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ADM buys in Rotterdam
The sale of the Europoort terminal I of European Bulk Services (EBS) to Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has been finalized.
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NewsValencia to expand facilities
Valencia port authority has adopted a plan which will ensure that sufficient capacity will be available at the port until at least 2015. Both the main port of Valencia and the secondary harbour at Sagunto will be simultaneously expanded, with all work to be completed by 2007.
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Maersk warns Indians
Steen Lund, Maersk' s senior vp Asia for line management, recently made some extremely high profile remarks to the press regarding what he sees as capacity bottlenecks at some container ports in India.
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Freeport seeks investment
Cheayee Dee, md of Liberia''s National Port Authority claims that at least $40m will be needed to bring Freeport back to internationally acceptable standards following 15 years of civil war.
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New terminal capacity in Bangladesh
Chittagong Port Authority and the China Harbour Engineering Group have signed an agreement for the construction of the New Mooring Container Terminal at the port. Phase I, which will involve the building of a 1000 metre long quay and associated container terminal, will require development of a 22ha site at ...
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NewsScott Wilson in Hong Kong
Overall, he notes, Indian ports are beginning to lack competitiveness compared to other regional players, which places the country's overseas trade at risk.Phased operations have now commenced at CT9, Hong Kong's newest and largest container terminal. The last of the six new berths is to be completed and handed over ...
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Hamburg joins financial race for JNPT
Overall, he notes, Indian ports are beginning to lack competitiveness compared to other regional players, which places the country's overseas trade at risk.Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has taken a 26% stake in the consortium put together by United Liner Agencies (India) to bid for the new container terminal development at ...
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Abidjan and Douala concessions up in the air
The disputed container terminal concession at Vridi, Abidjan, awarded to SETV and the Bollore group continues to cause problems. Last week 30 people were killed in Abidjan during anti-government protests that were in part related to this issue. The top management of the port authority were sacked and the president ...
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PSA Corp interested in Vizhinjam
Overall, he notes, Indian ports are beginning to lack competitiveness compared to other regional players, which places the country's overseas trade at risk.PSA Corp has expressed a strong interest in investing in the proposed deep-sea container terminal to be built at the Indian port of Vizhinjam, which it claims demonstrates ...
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Gwadar scheduled for 2005
The new Gwadar port will commence operations, on schedule, in March 2005. The initial phase, costing $298m, will involve three operational deep-sea berths, with additional phases due to add up to nine more and is being built by Chinese engineers.
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Israel grants workers
Overall, he notes, Indian ports are beginning to lack competitiveness compared to other regional players, which places the country's overseas trade at risk.The Israeli government is offering port workers at Haifa and Ashdod a total of $9.95m in grants to buy heavily discounted shares, if they support the proposed IPO, ...
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THERE'S GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
If ports are the arteries that ensure a country''s economic lifeblood, then in some East African countries the economy is being well supported with the opportunity to pump vigorously, whilst others are facing the potential of a serious coronary and all that goes with it. Steve Cameron investigates.
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MASTER-CLASS OF MISTAKES
There is a view that all the facts are not being properly presented in conjunction with future UK container port expansion.
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NewsUK PORT PLANNING BLIND SPOTS?
Port Strategy (PS) continues its focus on the role of government in UK containerport expansion, which, sadly, continues to represent a master-class in how it shouldn''t be done, writes Mike Mundy
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NewsIN THE FRONT LINE
If anyone should worry about the threat of a terrorist attack it''s New York. Security manager, Bethann Rooney is responsible for implementing and managing a port security programme and setting future strategy. She has been actively involved in the legislative process and works with federal government and other parties to ...
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NewsEND THE APATHY BEFORE IT CRIPPLES INTERNATIONAL TRADE
In a series of special reports on Security, this month PS presents a paper arguing the case for scanning each and every container.
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ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD
That salty old scribe Mike Grey wrote in Lloyd''s List recently of the dangers of buying into the notion that pilots could be replaced by ''sea traffic controllers'' based in the VTS tower. He rightly questioned in that sardonic, slightly ranting but lucid way of his: " How can anyone, ...
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NewsTHAT CHINA FACTOR AGAIN
With its sterling economic performance, China has overshadowed the region. But while China is a formidable rival in the battle for foreign investment, forcing several of its neighbours to make painful readjustments, it is also an ally. Its expansion has created fresh opportunities for Southeast Asian companies and countries, reports ...
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Three in the frame for Puerto Rico
Three bidders have been selected to bid for Puerto Rico''s Puerto de la Americas container terminal development project, which is centred on the two southern coastal towns of Ponce and Guayanilla. Two container berths will be established at the former and four at the latter at a cost, including dredging, ...
