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INDIAN LOGISTICS LURE
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. Dubai-based Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone ...
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SOUTHERN BOX BOOST
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. The southern Indian ports of Chennai,Tuticorin, ...
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WHARF HALF-YEAR PROFIT
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. Hong Kong-based port operator Wharf Holdings ...
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URGENT JNP DREDGING CALL
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. The Container Shipping Lines' Association has ...
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NewsYantian celebrates double berth
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. Two berths from Yantian International Container ...
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Independence Day
International terminal operators, with their wide reach, high profile branding and bottomless pockets,have fast become synonymous with successful port operations, leaving public sector terminals to be viewed as the poor relations of the port world. And with capacity shortages making sour reading for shippers, these terminal factory lines can only ...
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Sydney seeks contractor for port expansion
Sydney Ports Corporation has issued a call for a design and construction contractor to expand the port at Botany.
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Tough year for New Zealand port revenue
A slowdown of the local economy has seen average recent financial returns slide from New Zealand''s three largest cargo-trading ports.
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PORT REVIEW STIRS UP INDUSTRY
Rumours Maersk Line will reduce its New Zealand port calls from nine to five, including a "primary port" in each island, has got the entire local shipping industry on tenterhooks.
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FREMANTLE BOX BOOST
The Western Australian port of Fremantle is to undertake a three-phase container terminal development.The initial phase will cost an estimated ¢ 1bn and allow up to 2m teu to be handled at the port, doubling the existing capacity.Work is scheduled for completion in 2015.
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NO TRUCK WITH RAIL DEAL
An estimated 3,000 annual truck movements are expected to be taken from North Island roads following an agreement between Heinz Watties,Toll NZ and the Port of Napier.The contract involves the recommissioning of a rail siding at the producer''s Tomoana site and the introduction of dedicated fixed-rake wagons to move the ...
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Deserters target Lyttleton
More illegal ship deserters are entering Lyttelton Port of Christchurch than the rest of New Zealand''s ports put together. An estimated 105 ship deserters entered the country in the past financial year, of which 55 absconded through Lyttelton.
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NewsLiebherr gets in ahead of schedule
Liebherr Container Cranes delivers its second post-panamax container crane more than three months ahead of schedule to Lyttelton Port Company,New Zealand.
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NewsNew container berths up for grabs at Brisbane
The Port of Brisbane is on the hunt for an operator to take on the management of two new container ports that will increase Brisbane''s container handling capacity by 25%.
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NewsSydney government opens door for third stevedore
The traditional duopoly in Australia''s container terminals is to be broken after the New South Wales government announced that neither P& O Ports/DP World nor Toll/Patrick will get the concession to operate the planned third terminal at Port Botany.
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The stacking quandary
Yard planning experts have contrasting opinions on what to do with containers as they are being discharged from the ship. Some argue it is better to move recently discharged boxes to their final positions in the stacking yard immediately, while others disagree stating that temporary stacks should be created close ...
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NewsThe space race
Is every inch of your shoreside being used to its full potential? Alex Hughes finds out that a little expertise can go a long way in stockyard planning.
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NewsAttention Grabbing
Customers are coming round to the thinking that cost isn''t everything when it comes to buying reliable, long-lasting grabs.Mike King reports
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Demand soars as customers meet bulk commitments
Sales of Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) fitted with four-rope grabs have remained buoyant in 2006, reflecting the success the two leading manufacturers have had in selling the benefits of the flexible MHC terminal concept in preference to cargo-dedicated handling options.
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NewsGreen for Go
Ro-ro tractor manufacturers continue to address market requirements for more capable, user-friendly tractors and ''greener''more environmentally friendly machines, as David Foxwell discovers
