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Shell launches development of major new Gulf of Mexico discoveryJun 10, 2011

Shell today announced a significant, multi-billion dollar investment to develop its major Cardamom oil and gas field in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Cardamom project is expected to produce 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) a day at peak production and more than 140 million boe over its lifetime, the company said. “Technologi...

Port of Miami in growth modeJun 10, 2011

Work on the $1 billion tunnel connecting Dodge Island to regional highways is underway. This summer, work is to begin on a rail line reconnecting the Port of Miami to the Hialeah Rail Yard, and dredging in one of its channels is to begin in coming months, Dredging Today reports. Port Director Bill Johnson, speaking at the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerc...

Marseilles completes port reformJun 10, 2011

Marseilles Fos Port Authority has completed the transfer of all its personnel and equipment to privatised terminals, as required under national port reforms, ifw-net reports. The last of 410 members of staff were transferred on Saturday, when 41 crane drivers and maintenance staff, four gantries and a mobile crane were assigned to newly formed operator In...

Port of Antwerp grants discount for "clean ships"Jun 9, 2011

In order to further reduce emissions of pollutants such as NOx and SOx, the Port Authority is to reward “clean ships” calling at the port of Antwerp, the Port Authority press release said. This measure follows on from an initiative by the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), in which the port authorities of Le Havre, Brem...

Mumbai Port container throughput down 18.5 percent to 10,357 TEUs in A...Jun 9, 2011

Container throughput in India’s Port of Mumbai fell 18.5 percent year-over-year in the first two months of fiscal 2011-12, the port authority said on Wednesday, Journal of Commerce reports. Mumbai’s container facilities handled 10,357 20-foot equivalent units during April to May, down from 12,288 TEUs in the same period a year ago. Volume in M...

Rosmorport to increase icebreaking fleet in the Gulf of FinlandJun 9, 2011

Rosmorport plans to deploy for operations during winter navigation 2011-2012 in the Gulf of Finland two more icebreakers, a spokeswoman for Rosmorport told PortNews. Irina Lobkova said, citing Deputy to General Director of the company Alexander Aleshkin, that diesel-electric icebreakers Capitan Nikolaev and Captain Dranitsyn (operated by Rosmorport&rsquo...

Throughput of Ventspils port is up 5% to 12,34 million tonsJun 9, 2011

Freight flows passing through Free Port of Ventspils rose by 5% in January-May, 2011, to 12,34 million tons, the Port Authority statistics said. In the reporting period the port transshipped 6,42 million tons of oil products, 5% more than a year earlier, 1,33 million tons of fertilizer, a 37-percent growth, 2,33 million tons of coal (+34%). Ore volumes f...

NY-NJ Port Authority may raise tolls -reportJun 9, 2011

 The cash-hungry Port Authority of New York and New Jersey year might raise bridge and tunnel tolls by 25 percent during peak commuting periods by the end of the year, the New York Post reported on Tuesday, Reuters reports.A 25 percent hike would boost the cost of crossing the Hudson River by $2, bringing the toll to $10, and help raise an extra $300 m...

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