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SRI LANKA FACES SHORTAGE OF DRIVERS
In comparison, vessel loading and unloading added just US$6.8m to the overall cost of moving goods through the port. The report also emphasises that US$11.7m in bribes were required to smooth the passage of export consignments through Chittagong.Container road haulage companies in Sri Lanka believe they may be facing a ...
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Vietnam to build transhipment hub
The government of Vietnam has approved the US$3.6 billion Van Phong port project which it hopes will eventually rival that of Singapore''s in terms of movement of transhipment containers.
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NewsYOU WIN SOME YOU LOSE SOME
There was a time in the recent past when South Korea''s port of Busan was the regional hub of choice for Chinese export cargo, given a dire shortage of adequate deep water facilities in what is by far the Far East''s most dynamic manufacturing nation. Alex Hughes reports on the ...
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NewsDEMOCRACY BUREAUCRACY AND SLOW PROGRESS
The Indian Ports Association (IPA) is more than a mere representative body of the country''s ports. It has a direct impact on government port and maritime policies through representations to the Planning Commission, as well its own consultancy arm to oversee port development projects. Gavin van Marle talks with its ...
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HUTCH FACES EAST AND WEST
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) retains a major presence in both Busan and Kwangyang ports in Korea. At the former, it operates the Gamman and Busan container terminals, as well as controlling the Korea International Terminals (KIT) at the latter.
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CFTC threaten boycott of Chittagong?
Members of the 21-vessel Chittagong Feeder Trade Committee (CFTC), which is made up of APL, Advanced Container Line, QC Container Line, Orient Express Line and Sea Consortium, are threatening to stop trading with the port of Chittagong due to the continuing application of severe restrictions on foreign-flagged container vessels.
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VIZAG REMAINS INDIA'S NUMBER ONE
The local stevedores were originally encouraged when investing in their operating licences, to also make investments in cargo handing equipment and other assets.Visakhapatnam Port Trust remains India's leading port in terms of total tonnage, handling 19.1m tons during the first five months of the current financial year. It has now ...
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CALCUTTA/HALDIA TO BUILD NEW MULTIPURPOSE BERTH
Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) is to build a new multipurpose berth inside the dock system. To be known as the Number Two berth, this will bring the number of berths within the dock system to 13. In addition there are a further three berths on the riverfront, all of which ...
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NewsIndia steels itself for deepest port
India is set to get its first port with a depth alongside quay of 18 metres after local partners agreed to commence construction of a new bulk facility at the port of Dhamra.
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PTP'S 3M
Equipped with twin spreaders, they have a faster trolley speed and quicker lifting speed than existing Demag and Noell quayside equipment.The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) recorded its highest ever nine month total throughput when it handled 3,026,826 TEUs during the first three quarters of 2004, over 20% up on ...
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Indonesia to have new car terminal
A new port is going to be built at Atcol, in northern Jakarta, specifically to handle new vehicles trade. Construction is expected to begin late next year or early 2006 and be concluded within two years.
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..but prompt rethink of inland terminal project
Rising congestion at both Chittagong container terminal and on the highway linking the port with the capital Dhaka has prompted the Shipping Ministry in Bangladesh to revive the project to build an inland container terminal at Pangaon. First designed in 1995, the $20.89m facility, which will have an annual capacity ...
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Kakinada gets IDFC financing
The Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) has given its approval to long-term project funding amounting to $25.13m for Kakinada Sea Ports Ltd (KSPL).
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NewsICTSI opens dangerous cargo facility at MICT
ICTSI has opened a control facility for dangerous cargo at its Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) to reinforce compliance with the ISPS Code and the US Container Security Initiative (CSI).
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NewsHPH developing terminals in Laem Chabang and Shanghai
HPH has been awarded a 30-year concession to build and operate six terminals at Laem Chabang which will have a total quay length of 3,250 metres with depth alongside of 16 metres. In 2003 Laem Chabang recorded 3.4m TEUs.
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NewsJNPT rethinks container berth privatisation
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has revealed that its earlier proposal to invite in private operators to convert an existing shallow berth currently used for new vehicles traffic to work with container handling is being rethought. JNPT chairman, Ravi Budhiraja noted, " Nothing has yet been finalised. We are going ...
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NewsYICT improves truck entry/exit process
Port Community Cards (PCC) has been introduced for truck drivers to access Customs'' electronic gatehouse at Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) and Shenzhen Customs. Using infrared technology, the card can automatically verify container data with the information stored in the Customs'' computer system. Beyond enhancing container management for shipping lines, ...
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SUPER POSTPANAMAX FOR PTP
Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has ordered three super post-Panamax quay cranes from IMPSA (Malaysia) together with RTGs the port's new phase 2 development ...
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$570M FOR SRI LANKA
Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.The ADB is to lend $570 million to Sri Lanka a part of which is to be allocated to work at Colombo Port South ...
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Majors move further into China
Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.Taiwan-based Evergreen group has sent a letter of intent to Ningbo Port Authority covering development of Phase 4 of its Beilun Port complex. The ...
