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    CALLAO

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    APN, Peru''s national port authority, has rubberstamped plans to build a new box terminal at the port of Callao as part of a private-sector concession.

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    LAZARO CARDENAS

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    However, the concession route has not been adopted for the upgrading of facilities and Quay 5, at least not for the moment.The Denmark-based Centre for Port Dimensioning has given the go-ahead for the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas to receive vessels of at least 12,500TEUs, despite the fact that none ...

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    VERACRUZ

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    However, the concession route has not been adopted for the upgrading of facilities and Quay 5, at least not for the moment.Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has bought a 78.5% stake in the Veracruz stevedoring company Terminales de Cargas Especializadas (TCE). ADM is already Mexico's second leading importer of agricultural ...

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    TACOMA

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    However, the concession route has not been adopted for the upgrading of facilities and Quay 5, at least not for the moment.The Tacoma Commission can now press on with its plan to widen the Blair Waterway after the approval of a US$12.5m settlement with Weyerhaeuser which leases the land from ...

  • Montevideo: snatching BAs business
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    Montevideo could oust BA

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The current level of container traffic at Buenos Aires which handles practically 90% of Argentina''s box traffic, is commensurate with the box boom year of 1998. However, analysts are warning that the high cost of doing business there could ultimately result in Buenos Aires being downgraded to a feeder port.

  • Senator Tony Umpingco: ready to act
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    Guam box terminal privatisation coming in on final approach

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Guam is soon to make a decision about the privatisation of its container terminal facilities.

  • Exoglan: investing
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    Argentina invests to handle giants

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Argentina''s leading terminals have been forced to invest in post-Panamax gantry cranes by carriers whose larger ships are putting pressure on South America''s east coast to meet their needs.

  • London Gateway
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    Benchmarking to get ahead

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    How does a port or terminal go about determining how good it is? Does it benchmark - against its nearest rival, a world league table, or what?

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    Technology's helping hand

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    There are a large number of companies currently supplying equipment for automated gate systems.

  • Katrina: claims lower than feared
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    TT Club counts the cost

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    TT Club has revealed the latest estimate of its claims exposure from hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and announced its underwriting stance for next year''s policy renewals.

  • Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project
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    Four shortlisted for Sethusamudram

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Jan de Nul/Boskalis, Hyundai Engineering, Dredging International and Van Oord have been shortlisted for the contract to undertake dredging on three sections of the US$537m Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project . The entire project will involve four tranches of dredging of which the first has already been awarded to the Dredging ...

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    KOCHI

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Partial approval has been given to a proposal by India Gateway Terminal for an increase in charges at Kochi. An 8% ...

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    KEMBLA GATEWAY

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Challenges from four companies are threatening Kembla Gateway's plans to upgrade, landing the company in the New South Wales Land and ...

  • When the TransPacific Container Company (TraPac) introduced pedestals at its terminals, they saw a return within three months
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    Technology delivers speedy ROI

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    In this report Alex Hughes considers the role played by technology in bringing economies and efficiencies to the gate and hastening a return on investment.

  • Virtually all the major players have introduced OCR technology
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    West Coast revolution

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Following last month''s look at gate systems in the Philippines, France and Brazil, Alex Hughes now reports on a labour and technology revolution in the US.

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    Integrate software to increase throughput

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    It is estimated that Felixstowe has almost doubled its throughput, without the need for additional equipment, since introducing its Tug Scheduling System (TSS). TSS is a bespoke system which provides real time scheduling, monitoring and control of tractor/trailers in the container terminal.

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    That short but critical distance

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    For maximum productivity, container handling must be synchronised from the quay to the yard. Benedict Young investigates.

  • Pier 1, Durban will see a system switch to RTG use on the landside but no firm decision has been made yet about the role of the private sector in its operation
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    Durban deliberates

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Durban''s new Pier 1 is set to deliver major new capacity and switch to an RTG system in the process but the jury is still out on the role of the private sector.

  • That bridge!
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    High costs and heavy weather

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The opening of Shanghai''s new Yangshan port may well solve some draught and congestion problems, but it raises some important cost and operational issues as well. James Macpherson reports.

  • Worldwide Container Throughputs 1990-2015 (million TEUs)
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    What's happening where

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The major European contractors Royal Boskalis Westminster, Van Oord, Jan de Nul and DEME, are estimated to share 60% of the global dredging market whilst contractors based in Asia and the US, namely Penta Ocean, Hyundai, Samsung and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, together with various regional and local players, ...