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Monday, May 20, 2013
Transportation Minister (Likud) Yisrael Katz
News

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: 32

Thursday, May 16, 2013
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: 39

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: 35

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: 53

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Djibouti_Port. Image courtesy CharlesFred
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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: 117

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: 32

Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Hong Kong Port Strikers Camp Outside Li Ka-Shing Headquarters
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Hong Kong Port Strikers Camp Outside Li Ka-Shing Headquarters

More than 200 striking dock workers have set up shop outside the headquarters of Asia's richest

April 17, 2013
Total Views: 39

Thursday, April 11, 2013
FY 2014 Administration Budget Offers ‘Potpourri’ of Support for Crucial Seaport Infrastructure Needs
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FY 2014 Administration Budget Offers ‘Potpourri’ of Support for Crucial Seaport Infrastructure Needs

By American Association of Port Authorities With the release [Wednesday] of President Obama’s fiscal 2014 budget, the American Association of Port

April 11, 2013
Total Views: 33

Sunday, April 7, 2013
port hong kong container shipping containers
Ports

Most Chilean Ports Back to Normal, But Strike Resumption Possible

Reuters – Most ports in Chile were returning to normal operations on Saturday after an extended strike that slammed the No. 1 copper producer’s

April 7, 2013
Total Views: 52

Friday, April 5, 2013
Chile Port Strike Widens
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Chile Port Strike Widens

Bloomberg – Chile’s port strike is expanding and costs are mounting, prompting the government to warn it threatens to trigger shortages of basic

April 5, 2013
Total Views: 41

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
jsw india
News

Billionaire to Develop India’s First LNG Import Terminal as Gas Shortage Worsens

(Bloomberg) — India’s JSW Group, controlled by the billionaire Jindal family, plans to spend 40 billion rupees ($736 million) to build its first

March 26, 2013
Total Views: 79

Saturday, March 23, 2013
Côte d'Ivoire ivory coast
News

Ivory Coast to More than Double Container Capacity, Announces New Terminal at Abidjan

By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN, March 23 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast has named a consortium of French industrial groups Bollore and Bouygues and Denmark’s

March 23, 2013
Total Views: 46

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: 49

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
zhen hua 10
News

“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: 42

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: 380

Sunday, February 17, 2013
port of santos brazil
News

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: 66

Thursday, December 27, 2012
Looming Port Strike Deadline Puts Pressure on Obama to Intervene
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Looming Port Strike Deadline Puts Pressure on Obama to Intervene

By Brooke Sutherland President Barack Obama is facing pressure to intervene and prevent a strike that would gridlock eastern U.S. ports and risk damaging

December 27, 2012
Total Views: 27

Wednesday, December 19, 2012
kaohsiung taiwan port
News

Chinese Port Operators Buy $135M Stake in Taiwanese Container Terminal

Chinese port operators agreed to buy a $135 million stake in a Taiwanese container terminal, the second-biggest mainland acquisition on the island, as closer

December 19, 2012
Total Views: 120

Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Idling Ships Cause Complaints Along Rio de Janeiro Seafront
Offshore

Idling Ships Cause Complaints Along Rio de Janeiro Seafront

A new vista is competing with the sun, surf and swimsuits at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana and Ipanema beaches: a traffic jam of cargo ships

December 11, 2012
Total Views: 38

Friday, December 7, 2012
Brazil Announces $26 Billion Port Investment Program
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Brazil Announces $26 Billion Port Investment Program

(Bloomberg) — Brazil announced measures to increase private investment in its port system in a bid to boost capacity and reduce transport costs that

December 7, 2012
Total Views: 47