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MEPs request EC guidelines on state aid to portsApr 22, 2009

  On 1 April, MEP’s Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (ALDE) and Corien Wortmann-Kool ( PPE DE ) submitted a joint written parliamentary question to the Commission underlining the urgent need for Community guidelines on the provision of state aid to ports. The question draws attention to the existing framework i...

HIT’s ISMS achieves ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification Apr 22, 2009

Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) announced that its information security management system (ISMS) has been certified ISO/IEC 27001:2005-compliant by the British Standards Institution (BSI) Hong Kong. HIT’s infrastructure and practices conform to internationally acclaimed best practices for information security. ISO/IEC 27001:2...

Commission votes to postpone cargo feeApr 22, 2009

Acting to keep the Port of Long Beach competitive in the current economic downturn, the Board of Harbor Commissioners voted Monday, April 20, to postpone collection of an Infrastructure Cargo Fee, approved incentives to boost intermodal cargo, modified the Clean Truck Fee to encourage privately financed replacement trucks, and appointe...

Students from Finland at the Port of GdanskApr 22, 2009

On 15 April this year, the Port of Gdansk played host to a group of 14 logistics students of the Turku School of Economics, one of Finland 's major economic universities specialized in the field of maritime economy. Their visit to Gdansk was part of a logistics course and an introduction to the principles of shipping market...

MSC to launch two services in Americas Apr 21, 2009

Mediterranean Shipping Company plans to introduce two new services linking North, Central and South America, effective this month. The Puma Service, covering ports in the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama, will call Balbao, Long Beach, Oakland, Manzanillo and Puerto Caldera, offering a weekly frequency. In addition, the Puma woul...

Navigation in Pechora Basin not to start before May 8, 2009Apr 21, 2009

Navigation in Pechora Basin will not start before May 8, 2009, PortNews IAA learnt from Pechora State Basin Administration of waterways and navigation. According to the source, it should be attributed to low temperature which does not allow to start navigation earlier. Source: Portnews

Azerbaijan returns attached Sarmat-1 vessel to RussiaApr 21, 2009

The Russian vessel Sarmat-1, owned by Navigator Company, was released and retuned back, Maritime Security Chef of the Azerbaijan State Maritime Administration Vamik Rahimov told APA. Rahimov said the Navigator Company negotiated the issue with the Caspian Oil Fleet of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and compensated the rescue expenditures. The ...

Canada to relax first-port policyApr 21, 2009

Сanada Customs is bowing to favored importers and carriers, those certified to be of low-risk, and for them is not enforcing its long-stated policy of only clearing imports into Canada at their first port of arrival. The many and mostly smaller businesses and their carriers, Canadian or American, which have not joined the bi-national FAST (Free And Secure...

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