle Looms As Israel Plans New Competition
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Port Battle Looms As Israel Plans New Competition

Israel is betting its economic future on high-tech exports but faces a low-tech bottleneck in state-owned ports subject to work stoppages and slowdowns because

May 16, 2013
Total Views: 12

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Labor Unrest: Major Delays May Hit South African Ports
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Labor Unrest: Major Delays May Hit South African Ports

The prospect of major delays reoccurring in South Africa’s ports due to labour unrest appears to be increasingly likely as workers in a range of sectors

May 15, 2013
Total Views: 6

Monday, May 13, 2013
Kinder Morgan to Expand Terminal Capacity on Houston Ship Channel
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Kinder Morgan to Expand Terminal Capacity on Houston Ship Channel

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP will build nine new storage tanks at its Galena Park terminal, increasing storage capacity by 1.2 million

May 13, 2013
Total Views: 47

Thursday, May 9, 2013
Maersk Targets Africa Port Accords After Winning Ivory Coast Bid
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Maersk Targets Africa Port Accords After Winning Ivory Coast Bid

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S aims to win more African port contracts after a group to which it belongs was selected to build and run a container terminal in Ivory

May 9, 2013
Total Views: 10

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Djibouti to Raise $5.9 Billion From Investors for Port Infrastructure
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Djibouti to Raise $5.9 Billion From Investors for Port Infrastructure

Projects include a doubling of capacity at the Doraleh container port to 3 million containers a year by 2015, which would rank it as the Africa's biggest

May 8, 2013
Total Views: 47

Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Germany’s JadeWeserPort Presses Forward Despite Slowdown
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Germany’s JadeWeserPort Presses Forward Despite Slowdown

The 33,000 containers handled at JadeWeserPort since opening for business in September are a far cry from the annual 2.7 million forecast when project began a

May 7, 2013
Total Views: 7
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