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Chennai rejects Mundra box terminal bid
Chennai Port Trust has rejected the $698m bid by Mundra Port and Economic Zone to develop a new container terminal at the port of Chennai, claiming that the 5% revenue share being offered is too low.
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No to Ukraine privatisation
The president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, has blocked legislation that would have led to wholescale privatisation of the country''s ports.
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Konecranes makes redundancies in Europe
Konecranes has made 125 of its European workforce redundant as part of a cost reduction programme to save €7m ($9.1m) per annum.
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Impact of Europe’s transparency legislation unclear
The European Commission has put forward a directive to modernise public contracts, with an aim of improving transparency and ensure a level playing field.
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Indian terminal operators seek to revamp TAMP
Delhi High Court has received a petition from the Indian Private Ports and Terminals Association, challenging the right of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports to determine tariffs at private cargo terminals situated in state-owned ports.
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Spanish ports increasingly unprofitable
Liabilities of Spanish ports are expected to total €4.5bn ($5.9bn) in 2012, up from the €4.1bn reached in 2011.
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NewsUst-Luga opening sets development agenda
The call of its first container ship on December 29 marked the opening of the new NCC Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) in Russia, with weekly Unifeeder calls already in the bag.
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NewsStrikes leave Auckland licking its wounds
Ports of Auckland has confirmed that it has lost more trade as a consequence of ongoing strikes, with New Zealand’s largest exporter, Fonterra following Maersk''s lead of shifting services.
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NewsTranshipment builds for Kiwi ports
Even in smaller countries such as New Zealand, transhipment is changing the business cases for main ports.
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NewsUS concern over Panama Canal expansion
Business, labour and public officials fear expansion of the Panama Canal could cut cargo business by a quarter at the twin Los Angeles-Long Beach ports, which currently handle 40% of the nation''s imported Asian cargo.
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NewsNew Danish green feeder ship concept
Danish Naval Design and Marine Consultancy Knud E Hansen has developed a design for a fuel efficient 2,000 teu container feeder vessel in cooperation with ABB.
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NewsAPM wins Lázaro Cárdenas concession
APM Terminals has won a deepwater container terminal bid at Mexico''s Port of Lázaro Cárdenas, snaring a project that includes a 32-year design, build and operate concession of a greenfield site.
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NewsWestern malaise only mildly infectious
The West consumes, the East produces, the population split is 1 billion vs 6 billion, and yet it seems strange that when the former catches a cold we expect the latter to sicken as well. The reality is quite different.
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NewsCooling off
Chasing the transhipment rainbow may be a fool''s errand, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre explain
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NewsGothenburg behind green bunkering push
The Port of Gothenburg has produced a proposed bill for green bunkering in Swedish waters - which has been presented to the Swedish Transport Agency recently.
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NewsSan Diego port businesses clean up their act
Port of San Diego tennant, Flagship Cruises & Events, is converting its 11 vessel fleet to take advantage of on-shore electricity – eliminating the need to run diesel engines to generate power whilst at dock.
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NewsIn the zone
Bromma has been helping to make the most of spreader fleet performance with the aid of the Green Zone initiative.
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NewsBells and whistles
Today''s smart spreaders need to do much more than simply lift a container, as John Bensalhia finds out
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NewsNew year marks end of dirty trucks at LA
From the 1 January 2012, every local short-haul or drayage truck calling at the Port of Los Angeles will meet the strictest clean air and safety standards of any major port in the world.
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Tandem lift splits manufacturers
Straddle carrier customers usually plump for 40-ton single lift units or 50-ton twin lift, but today there is an increasing market demand for 60-ton expanding twin lift capability, allowing it to match the capacity on ship-to-shore cranes.
