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HORIZON PRESENCE IN KOREA
Dubai-based Horizon Terminal Ltd recently inaugurated its joint-venture Horizon Taeyoung Korea Terminals in partnership with the Taeyoung Group, expanding the company''s terminal network in the Korean port of Ulsan. A 130,000 sq m expansion area will be created, capable of accommodating vessels of up to 30,000 dwt at a cost ...
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CHINA SHIPPING SEEKS MALAYSIAN OPPORTUNITIES
China Shipping Terminal Development, part of the China Shipping Group, is rumoured to be negotiating an equity stake at the Malaysian port of Tanjung Pelepas, although this has been officially denied.The company is also in talks with Port Klang box terminal operator Westport, with the same aim in mind.
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SHANGHAI SHARES UP
Shares in Shanghai International Port (Group) Company Ltd are now being traded on stock exchanges in both Shanghai and Shenzhen.Despite being valued at above the company''s initial expectations, the shares rose by 3% in early trading.
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SHENZHEN CONCENTRATES OWNERSHIP
DP World is to sell a stake in two of its three Shenzhen terminals for $229m to China Merchants Holding, which has also agreed to the purchase of further equity currently held by minority shareholder Swire.This would allow three box facilities to merge ||under the Mega SCT name.
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INDIAN MINOR PORTS BOOST
As part of India''s National Maritime Development Programme,¢ 89m is to be invested in a number of projects at minor ports. India has 12 major ports and 185 minor ports, although only a few of these latter facilities are open year-around.Nevertheless, this group handles 25% of all traffic, amounting to ...
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TUTICORIN SECOND BOX FACILITY
Tuticorin has been given permission to convert its number eight berth into a second container terminal on a build-operate-transfer basis. Five companies, including PSA-Sical and DP World, are in the running for the ¢ 25.93m project.
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GULFTAINER IN PAKISTANI JV
Sharjah-based Gulftainer has agreed a joint-venture with the Pak Shaheen Group of Karachi to bid for logistics and transport contracts in Pakistan.
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Crane chaos in Chittagong
Four new gantry cranes operated by Chittagong Container Terminals are being underutilised because of the non-corporation of stevedores and also because of the lack of coordinated back-up services.
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Indonesia initiates new infrastructure projects
The government of Indonesia is seeking to raise almost ¢ 600m to build what will become the country''s largest port in Banten province. Eight international investors and eight located locally have submitted letters of interest for a contract involving a joint-venture with the port.
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NewsBusan to open new berths
Three new berths are expected to open at the South Korean port of Busan this month. Doubling existing capacity to 2.4m teu, these berths will be operated by Pusan Newport Company, in which DP World is a major shareholder.
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Penang invests in port growth
Penang Port in Malaysia is to invest $277.78m over the next five years in infrastructure upgrades.
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DP World steps back from Pakistan
DP World has rather surprisingly withdrawn from the bidding process at Pakistan''s Gwadar port. Publicly, it claims this was done for commercial reasons, although there were serious concerns in India about the company''s presence in neighbouring Pakistan given that DP World also manages several terminals in India.
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NewsSri Lanka kicks off record expansion plan
An official inauguration has launched Sri Lanka''s largest infrastructure project to date, with plans to construct four container terminal berths in the coming years.
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Busan ditches container tax
Busan has scrapped an unpopular container tax, six years after it originally expired. Busan Metropolitan City imposed the $21.56/teu container tax in 1992 in order to fund road construction at the port.
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Gujarat identifies new port sites
The government of the Indian state of Gujarat has identified Cambay,Mahuva and Sutrapada as new port development sites, as throughput at existing local ports grew by 11.2% to 108m tonnes in 2005-06.
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PSA seals Chennai box contract
PSA Sical has been sent a letter of intent by Chennai Port Trust in respect of the concession to run a second container terminal.
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NewsTaking the pain out of ports
Consultants can deliver the planning pill to solve complicated design problems. Alex Hughes investigates how two challenging schemes have been tackled
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Don't forget safety
It is not only the cynics who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. This is a quality of character occasionally displayed by the upper echelons of management in port, transport and energy organisations. We can take as our example the recent strictures applied to the leadership ...
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NewsRoom for two
Undeterred by neighbouring Dubai''s bid to build a regional superport,Abu Dhabi is breathing new life into a decade-old port development plan. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsLocking on to labour
Buoyed by booming throughput,Antwerp has set its targets on modernising work practices. Felicity Landon reports
