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DPW FINDS AUSTRALIAN PARTNER
DP World is to partner Kaplan Equity in bidding for various port projects in Australia.This will be done through its two subsidiaries P& O Automotive & General Stevedoring and P& O Trans Australia. Kaplan Equity will take financial stakes in both these companies, with DP World retaining 25% of the ...
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NAPIER REVISES EXPANSION PLANS
Port of Napier has responded to local resident opposition and lessened the environmental impact of a development plan. Stage one of the expansion, which should begin next year, will entail replacing its current "finger piers" with a multipurpose berth capable of servicing two container vessels simultaneously.
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NEWCASTLE PRODUCER REVOLT
Coal producers are demanding a reintroduction of a rationing system at Newcastle Port to combat continued congestion. The queue of ships waiting to berth at Australia''s largest coal export port has stayed stubbornly around 50. According to local press reports, large miners like Coal & Allied and Xstrata, have lobbied ...
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Sydneysiders back retention of working port
A strong public support base is forming to campaign to keep Sydney''s Port Jackson as a working harbour.
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Tauranga ups ante in merger talks
Port of Tauranga chairperson John Parker has cast doubt over the proposed merger with Ports of Auckland, following a comment the two ports will this month need to discuss "whether or not, and how" the merger progresses.
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NewsCustoms extends x-raying hours
Increasing demand has seen the New Zealand Customs Service expand its sea container x-raying service at Ports of Auckland from a five-day to a six-day-aweek operation.
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NewsChanging course
Denmark''s piloting sector has opened its doors.Will this overhaul further improve an already well-performing industry or become a massive cross to bear? Alex Hughes finds out
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NewsLessons to be learnt
Australia''s experience of liberalisation of its pilotage industry has been less than positive.Alex Hughes examines what went wrong
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NewsCostly Hong Kong
There has been much speculation on the highly unusual activity of a group of business and academic persons who, under C C Tung as convener, have been charged with making Hong Kong more competitive in the marine and logistics fields. The idea is to combine this work with that of ...
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Dual-purpose security solution
A new combined radar and closedcircuit TV security system has been launched by British company Navtech Radar,which is targeting ports, airports, large industrial sites and other highvalue installations with the product.
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NewsKrystallon: 'scrubbing vital in ports'
Seawater scrubbing technology could have an important part to play in the future as ports come under increasing pressure to reduce air pollution, says manufacturer Krystallon. The company, a joint venture between BP Marine and Kittiwake, developed and installed the first Krystallon seawater scrubber on board a commercial vessel a ...
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NewsRubb drives automobile storage
International facility developer Trans- Development Group recently contracted Rubb Buildings for a relocatable structure to process automotives in Dundalk,US.
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Taiwan has opened Qingdao terminal
Taiwan-based shipping line, Evergreen, has inaugurated a new $300m container terminal at the Chinese port of Qingdao. It will provide logistics support to vessels linking China, South Korea and Japan.
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CASTLE WINS BREMORE BATTLE
Ireland''s new deep-water port at Bremore is to be developed in a joint venture between Drogheda Port Company and Castle Market Holdings, a consortium that includes an unnamed "world class"port operator.
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LA SPEZIA PORT PLAN
The Italian provincial government of Liguria has approved an outline plan for the port of La Spezia, which is due to become law early in 2007.The plan envisages the creation of 140,000 sq m of new infill land.
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CAMPBELL TAKES CHARGE
Campbell Mason has been selected as the managing director of DP World''s two container terminals in the UK at Southampton and Tilbury.
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BCT BUILDS HANDLING MUSCLE
Gdynia''s Baltic Container Terminal has taken delivery of two new post-panamax gantry cranes, supplied by Konecranes. The cranes mark the first of their kind to be introduced into service at BCT, with a lift capacity of 50 tonnes, outreach of 46 metres and a backreach of 20 metres.Once both units ...
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EU gives Granadilla go-ahead
Stavros Dimas, the European Union''s Environmental Commissioner,has given the conditional go-ahead for the construction of the port of Granadilla on the island of Tenerife, in the Spanish Canary Islands.
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NewsMilford looks to the past
Milford Haven Port Authority recently took the unusual step of investing in research of archive information to help expedite repair of a gate in its docks.
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Second place for Valencia
Valencia has consolidated its position as Spain''s second most important port, beaten only by Algeciras Bay. Figures recently released by the state-managed Puertos del Estado for the first 10 months of 2006, report a 13% rise in overall traffic to 38.98m tonnes. This compares with the 61.26m tonnes handled at ...
