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        <title><![CDATA[ A visit of delegates from the Port of Shanghai]]></title>
        <pubDate>18.07</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ On 11 July this year, the Port of Gdansk Authority SA was hosting delegates representing the central administration of the Port of Shanghai, headed by its managing director Xiao Feng.Discussion held by the PGA SA management and the Chinese delegates follow-up on earlier contactsbetween PGA SA representatives and the Shanghai port. It has been scheduled that an agreement of cooperation between the two ports will be signed in autumn 2008.]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52916/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52916/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Cargotec receives an order for 30 terminal tractors]]></title>
        <pubDate>14.07</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Kalmar, the business area providing container handling solutions within Cargotec, has received an order for 30 terminal tractors, seven ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52847/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52847/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ APM Terminals to begin new Black Sea facility project]]></title>
        <pubDate>14.07</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ APM&nbsp;Terminals&nbsp;announces&nbsp;the&nbsp;start&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;container&nbsp;terminal&nbsp;development&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;Black&nbsp;Sea&nbsp;Ukrainian&nbsp;Port&nbsp;of&nbsp;Illichivsk.&nbsp;&nbsp;Located&nbsp;12 ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52844/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52844/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Syrian PM Ottari inaugurates ICTSI Tartous terminal]]></title>
        <pubDate>08.07</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Ottari of Syria has officially inaugurated the Tartous International Container Terminal (TICT), Syria’s newest ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52769/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52769/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ A new LPG Terminal at the Port of Gdansk]]></title>
        <pubDate>07.07</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ On 25 June 2008, Aleksander Grad - Minister of State Treasury gave his consent to a thirty years' land lease from PGA SA with the view to the construction ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52736/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52736/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ ICTSI’s new container terminal is ISPS compliant]]></title>
        <pubDate>04.07</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The New Container Terminal-1 (NCT-1), Subic Bay Freeport’s newest container handling facility, was recently awarded a three-year certification ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52714/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52714/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ NCC’s throughput increased by 20.1% ]]></title>
        <pubDate>03.07</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The aggregated throughput of NCC’s terminals (Russia) in January-June 2008 amounted to 872,093 TEU which is an increase of 20.1% compared to January-June 2007.The throughput of First Container Terminal (FCT, St.Petersburg) in January-June 2008 came to 528,329 TEU which exceeds the results of January-June 2007 by 14.5%. In June FCT handled 87,104 TEU, which is an increase of 13.5% compared to June 2007.The throughput of NUTEP (Novorossiysk) in January-June 2008 declined by 0.3% compared to January-June 2007 and amounted to 65,669 TEU. In June the terminal throughput plummeted by 33.7% compared to June, 2007 and amounted to 7,764 TEU.The throughput of Ukrtranscontainer (UTC, Illichivsk, Ukraine) in January-June 2008 increased by 39.8% compared to January-June 2007 and amounted 278,095 TEU. In June UTC handled 51,842 TEU, which is an increase of 44.5% compared to June 2007.]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52689/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52689/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Official go-ahead given for LNG Terminal in the Netherlands ]]></title>
        <pubDate>03.07</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The official go-ahead has been given for the construction of the first LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) import terminal in the Netherlands, on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, Ti reported.&nbsp;The terminal will have an initial throughput capacity of 9 billion cubic metres (bcm) per annum and will consist of three storage tanks and one jetty. Each tank will have a capacity of 180,000 cubic metres. N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie) and Koninklijke Vopak N.V. (Vopak) decided in 2005 to develop the Gate LNG import terminal. Imported LNG will be regasified and stored under pressure at the terminal before it is supplied to the Dutch transmission network. As an independent LNG terminal, Gate terminal will be an important factor for the European receipt of gas from other countries. The terminal will both increase the security of supplies and enable new players to enter the European gas market. John Paul Broeders, Vopak's Executive Board Chairman, and Marcel Kramer, Gasunie's CEO, together said: "We are very proud that construction of the Gate (Gas Access To Europe) terminal will now go ahead. A modern LNG terminal is essential. This is illustrated by the first long-term contracts signed with three major European energy companies, Dong Energy, EconGas and Essent, for a combined throughput of 9 bcm a year of natural gas. The Gate terminal initiative stands out for its independence, accessibility, excellent location, the priority it gives to safety and the environment and the unique combination of the two strong partners, Gasunie en Vopak."The total project costs will be about €800 million and the terminal is expected to be fully operational in the second half of 2011. The construction of the Gate terminal will also significantly strengthen Rotterdam's position as an energy port. The port authorities are investing €60 million in the basic infrastructure. ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52683/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52683/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Crane boost at the Port of Felixstowe]]></title>
