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Copersucar expands capacity at Santos
The Brazilian Copersucar Co-operative has revealed plans to continue adding to its capacity at the port of Santos where it operates the Copersucar Sugar Terminal (TAC). A new 110,000-tonne dual-cell silo is to be developed out of the existing XI storage area, which will allow the company to simultaneously handle ...
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Confusion in Qingdao
Qingdao Port Authority (QPA) has confirmed its decision to award a major expansion contract, Qianwan Phase IV, to a consortium after the same project was apparently awarded to CSX World Terminals by the Qingdao municipal government.
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NewsIndia adds terminal capacity
P& O Ports will not be interested in a new container terminal development at the Indian port of Hazira, which it says is " not a viable site" given adverse tidal and weather conditions. The company reports that it had looked three times at Hazira before rejecting it. To give ...
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ICTSI tipped for Port of Spain
Reports from Trinidad indicate that International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has secured the container handling concession at Port of Spain.
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PSA out-manoeuvred in Shanghai..
Confusion surrounds the $12.07bn development of a new 54-berth deep-water port on Yangshan Island, which will be connected to Shanghai via a new 30km bridge.
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JNPT backtracks on MGT
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has dropped proposals to adopt the Minimum Guaranteed Throughput (MGT) formula as part of bid conditions linked to the construction of the third container terminal.
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NewsICTSI calls for tenders for Gdynia
International Container Services Inc (ICTSI) is to press ahead immediately with the $100m expansion plan for its Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia. Formal approval for the two-phase plan was ratified at the beginning of October in the wake of sustained traffic advances at the terminal following ICTSI''s takeover in ...
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Board questions new Santos car terminal
The Board of Directors of the port of Santos (CAP) is examining the decision of the port company, Codesp, to permit Santos Brasil S.A. to establish a temporary new vehicles terminal on land allocated to develop the container trade.
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ABP posts 7% increase
Whilst ABP''s UK ports and transport turnover was up 7% to £ 172m in the first half of 2003, operating profit increased just 4% to £ 74m.
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Tanga targets northern trade
Tanzania''s second port of Tanga is targeting exporters in the country''s northern regions of Kilimanjara and Arusha in a concerted drive to expand its hinterland.
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NewsChinese Typhoon
Gavin van Marle reports on the scramble for additional container terminal capacity in China.
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MARRYING THE NEW TO THE OLD
Thirty-odd years ago a little single-decker called the HELMSDALE traded from Orkney to Leith with barrels, butts and hogsheads for the Midlothian distilleries. The whisky cargo was just too much of a temptation for the stevedores. The gangs trouped on board armed with plastic buckets. " Watch and learn laddie, ...
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NewsTERMINAL SOLUTIONS for Smaller Ports
Terminal operating systems are well-established features of the bigger container ports but smaller terminals are grasping their benefits too. Cathy Hayward reports.
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NewsSTACK 'EM HIGH
Fazilette Khan finds that forklifts continue their vital role in moving breakbulk cargoes and empties around the terminal. And the technical specs are still being tweaked.
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NewsGRAIN EXPORTS Parched by the Weather
Changing global weather patterns are playing havoc with the market for world grain, writes Alex Hughes .
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NewsShow me the MONEY PART II
In his second article on port pricing, Gustaaf de Monie points the way to a more independent regime in which port authorities need to operate, free of political interference.
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NewsThe 'Landmines' to Avoid
Mike Mundy draws on his experience of the port privatisation process and highlights the " landmines" government agencies and port authorities keep stepping on
