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TOC Europe 2008 Conference

TOC Europe, the Shipping Ports and Terminals Event for Europe will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands 17-19 June 2008. The conference sessions will...
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Posted on March 27, 2008

Felixstowe closes Landguard terminal

Severe gales caused Felixsowe Port to close its Landguard terminal last saturday when a vessel came loose from its moorings and demolished a couple of dock...
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WINTECC test SkySails

The WINTECC project (wind propulsion technology for cargo vessels) will test SkySails the first industry-accepted kite system with automatic control on the...
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Antwerp Container volume reaches 8 million TEU

The Belgian port of Antwerp located on the river Scheldt handled 8 million Twenty Foot Equivalent Freight Containers (TEUs) in 2007....
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CARB introduce emission regulations for berthed vessels

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) www.arb.ca.gov introduced new rules at the end of 2007 that require vessels that make over 25 calls a year a...
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China Shipping operations hit by bad weather

The Chinese port of Shanghai located on the river Yangtze river temporarily closed in early february due to the heaviest snowfalls in over a hund...
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Helsinki Port Trailer movements increase

Helsinki the Capital city and main port of Finland reports an increase of over a third in the number of freight trailer movements to over half a million in...
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ASEAN Ports and Shipping Conference

The 6th ASEAN Ports and Shipping conference will be held in Vietnam between the 5th and 6th of June 2008 and topics covered will include 'The analysis...
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BAF for Nordic Services effective March 2008

The BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) applied by R W Freight Services on its Nordic Freight Services to Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway wit...
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BAF for Nordic Freight Services effective April 2008

The BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) applied by R W Freight Services on its Nordic Freight Services to Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway wit...
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Posted on March 15, 2008

Le Havre container volumes up 22%

The French port of Le Havre increased container traffic by 22% in 2007 reaching 2.6m TEUs   ...
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Posted on March 6, 2008

Marseille hits 1m

The French Mediterranean port of Marseille handled 1 million TEU containers in 2007...
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UNICTRAL New draft convention for the international carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea

The Transport Law working group of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) will present a new draft convention for consideratio...
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International Ports and the Environment Conference

GreenPort2008 and EcoPorts2008 the International Ports and the Environment Conference was held in Amsterdam Holland between 27 and 28 February 2008.The con...
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