        <pubDate>03.07</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The latest additions to the Port of Felixstowe’s fleet of quayside cranes have become fully operational.&nbsp;&nbsp;With the ability to extend over 22 containers across, the three brand-new, ultra post-Panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes are amongst the largest in the world.&nbsp; With twin-lift capability and heavy lift capacity of 85 tonnes, they take the total number of quayside cranes serving the Port to 29.Chris Lewis, Chief Executive Officer of Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, which owns the Port of Felixstowe, commented:&nbsp;“The commissioning of these new cranes consolidates our position as the premier gateway for UK deep-sea container traffic. As well as the most modern container-handling equipment, Felixstowe has an unrivalled location adjacent to the major shipping lanes, and the deepest approach channel of any UK container port.”He added:&nbsp;&nbsp;“We are already capable of accommodating the largest container ships currently on order, and with further investment in state-of-the-art container- handling equipment, Felixstowe will be able to offer the operators of these ships even greater flexibility in the future.”&nbsp;Construction commenced on the Felixstowe South scheme in May 2008, with the first phase due to open in April 2010. Felixstowe South is the only deep-water container development currently under construction in the UK.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The new quayside cranes were manufactured by Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) in Shanghai and transported, fully erect, to Felixstowe earlier in the year, before commencing the commissioning process in March.&nbsp; The Port is set to receive a further delivery of two ship-to-shore cranes as part of the same order in July 2008.&nbsp;]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52676/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52676/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ EUROGATE builds up inland container terminal network]]></title>
        <pubDate>03.07</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The forecasts for container growth at the German North Sea ports are necessitating new concepts to secure handling capacities. In light of the figures, EUROGATE has decided to build up an inland container terminal network. The goal is to take the pressure off the sea terminals and improve customer service. The concept envisages taking delivery of and collecting containers inland. At the customer's request, EUROGATE or other services providers can assume the transport from and to the sea terminals either by rail, inland waterway or road. This will bring the sea port a step closer to its end customers. The network will go into operation on 2 January 2009 and will be realised together with partner companies. EUROGATE has already concluded contracts with six inland container terminals for the handling of transhipment and storage activities. Additional inland locations are planned.Emanuel Schiffer, Chairman of the EUROGATE Group Management: “This concept offers a lot of advantages. On the one hand, the existing infrastructure can be more efficiently utilised by consolidating transport operations. The inland terminals will become points of consolidation for hinterland traffic. On the other hand, they will allow us to significantly reduce the container storage times at the sea terminals. This will increase our productivities and benefit customers. Given the ever tighter handling capacities, the time has now come to implement a concept of this kind.”EUROGATE has already concluded contracts with the following partners: Mindener Hafen GmbH, Magdeburger Hafen GmbH, Container Terminal Dortmund GmbH, Auto-Terminal-Wiesau GmbH in cooperation with Pöhland Speditionsgesellschaft mbH, Gernsheimer Umschlags- und Terminalbetriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG as well as with BLG Logistics for the Neustädter Hafen in Bremen. All facilities have trimodal transport possibilities (except Wiesau). It is planned to offer the full range of EUROGATE container services at all locations, such as full container and empty container storage, container repair and maintenance service or the selling and leasing of containers.]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52674/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52674/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Thamesport celebrates links to the UK’s capital ]]></title>
        <pubDate>19.06</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Thamesport (London) Limited has announced that it will be changing its trading name to ‘London Thamesport’, with effect from 19th June 2008.&nbsp;&nbsp;Chris Lewis, Chief Executive Officer of Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, which owns Thamesport, said:“This change highlights London Thamesport’s strategic links with the important markets of the UK’s capital, and to strengthen the Port’s brand globally.&nbsp;“Thamesport has long been established as one of the country’s major deep-water container ports, and its strategic location at the heart of the South East means that it is situated where the major shipping lines want to call.”&nbsp;&nbsp;As well as being close to London, the Port has good connections to the rest of the UK by road and rail. Road hauliers are able to benefit from significant infrastructure upgrades to the main motorway network (A2/M25), and a modern dual carriageway is available to drivers for much of the journey to and from the Port.London Thamesport has a highly efficient, dedicated rail terminal, handling a number of daily intermodal rail services which connect the Port to the industrial North, North West and Midlands. The three train-operating companies at London Thamesport - Freightliner Limited, EWS Network and&nbsp; Fastline Freight Limited - link the Port to Birmingham, Tamworth, Daventry, Manchester, Doncaster, Leeds and Glasgow. ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52475/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52475/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ General Motors choose Gothenburg]]></title>
