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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
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
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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: 54

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: 49

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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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: 85

Saturday, March 23, 2013
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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: 49

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
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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: 45

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: 388

Sunday, February 17, 2013
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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: 68

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: 28

Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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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: 130

Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Idling Ships Cause Complaints Along Rio de Janeiro Seafront
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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: 40

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: 53

Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Strike Ends, Ports of L.A.-Long Beach Return to Full Operations
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Strike Ends, Ports of L.A.-Long Beach Return to Full Operations

By Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The largest U.S. cargo shipping complex resumed full operations on Wednesday after harbor clerks

December 5, 2012
Total Views: 175

Thursday, November 29, 2012
Strike Cripples Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
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Strike Cripples Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

A strike by clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach continued Thurdsay, shutting down nearly all cargo movements into and out of the United

November 29, 2012
Total Views: 71

Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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APM Terminals Plans New Nigerian Mega-Port

APM Terminals and its consortium partners announced today their plans to carve out a huge new shipping port and Free Trade Zone from the Nigerian coastline at

November 20, 2012
Total Views: 159

Sunday, November 11, 2012
Port Of Los Angelas Aerial Photograph
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Port of Los Angeles Approves $127 Million+ In New Construction

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved construction contracts totaling more than $127 million for two major projects that advance

November 11, 2012
Total Views: 60

Friday, November 2, 2012
NOAA: Surveys Continue in Port of New York / New Jersey, Completed in Virginia [SURVEY MAP]
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NOAA: Surveys Continue in Port of New York / New Jersey, Completed in Virginia [SURVEY MAP]

VIA NOAA COAST SURVEY NOAA Office of Coast Survey navigation response teams and other survey assets continue to survey in the Port of New York / New Jersey,

November 2, 2012
Total Views: 59

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
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APM Terminals and Rotterdam World Gateway Plan to Operate Container Cranes by Remote Control

Remote control of cranes improves productivity and working ergonomics.  The new Maasvlakte 2 container terminals will be first in Europe to operate without a

September 25, 2012
Total Views: 220

Thursday, September 20, 2012
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DP World Divests Interests in Yemeni and Belgian Ports

DP World announced significant restructuring moves today whereby the global port operator divested its entire interest in Dubai and Aden Ports Corporation

September 20, 2012
Total Views: 52