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"THIRD FORCE" ARGUMENT FADES
Credence is still given in certain circles to the idea that in order to provide a really competitive container handling service there has to be more than two companies providing such a service in the same location. We see, for example, this idea backed in locations such as Australia where ...
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Laem Chabang tenders
Thailand''s deepwater port of Laem Chabang is to get six new terminals in a tender believed to be worth $400m.
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NewsHORSES FOR COURSES
What characterises the port planning consultant' s role today? Nick Elliott talks to some leading players and finds whilst each has its own particular perspective, some issues are common to all.
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NewsTHE CALIFORNIAN WAY
Duane Kenagy and Larry Nye of US consultants Moffatt & Nichol (M& N) report on developments in California to ensure containers move quickly and cleanly through the port interface.
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NewsLOGISTICS, LOGISTICS, LOGISTICS
In contrast, the progress being made in development of Shanghai''s logistics industry is far quicker. 15 April saw the opening of China''s first logistics park, situated close to the city''s Waigaoqiao container terminals.
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NewsCENTRE OF THE WORLD
Shanghai is fast becoming the centre of the world, as far as the container shipping industry and the port companies which serve it are concerned. And the port''s current work-in-progress, the leviathan Yangshan project, promises only to reinforce that. Gavin van Marle reports.
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NewsCUSTOMER CAN GET IT WRONG
Alex Hughes weighs up the pros, cons and respective market niches of gantry and mobile harbour cranes and examines how each stack up against the continuous ship unloader.
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NewsALTENWERDER AND DELTA COUNT COST OF AUTOMATION
Tom Todd assesses the experiences of two of Europe''s leading terminals with automation.
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FAVOURABLE ECONOMIC BENEFITS
The direct economic benefits of deepening the channels of Australia''s premier container port have been estimated by consultants Meyrick and Associates, at US$851m over 25 years.
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NewsPort Interface the Concern For New Zealand
It would be overstretching the point to suggest that New Zealand is facing a turning point in its ports and land transport development. But if some of the country’ s leading transportation ” thinkers” had their way, it would be.
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NewsCHINESE DEMAND BEHIND THE 'ARMADA' CRISIS
The bulk carrier log-jam off the Australian east coast has finally dissipated to manageable levels following drastic action at the country''s major coal port. Chris Taylor reports on the reasons behind the chronic congestion, and what''s being done to correct the situation.
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NewsSYDNEY: WHAT ABOUT THE GENERALS?
Sydney''s new headache is carriers with a mix of very different cargoes that will be harder to fit into the port after the closure of Darling Harbour in 2006. Kevin Chinnery reports.
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NewsCHANNEL DEEPENING SET FOR GREEN LIGHT
The $289m port of Melbourne channel-deepening project in Port Phillip Bay was effectively given the green light in July after the public release of a long-awaited environmental effects statement (EES).
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FREMANTLE: NEXT TO TAKE ON BOX DUOPOLY?
The first breach in Australia''s stevedoring market duopoly of P& O Ports and Patrick for several years could take place in the country''s far west. Fremantle Ports (FP) has quietly set off to develop a third container terminal operation, bringing the first potential newcomer in any Australia box port since ...
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NewsTHE BOOM IS OVER BUT IT'S NOT A COLLAPSE
The total market for global capital dredging projects is worth somewhere in the region of € 7 billion although only about half the contracts awarded could be said to be the result of genuinely open tenders.
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NewsDREDGING PROGRESS AT SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW DEEPWATER PORT
Dredging for South Africa' s new Coega deepwater port in the Eastern Cape is progressing for completion by the end of the year. The project - on Algoa Bay at the mouth of the Coega River - is designed to act as a catalyst for regional economic development. The new ...
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THE ANTIPODEAN WATERFRONT
The Australian Waterfront is the product of three main forces, only one of which is native to the Lucky Country. First and foremost is the influence of the thin band of settlement around the coast of the country which makes for many ports, poor roads in the interior and very ...
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NewsAntwerp STS orders for Kalmar
Kalmar has received an order for six (plus three options) super post-Panamax STS container cranes from a consortium led by P& O Ports Antwerp for the new Antwerp Gateway terminal at the Deurganckdok on the Schelde left bank. With an outreach of 55 metres, the high-speed cranes will be capable ...
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Milford Haven's new pilot system
Milford Haven has become the first port in the UK to invest in a portable satellite-based system to help pilots guide ships along the waterway to their berths with pinpoint accuracy. The £ 60,000 E-Sea Fix, supplied by Atlantas Marine Ltd, is a selfcontained, portable piloting and docking system which ...
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