        <pubDate>19.06</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Since June 1 all Opel cars destined for the Swedish market are brought in through the Port of Gothenburg. Previously, half passed through the port ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52459/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52459/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Cramer opens wind farm in Port of Amsterdam]]></title>
        <pubDate>18.06</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ On Sunday 15 June, Minister Jacqueline Cramer opened the Afrikahaven wind farm in the Port of Amsterdam. This wind-power facility has been ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52401/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52401/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Four model 6 mobile harbour cranes for the Port of Salalah]]></title>
        <pubDate>17.06</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Salalah Port Services Company (SAOG), which operates the Port of Salalah in the Sultanate of Oman, has recently ordered four Generation 5 G HMK 6407 ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52379/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52379/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ ICTSI names new GM for Batumi]]></title>
        <pubDate>17.06</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently appointed Francis Carter as General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Batumi International Container Terminal LLC (BICTL). Carter replaced Francis Andrews who initially managed the terminal.Carter is responsible for the management of all aspects of BICT’s operations.&nbsp; This includes implementation of policies, compliance with standards, and achievement of set goals.“My personal goal is to ensure the training and education of the local Georgian personnel in order to mold them into a team capable of competing at world class standards of container terminal operations particularly in the fields of safety, productivity and cost effectiveness for the benefit of both shareholders and clients.&nbsp; I expect my team to eventually exceed set targets, and not just achieve them,” said Carter.&nbsp;Prior to BICT, Carter had been terminal manager of International Gateway Terminal Pvt. Ltd. in India since 2005.&nbsp; From 1999 to 2004, he was terminal manager of International Ports Services Co. Ltd. in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.&nbsp; From 1998 to 1999, he was duty operations manager of Gulf Stevedoring & Contracting Co. Ltd in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, and was ship superintendent of Dubai Ports Authority in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 1992 to 1995.&nbsp; Carter was ship superintendent of Gulftainer Co. Ltd. in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 1985 to 1992.&nbsp; He was also ship superintendent of Gray Mackenzie International in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 1980 tom 1984.&nbsp; Before that, he was marine superintendent of Saudi Container Services in Dammam, Saudi Arabia from 1979 to 1980.Carter is a graduate of Mersey Docks & Harbour Co. Training School in Liverpool, England.]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52371/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52371/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Port releases proposed $1 billion budget]]></title>
        <pubDate>11.06</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Long Beach Harbor Commission's Finance and Support Services Committee on Monday, June 9 approved and sent to the full board a record Port budget that includes more than $440 million to pay for innovative air quality measures and other environmental programs. The proposed $1.02 billion spending plan represents a 56 percent increase over the current fiscal year, as the Port's Clean Air Action Plan picks up momentum and brings cleaner trucks and cleaner ship fuels to the harbor.As in past years, the budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 relies on no taxes and is 100 percent supported by Port revenue and existing funds. "This budget represents a major milestone signifying the Port's commitment to improving environmental stewardship and security," said Richard D. Steinke, Port Executive Director. "It serves the Port's long-term strategic plan, and will responsibly reduce Port debt."Highlights of the proposed budget include:- $230 million in fiscal year 2008-2009 for the Clean Trucks Program, which will scrap and replace, or retrofit, theolder, dirtier drayage trucks working at the Port. The vehicles will be phased out, beginning Oct. 1 with the banning of1988 and older trucks. - $10 million for an incentive program to encourage shipping lines to switch their vessels to cleaner fuels near the Port.- More than $45 million to continue the proposed 10-year Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project that would remake threeaging, inefficient piers and introduce diesel exhaust-eliminating shore-side power hookups to the wharfs. - A $16.1 million transfer - the largest ever - to the City of Long Beach's Tidelands Operating Fund, which helps to payfor the city's beach and marina services. With this transfer, the total moved to the tidelands fund from the Port since 1995would be more than $120 million. - $57 million for security projects, including: -&nbsp;&nbsp; $11 for technology and communication systems to be operated at the new Security Command and Control Center.-&nbsp;&nbsp; $6 million to support a pilot project working with the Department of Homeland Security to field test electronicidentification scanners for the new federal Transportation Worker Identity Credentials.-&nbsp;&nbsp; $18 million in funding for the Long Beach Police and Fire departments to cover 100 percent of the costs of their services in the Harbor District. The Port's largest source of funding, container terminal revenue, is expected to be very similar to the current fiscal year's level. The Port's new Clean Trucks Program Fee on containers of $35 per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) and the $15 per TEU infrastructure fee are expected to bring in $170 million for truck replacement and roadway improvement. The Port also expects to receive funding from the statewide Proposition 1B transportation bond measure and security grants from the Department of Homeland Security.&nbsp;The Port budget will go to the full commission for approval at its June 16 meeting. ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52281/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52281/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ AAPA Congress of Latin American Ports ]]></title>
