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Friday, June 28, 2019
Relief for West Med Transhipment Sector as New Terminal Opens at Tangiers
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Relief for West Med Transhipment Sector as New Terminal Opens at Tangiers

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Today’s opening of a new container terminal at the Moroccan hub of Tangiers is likely to bring relief to a West

June 28, 2019
Total Views: 75

Wednesday, June 26, 2019
General view of Tanger-Med container port in Ksar Sghir near the coastal city of Tangier
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Tangier Port to Become Mediterranean’s Largest

By Ahmed Eljechtimi and Ulf Laessing KSAR SGHIR, Morocco, June 26 (Reuters) – Morocco will open new terminals at Tanger Med port on Thursday, allowing it

June 26, 2019
Total Views: 205

Thursday, April 11, 2019
Reykjavik, Iceland
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Iceland Builds Arctic Port as Global Shipping Routes Get Redrawn

By Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir (Bloomberg) — As global warming creates shipping routes that can cut across the northern tip of the planet, a new port is

April 11, 2019
Total Views: 139

Thursday, March 21, 2019
cosco shipping at port of long beach
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Yilport Is Said in Talks for $2 Billion California Terminal Deal

By Gillian Tan, Vinicy Chan and Ercan Ersoy (Bloomberg) — Turkey’s Yilport Holding AS is in advanced talks to buy a container terminal in Long Beach,

March 21, 2019
Total Views: 94

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
container port
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Britain’s Peel Ports Expands Amid Brexit Trade Uncertainty

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) – Privately owned Peel Ports is expanding its workforce mostly in Liverpool and plans acquisitions this year,

March 20, 2019
Total Views: 66

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
shipping container
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Opinion: Trans-Pacific Beneficial Cargo Owners Deserve 18,000 TEU+ Container Vessels

By Albert A. Melvin (Opinion) – The deployment of 18,000+ Ultra Large Container Vessels in the Trans-Pacific trade would substantially decrease the

March 13, 2019
Total Views: 256

Monday, March 11, 2019
ships at port of rotterdam
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Rotterdam Port Prepares for Brexit Gridlock

AMSTERDAM, March 11 (Reuters) – Emergency overflow parking spaces for up to 700 trucks have been created near Rotterdam port, Europe’s largest, in

March 11, 2019
Total Views: 43

Friday, March 1, 2019
maersk apm terminals costa rica
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Costa Rica Opens New Container Port on Caribbean Coast

SAN JOSE, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Costa Rica on Thursday opened a major new container port on an island built off its Caribbean coast that could deliver a

March 1, 2019
Total Views: 325

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
port of inverness
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Interview: Sinclair Browne, Chief Executive Port of Inverness, Talks Port Operations, Technology, Brexit And More

Interview by Paul González-Morgan (Marine Strategy) – Sinclair Browne is Chief Executive of the Port of Inverness, situated in the city of Inverness,

February 20, 2019
Total Views: 133

Monday, January 28, 2019
Crane Booms Collapses onto Containership at Port of Vancouver
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Crane Booms Collapses onto Containership at Port of Vancouver

The boom of a giant ship-to-shore crane collapsed onto the deck of a containership at the Port of Vancouver on Monday. According to reports, the incident

January 28, 2019
Total Views: 211

Wednesday, January 23, 2019
hong kong port
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Port of Hong Kong Ranking Falls to Lowest in at Least 40 Years

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong’s continued slide down the rankings of the world’s great ports has pushed billionaire Li Ka-shing’s

January 23, 2019
Total Views: 133

Monday, December 17, 2018
shipping container
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Dubai’s DP World Seeks to Quash India Antitrust Probe Over Mumbai Port-Court Filing

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Dubai’s DP World has approached an Indian court to quash an antitrust investigation recently

December 17, 2018
Total Views: 49

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
brexit port
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Northern French Ports Ready to Ease Congestion from Any Brexit Fallout

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Smaller ports in northern France are ready to absorb more shipping traffic from Britain if congestion builds

November 21, 2018
Total Views: 40

Friday, October 19, 2018
Piraeus Port
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Piraeus Port Urges Greece to Speed Up Investment Plan Approval

By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), operator of Greece’s largest port, wants the Greek government to

October 19, 2018
Total Views: 141

Thursday, September 20, 2018
udessa, ukraine port
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Ukrainian Ports Show a Nation’s Struggle to Join Global Economy

By James Gomez and Kateryna Choursina (Bloomberg) — Gleaming silos, towering container cranes and hulking cargo ships docked at quaysides in Europe’s

September 20, 2018
Total Views: 62

Tuesday, September 11, 2018
durban port harbor deepening
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South Africa’s Transnet to Deepen Durban Port to Accommodate Larger Ships

By Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG, Sept 11 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Transnet said on Tuesday it will spend 7 billion rand ($464 million) to deepen

September 11, 2018
Total Views: 61

Monday, August 27, 2018
Lagos Port
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30,000 Tons Of Cocoa Stuck On Lagos Port Roads

At least 30,000 metric tons of cocoa are trapped on their way to ports in Nigeria’s main city of Lagos as roads in a state of disrepair delay access

August 27, 2018
Total Views: 125

Thursday, August 2, 2018
djibouti port dispute
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London Court Rules DP World Djibouti Contract is ‘Valid and Binding’

DUBAI, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Dubai’s government said on Thursday the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has ruled DP World’s port

August 2, 2018
Total Views: 126

shipping container
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Can the World’s Ports and Terminals Take the Strain as Container Throughput Rises?

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – “Cautious investor sentiment towards greenfield container terminal projects” could lead to steeply

August 2, 2018
Total Views: 69

Friday, June 15, 2018
Felixstowe’s New IT System Is Blamed For Significant Delays
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Felixstowe’s New IT System Is Blamed For Significant Delays

by Alexander Whiteman (TheLoadstar) The UK’s major container gateway of Felixstowe is expected to continue experiencing severe congestion after the troubled

June 15, 2018
Total Views: 84