The importance of a strong legal framework in building a sustainable business was underlined during a visit by Dubai Courts to DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali port recently. Top officials from Dubai Courts led by Dr. Ahmed Saeed Bin Hazim, Director General of Dubai Courts, were welcomed by HE Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah, Vice Chairman, [...]
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Public Enterprises Minister, Mr Malusi Gigaba today unveiled Transnet’s seven new state-of-the-art ship-to-shore cranes at the Durban Container Terminal – Pier 2 as the company surges ahead in its drive to boost productivity and efficiency in arguably the Southern hemisphere’s biggest and busiest port. The cranes, which were supplied by China-based original equipment manufacturer, ZPMC [...]
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President Mohamed Morsi has called for expediting the implementation steps for the Suez Canal Corridor project in view of its positive effect in supporting the Egyptian economy, luring Arab and world investments, providing thousands of job opportunities for the Egyptians in general and Sinai citizens and the Canal region in particular. This came during the [...]
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Shell and Kakinada Seaports (KSPL) have achieved two important milestones towards implementing the Andhra LNG import terminal project with the submission of the draft Environmental Impact Assessment report and the signing of the Port Services Agreement. The draft Environmental Impact Assessment report for the proposed development of the Andhra LNG terminal at the Kakinada deepwater [...]
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Four Konecranes Super Post Panamax STS cranes are on their way to the Port of Savannah, Georgia, operated by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA). The cranes are part of an order that Konecranes received in 2011. In addition to the four STS cranes, the order included 20 Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes that have [...]
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On 30 April, Ebba Maersk made her first port call in Busan, South Korea. The vessel, with a capacity of 15,001 TEU, is now including Busan on the AE10 service to North Europe. Maersk Line said in the press release that the company believes that Korea has a large potential to grow in the coming [...]
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Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, announced that commercial and passenger traffic has resumed at the Port of Genoa, Italy, following the tragic Jolly Nero accident which brought down the Control Tower on Tuesday night. Commercial traffic resumed on the afternoon of May 9th as planned, with ferry and cruise traffic [...]
Governor of Maryland Martin O’Malley, joined by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and private sector partners from Highstar Capital and Ports America Chesapeake, led the celebration on May 8th of a new 50-foot-deep berth and four supersized container cranes at the Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal. The project is part of a larger public-private partnership [...]
The Port of Tyne will announce record financial results for 2012 today – for the third consecutive year. The award-winning Port has broken its own records with year on year growth since 2009. Last year, turnover increased to a record £63 million, cash flow from operating activity rose to a record £19 million and profit [...]
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The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) will be organizing the IAPH (International Association of Ports and Harbors) World Ports Conference – the internationally most significant conference of the port industry – in Hamburg in 2015. Hamburg will take up the role of the next host city for the first time at this year’s conference, held in [...]
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