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AAPA, GETF announce five participants Aug 11, 2008

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and the Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF) today announced five organizations that will participate in the third round of a 1-year training program that assists seaport authorities to develop and maintain state-of-the-art environmental management systems. In two previous rounds (2005-...

Fresh produce terminal at the Port of Liverpool to be build by OctoberAug 11, 2008

The facility is being built on the quayside at Royal Seaforth Dock and is due for completion in October, enabling the transfer of thousands of tonnes of fruit and vegetables from road to ship. Go-Associates, the firm behind the development, is initially targeting the Spanish fresh produce season, offering a cost effective all-water alternative to the ...

Balance sheet of Port of Tallinn could lack 900 million kroonsAug 11, 2008

One of the most well-known auditors in Estonia, Urmas Kaarlep, from the international auditing company PricewaterhouseCoopers concluded that there could be air in the total of 900 million kroons in Port of Tallinn’s balance sheet, BBN announced. The expert noted that the Port of Tallinn has invested 800 million in the Muuga coal terminal, which is in ...

Aker's Finnish shipyard to build two English Channel ferriesAug 11, 2008

A British shipping company has ordered two large passenger ferries from Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards, the company said in a statement Friday. The ferries are to be built in Finland at Aker's shipyard in Rauma. The order, placed by P&O Ferries, is valued at 360 million euros. Aker's Rauma shipyard is to deliver the ships for use in the English ...

Santos Brasil buys General Cargo Terminal in Imbituba PortAug 11, 2008

Santos Brasil has acquired 100% of the General Cargo Terminal in Imbituba Port in a deal valued at R$25 million. Santos Brasil's wholly owned subsidiary, Tremarctos Participações, entered into the share purchase agreement with Union Armazenagem e Operações Portuárias, the lessee of the terminal and a member of the Libra Terminais group. The conces...

Oakland port approves truck retrofit funds and study to eliminate owne...Aug 11, 2008

The governing board for the Port of Oakland voted Tuesday to approve two key moves in the port's efforts to clean up pollution generated by drayage trucks servicing the port's facilities. The Oakland port commission voted to provide $5 million to a $15 million Bay Area Air Quality Management District program to retrofit 1,000 drayage trucks with pollu...

Southern California ports move to delay truck plan injunction Aug 11, 2008

Attorneys for the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have moved to delay a federal court hearing on an industry-requested injunction seeking to halt an access license component of the two ports?contentious $2.4 billion truck re-regulation plan.  The injunction is part of a suit brought against the ports and their respective cities last week by the Am...

VLCC conversions keep tankers away from ship breakersAug 8, 2008

According to Clarkson Research Studies, the strength of the cape size dry bulk market, driven largely by surging seaborne trade in coal and iron ore, is encouraging owners of single hull very large crude carriers to convert them into iron ore carriers or offshore storage units, rather than sell them for scrap. Clarkson Research said that owners of single ...

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