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Mining in the park

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Sirius Minerals, the London-listed fertiliser group, has begun work to extract potash from beneath the North York Moors National Park in Eng...

HHL takes NSR

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Hansa Heavy Lift’s HHL VALPARAISO is claimed to be the first vessel to sail open hatch through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) when it comple...

EU imports mixed

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According to the most recent available data, imports of FIBCs into the EU in the first half of 2016 showed a decline in value of almost 2.5%...

Finished in Flanders

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Belgium exited the coalfired power sector with the closure of the 656 MW Langerlo plant in March 2016...

Serving Belgian beer

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The port of Antwerp is developing new areas of business as a multimodal hub, and in March announced it would accommodate the world’s large...

Mariupol terminal

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Ukraine’s Commercial Seaport of Mariupol (MMTP) has contracted Kiev-headquartered Riola Construction Group to build a US$35M grain termina...

Sweet tasting investments

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From October this year, the EU will abolish its minimum price and production quota for beet. This may create some opportunities for imports ...

SA faces coal dispute

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Coal haulage companies have blockaded power plants owned by Eskom, because the company has decided not to renew some coal purchase contracts...

Kongsberg/Yara ship innovation

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Chemical fertiliser shipper Yara is teaming up with fellow Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime to develop what is claimed to be the world...

Unloader for Tees biomass

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Cargotec-owned Siwertell has won an order to supply a Siwertell shipunloader to the Spanish-Korean consortium, TR-Samsung. The new equipment...

Middle East via Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijani-Russian joint venture AzRusTrans is prepared to invest US$20M-30M in the construction of a 60,000t grain rail terminal at the Az...

BigRoll quartet complete

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The fourth and final MC Class vessel for BigRoll shipping has been handed over by Cosco Dalian Shipyard Co Ltd in Leiden....

RAM Revolver for TIMSA

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Mexico’s Terminal Internacional de Manzanillo (TIMSA), part of Hutchison Port Holdings, has invested US$2.635M to acquire 140 tipping cont...

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