Annual throughput at larger Vancouver port stays flat, matching 2010 record
The Journal of Commerce Online
Container throughput in 2011 at the Port of Prince Rupert jumped 20 percent year-over-year, while the emerging gateway's larger West Coast rival, Port Metro Vancouver, saw flat traffic in the same period. A 20 percent increase in loaded imports, ...
Strong, Stable 2011 at Port Metro VancouverSacramento Bee
Port Metro Vancouver moving more cargoNews1130

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Russia's Summa says may start trading oil, grain
Reuters
* Says strategy announcement due in weeks * Has port projects in Rotterdam, Pacific * Considering stake in UGC, partner in grain terminal MOSCOW, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Russia's Summa, an investment group involved in the reconstruction of the Bolshoi ...

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Shipwreck may hold $3 bln in platinum, Maine seaman says
Reuters
By Zach Howard (Reuters) - A Maine seafarer said he had found the wreck of a World War II merchant ship off the Massachusetts coast, sunk while carrying a cargo of the precious metal platinum valued today at nearly $3 billion, an unprecedented find ...
$3B WWII Wreck and Other Sunken Treasures Around the WorldInternational Business Times

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Australia's Port Kembla declares force majeure on coal deliveries: miner
Platts
A miner using Port Kembla said Friday that he had received notification from the port this week of a force majeure on delivery of coal due to a seven-day strike by 100 workers at the terminal. "Some disruption is to be expected. Miners [using the port] ...
Coal terminal workers strike in Port KemblaGreen Left Weekly
Australia: Coal terminal workers strike over enterprise agreementWorld Socialist Web Site
Parties meet today over Port Kembla disputeLloyd's List Daily Commercial News
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Longview, Wash., grain terminal operator EGT, union head back to bargaining table
OregonLive.com
By Elliot Njus, The Oregonian The operator of the Longview, Wash., grain terminal will again meet at the bargaining table with the union it faced in a tense labor dispute. EGT LLC, which built the $200 million terminal at the Port of Longview, ...
ILWU's Militant Defense of West Coast Turf Pays Off With Longview VictoryIn These Times
Jury acquits four ILWU supporters involved in Sept. 21 protestLongview Daily News

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ILWU Wins Formal Recognition From Longview Port's Grain Operator
OPB News
The longshoreman's union says it has won formal recognition from the owner of the Longview Port's grain terminal, after a lengthy labor dispute. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union racked up thousands of dollars in fines and dozens of ...
EGT, union to begin contract talksLongview Daily News
EGT, union make dealCapital Press (subscription)

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Port moves forward with exploration of coal terminal projects
St. Helens Chronicle
Mike Seely of Clatskanie addresses port commissioners during a Jan. 25 public hearing about two proposed coal export terminal projects. Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:00 pm | Updated: 4:15 pm, Thu Feb 2, 2012. CLATSKANIE - After more than two ...
Port green lights coal export projectsSouth County Spotlight

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Union launches strike at Australia coal terminal
Reuters
* Union says week-long Port Kembla coal terminal strike under way * Port Kembla exports around 10 mln tonnes of coal and coke per yr * Possibility of more BMA industrial unrest pose greater threat to coal supply PERTH, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Workers at the ...
Port Kembla Coal Terminal Says Workers to Strike Feb. 1-8BusinessWeek
Strike on at Australia's Port Kembla coal terminal -unionReuters Africa
Australia's Port Kembla Coal Terminal faces strikeMarketWatch
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Coal Fuels a Fight in Oregon
Wall Street Journal
By JOEL MILLMAN PORTLAND, Ore.—Environmentalists who scuttled development of a coal-export terminal in Washington last year are back at it in Oregon, trying to keep two ports from becoming transit points for coal shipped to the Far East.

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Port of St. Helens approves coal export agreements with two companies
OregonLive.com
Port of St. Helens commissioners have approved agreements with two companies that want to export coal, adding to the scramble to ship coal to Asia through Northwest ports. The commissioners voted in favor of coal export -- potentially up to 38 million ...
Coal in Clatskanie: Commissioners approve 2 Port Westward export proposalsLongview Daily News
Ore. port gives go-ahead to coal export terminalsThe Seattle Times
Environmentalists Want To Stop Oregon Coal Export PlansOPB News
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