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Friday, March 8, 2013
Dock Workers Reach Tentative Deal At NY, NJ Ports
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Dock Workers Reach Tentative Deal At NY, NJ Ports

By Hilary Russ March 7 (Reuters) – Longshoremen in New York and New Jersey, who handle shipments at the largest port on the U.S. East Coast, have reached

March 8, 2013
Total Views: 47

Thursday, March 7, 2013
DP World Continues Divestment Streak, Exits Hong Kong
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DP World Continues Divestment Streak, Exits Hong Kong

By Dinesh Nair DUBAI (Reuters) – Ports operator DP World Limited is selling its stakes in two container terminals and a logistics centre in Hong Kong for

March 7, 2013
Total Views: 72

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Australia’s Top Iron Ore Port Braces For Direct Cyclone Hit
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Australia’s Top Iron Ore Port Braces For Direct Cyclone Hit

Update: Tuesday updates show Rusty not deepening as fast as earlier forecasts, now expected to have max winds of 80 knots as it makes landfall just ENE of Port

February 26, 2013
Total Views: 45

Friday, February 22, 2013
Dock Worker Strike Exposes Fragile Brazilian Ports
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Dock Worker Strike Exposes Fragile Brazilian Ports

By Gustavo Bonato and Roberto Samora SANTOS, Brazil, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Dock workers returned to work at ports across Brazil on Friday after they

February 22, 2013
Total Views: 29

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
arctic voyager port of rotterdam lng carrier
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Certified LNG Tankers to Pay Lower Port Fees in Rotterdam

In a first for the industry, tankers transporting LNG will receive discounted port dues at the Port of Rotterdam. The discount of 6% will only apply to those

February 20, 2013
Total Views: 46

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
zhen hua 10
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“Matters are Going to Worsen” Between Government and Brazil’s Union Dock Workers

By Reese Ewing and Gustavo Bonato SAO PAULO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Brazilian dock workers in Santos on Tuesday left a Chinese ship they occupied for two

February 19, 2013
Total Views: 40

Monday, February 18, 2013
Biera, Mozambique
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Dredging Biggest Headache For Mozambique’s Beira Port

By Agnieszka Flak and Marina Lopes BEIRA, Mozambique – Constant silting and shifting underwater sandbanks at the Mozambican port of Beira require daily

February 18, 2013
Total Views: 364

zhen hua 10
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Union Protestors at Brazil’s Santos Port Occupy Chinese Heavy Lift Vessel

By Reese Ewing and Gustavo Bonato SAO PAULO – Brazilian workers at the port of Santos occupied the Chinese ship Zhen Hua 10 early on Monday in protest

February 18, 2013
Total Views: 25

Sunday, February 17, 2013
port of santos brazil
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Brazilian Port Workers Plan Strike, Union Talks With Government “Have Been Bad”

Workers at Brazil’s Santos port will participate in a six-hour work stoppage on Feb. 22 to protest government plans for shipping terminals in the

February 17, 2013
Total Views: 62

Wednesday, February 13, 2013
turkey istanbul container shipping ship port
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Global Container Shippers View Significant Growth Opportunity in Turkey

By Evrim Ergin ISTANBUL, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Top global shipping lines are looking to expand operations in Turkey to some of its fast-growing private

February 13, 2013
Total Views: 140

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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ABB Acquires APS Technology Group, Expands Crane and Harbor Systems Portfolio

Zurich, Switzerland, February 12, 2013 – ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to acquire APS Technology Group (APS), a San

February 12, 2013
Total Views: 51

Thursday, February 7, 2013
Port of Gothenburg
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Sweden’s Shipping Industry Ready to Invest in LNG

A recent market screening conducted by Swedish energy firm Swedegas has revealed significant interest in liquefied natural gas (LNG) throughout Sweden’s

February 7, 2013
Total Views: 82

Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Gwadar port pakistan
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India “Concerned” By China’s Role as Operator of Strategic Pakistani Port

By Anurag Kotoky and A. Ananthalakshmi BANGALORE, Feb 6 (Reuters) – China’s role in operating a strategically important port in Pakistan is a

February 6, 2013
Total Views: 63

Sunday, February 3, 2013
East Coast Dock Workers Agree to New Contract Eliminating Strike Concerns
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East Coast Dock Workers Agree to New Contract Eliminating Strike Concerns

By Brooke Sutherland (Bloomberg) — The International Longshoremen’s Association agreed to a new labor contract, ending 11 months of negotiations

February 3, 2013
Total Views: 46

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
port of acu brazil
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Brazilian Prosecutor Seeks Injunction to Halt Work at Acu Superport

RIO DE JANEIRO — A federal prosecutor in Brazil is seeking an injunction to halt work at the Acu port complex, an important part of billionaire Brazilian

January 30, 2013
Total Views: 56

Friday, January 25, 2013
Storms Halt Steelmaking-Coal Shipments From Biggest Exporter
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Storms Halt Steelmaking-Coal Shipments From Biggest Exporter

(Bloomberg) — Storms interrupted exports of coal used in steelmaking from ports on the northeast coast of Australia, which accounts for 53 percent of

January 25, 2013
Total Views: 67

Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Capesize Rates Decline as Cyclone Closes Australian Ports
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Capesize Rates Decline as Cyclone Closes Australian Ports

By Rob Sheridan Charter rates for Capesize ships, the biggest iron-ore carriers, fell for a second day as a storm forced ports to close in Australia,

January 23, 2013
Total Views: 30

Sunday, January 6, 2013
Maersk Line Pressures Hong Kong on Low-Sulfur Fuel
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Maersk Line Pressures Hong Kong on Low-Sulfur Fuel

Jasmine Wang, Kyunghee Park and Natasha Khan Maersk Line, the world’s biggest container-shipping company, threatened to stop using cleaner fuel at Hong

January 6, 2013
Total Views: 48

Friday, December 28, 2012
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Port Strike on HOLD: Dockworkers and Employers Agree to 30-day Extension

By Brooke Sutherland Dockworkers and their employers reached a tentative agreement on royalty payments, averting a strike that would have shut down eastern

December 28, 2012
Total Views: 35

Thursday, December 27, 2012
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New York Harbor Oil Terminals Expected to Operate Through Strike

Oil terminals in the New York Harbor are expected to operate through a dock workers strike scheduled for later this week, traders and sources close to port

December 27, 2012
Total Views: 341