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Jebel Ali Port receives 14,000-TEU vesselAug 26, 2009

Global port operator DP World's flagship Jebel Ali Port in the United Arab Emirates has received the 14,000-TEU MSC Kalina, at its Terminal 2, demonstrating the facility is equipped to handle such mega box ships, the Shipping Gazette informed. The vessel, from the fleet of the Geneva-based shipping line, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), is 366 metre...

Barents Rescue-2009 starts in Murmansk in two weeksAug 26, 2009

Russia’s largest international rescue exercise – Barents Rescue, starts in Murmansk in two weeks. Minister for Emergency Situations Sergey Shoygu will lead the exercise, which includes personnel from Russia, Norway, Finland and Sweden. Barents Rescue is a series of international field training exercises that are organized and conducted by the c...

Primorsk Commercial Port LLC forms work group to launch EDP system Aug 26, 2009

Primorsk Commercial Port LLC (sea terminal handling oil in Primorsk, Leningrad region) has formed a work group to launch EDP system (Early Departure Procedure), PortNews IAA learnt from Andrei Tereshchenko, first deputy Director General of Primorje Commercial Port LLC.  “This group is to launch a pilot project on EDP introduction,” he sa...

Piraeus Port swings to profit in H1 -CEOAug 26, 2009

Greece's largest port, Piraeus (OLP) turned to profit in the first half and expects to finish the year in the black despite the economic downturn, its chief executive said on Tuesday. "Turnover in the first six months of the year was up 25-30 percent," OLP CEO Nikos Anastassopoulos told Reuters in an interview. "The first half is positive with after-tax ...

Piraeus Port swings to profit in H1 -CEOAug 26, 2009

Greece's largest port, Piraeus (OLP) turned to profit in the first half and expects to finish the year in the black despite the economic downturn, its chief executive said on Tuesday. "Turnover in the first six months of the year was up 25-30 percent," OLP CEO Nikos Anastassopoulos told Reuters in an interview. "The first half is positive with after-tax ...

Brazil ports need BRL43 billion invest ahead of market upturnAug 26, 2009

Brazil's ports need investments of 43 billion Brazilian reals ($23.5 billion) to upgrade their capabilities ahead of an expected upturn in global markets. According to a report by Brazil's Institute for Applied Economic Studies, or IPEA, BRL43 billion is needed in 265 projects to build, expand and, in some cases, rebuild port areas. Only BRL4 billion of...

Bulgaria's Port of Burgas lays off 20% of staff over crisisAug 25, 2009

Over 20% of the employees of Bulgaria's largest port, Port of Burgas, will be laid off because of the effects of the economic crisis. This has been announced by the Port Burgas CEO, Argir Boyadzhiev, as quoted by Focus agency. This means that about 275 people from the total staff of 1 300 will lose their jobs, with the respective prior notifications an...

Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg carries out construction of sea container...Aug 25, 2009

Within the implementation process of full-scale development programme the group of companies “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” changed the process of construction of the 1st stage of sea container terminal with the annual capacity up to 350 000 TEU to twenty-four-hour operation. For the period from the beginning of the project the expenses of the...

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