        <pubDate>11.06</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Panama City will serve as the venue for the 17th AAPA Congress of Latin American Ports, as seaports throughout the Western Hemisphere tackle the issue of providing global cargo movement while minimizing bottlenecks in the efficient flow of commerce.&nbsp; Building on two previous American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) seminars focusing on the Panama Canal expansion this year, the conference will look at issues such as ship sizes, regional transshipment, port finance and maritime training needed as a result of the canal expansion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "It is timely-even historic-that we are having our Latin American ports conference in Panama this year due to the dramatic developments underway, both in terms of canal expansion and with major port developments on both sides of the canal.&nbsp; These developments will impact global trade for generations to come," said Kurt Nagle, AAPA's President and CEO.&nbsp; Sponsored by AAPA and hosted by the Panama Maritime Authority, with coordination and sponsorship from the Chamber of Shipping of Panama and the Panama Canal Authority, this three-day event will tackle the concerns of increasing trade volumes throughout the Western Hemisphere and the effects that canal expansion will have on goods movement.The first day's activities begin with a meeting of AAPA's Latin American Delegation and a panel discussion of how increases in vessel sizes affect container traffic and shipping lines' routes in the Latin American and Caribbean regions. The afternoon program will feature Alberto Aleman Zubieta, Administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, and Fernando Solorzano, Administrator of the Panama Maritime Authority, who will address and provide examples from Panama's megaprojects and their effect on the Latin American and Caribbean regions.&nbsp; In addition, Mexico's General Coordinator of Ports and Merchant Marine, Alejandro Chacon, will discuss the port of Punta Colonet, Mexico, and its role as competitor or complement to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.Session topics for the morning of the second day will focus on growth financing, transshipment issues and the need for developing multimodal transportation systems.&nbsp; In the afternoon, seminar speakers will turn their attention to the emergence of the Pacific Basin ports as a source of new trade opportunities and a discussion of Brazil's nationalization of ports and whether its approach should serve as a model for other countries. The final event of the day will be a tour and reception at the Miraflores Locks Visitors' Center, courtesy of the Panama Canal Authority.The final day will focus on short-sea shipping solutions and maritime-port training systems.&nbsp; The first session will address the use of short-sea shipping and inter-ocean logistical corridors as fundamental tools for the competitiveness of Panama and the Central American region. Speakers will also present case studies on maritime-port training as a successful method to achieve quality port services. The conference will end with a conclusions and recommendations session presided over by Armando Duarte, President Elect of the Latin American Delegation. A visit to the excavation site of the expanded Panama Canal will follow.&nbsp; That evening, Consorcio Guaritico, host of the 2009 18th Congress of Latin American Ports in Isla Margarita, Venezuela, will host a farewell reception.&nbsp; An optional tour of Panama Ports Company in Balboa will be available on June 21.This conference is a required course for those seeking their Latin American Professional Port Manager® (PPM®) certification.]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52277/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52277/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Cargo handling in Klaipėda port grows further on in 2008]]></title>
        <pubDate>11.06</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ During January-May 2008, 12,95 million tons of cargo was handled in Klaipėda port (Lithuania). It is by 19,1 percent more than during the same period last year.&nbsp; ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52273/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52273/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Harwich International Port improves passenger facilities ]]></title>
        <pubDate>10.06</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Harwich International Port has placed an order for a new passenger boarding bridge to provide improved passenger access between the Cruise ]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52237/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52237/</guid> 
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        <title><![CDATA[ Port of Helsinki posted a surge in traffic ]]></title>
        <pubDate>06.06</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ The volume of the Port of Helsinki’s unitised cargo traffic reached 3.9 tonnes between January and April, a decrease of approximately 3% over the same period last year. The volume of containers was 143,000 TEU and rubber-tyred units numbered 180,000, a decrease of 4% for each.Passenger traffic increased by 5% from last year. There were over 2.4 million passengers, of whom 66% used the Tallinn services and 30% used the Stockholm services. The passenger services transported 220,000 cars or vans, an increase of 16%.]]></description>        <link>http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52181/</link>        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/52181/</guid> 
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