Port & Shipbuilding
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2016 Oct 21
Port of Vancouver
Vancouver Aims for More Ships - And Shipowners
Port cities are always competing with neighbors for vessel traffic, a given in any market and perhaps especially in a down...
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2016 Oct 17
Atlantic Container Line vessel
Massive ship celebration shows Liverpool is booming as a port city
Liverpool is booming as a port city - that’s the message from the shipping firm owner’s of a giant ship getting a royal christening on the Mersey this week.
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2016 Oct 15
Mundra Port, India
India's Major Ports Enjoy Container Boost
Container volumes at India’s major ports increased by 6.32 percent year-over-year in the first half of the financial year through to September.
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2016 Oct 11
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Port of Townsville Expansion Plan Makes Progress
The $1.64 billion expansion of Townsville’s port took a step forward last week with more opportunity for comment on its environmental impact statement (AEIS).
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2016 Oct 10
Da Nang Port Development
Vietnam Plans Da Nang Mega-Port
A mega-port is being planned for Vietnam's central city of Da Nang.
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2016 Oct 08
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Report: Cosco, China Shipping to Merge Shipbuilding Yards
Two of China’s major shipping companies could merge 11 shipbuilding yards into a single entity, The Wall Street Journal cited sources close to the matter.
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2016 Oct 04
Port of Kalundborg
Danish Kalundborg Port Eyes Expansion
Danish port of Kalundborg has revealed plans to commence the construction of 330,000 extra square metres with 500 metres of dock and 15 metres of water depth next year in an effort to increase the feeder and container traffic, the port said.
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2016 Oct 01
South Carolina Ports
Charleston Harbor Project Moves Closer to Realization
South Carolina Ports The Charleston Harbor Deepening Project has moved closer to securing the authorization necessary to begin construction as the US House of Representatives passed H.5303 the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 on September 28 this year.
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2016 Sep 28
Port of Oakland
Oakland Sees No Impact from Canal Expansion
Bigger ships may be using the newly widened Panama Canal, but they’re not bypassing Oakland to get there, said the Port as it announced that the wider canal locks have not dented its business.
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2016 Sep 26
Port of Fujairah
UAE port to publish weekly oil inventory data to improve transparency
The United Arab Emirates port of Fujairah, until now the Middle East's largest commercial storage hub for refined oil products, will publish weekly inventory data to improve transparency and boost the credentials of the Emirates' only Indian Ocean port that has oil export facilities.