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    ..WHILE VALPARAISO TO ADD LOGISTICS ZONE..

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    "It is no longer a question of if our nation's transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when," Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready ports with available capacity,such as ports in Wilmington and Philadelphia. Six financial institutions have bid for a five-month ...

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    ...as HPH prepares to develop Punta Colonet

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    "It is no longer a question of if our nation's transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when," Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready ports with available capacity,such as ports in Wilmington and Philadelphia. Strong rumours are emerging in Mexico that HPH ...

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    MAERSK PULLS OUT OF MANZANILLO..

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Maersk Sealand has officially pulled out of Manzanillo, instead transferring its regional box traffic to Lazaro Cardenas which currently receives calls also from APL and CP Ships.

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    ZPMCs for Evergreen at Tacoma

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Four new ZPMC quay cranes have been delivered to the Pierce County Terminal at Tacoma, with a fifth to arrive shortly. The cranes arrived fully assembled by one of ZPMC' s own heavy lift vessels.

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    Suape's capacity to double

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Tecon Suape, S.A. (TSSA), ICTSI' s Brazilian unit operating Suape Container Terminal (SCT) in Pernambuco, has ordered two new post-Panamax quay cranes and to RTGs from ZPMC.

  • CVRDs export terminal at Tubarao: insatiable demand
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    CARNIVAL TIME SQUEEZES PORT CAPACITY

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Rainbow Nelson reports from Brazil on the country''s prodigious agribulk and iron ore expansion.

  • Dunkirk: two or three more cranes if traffic warrants it Dunkirks
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    CONGESTION RELIEF FINALLY IN SIGHT AT LE HAVRE

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Alex Hughes finds France''s Atlantic seaboard ports carving strategic niches for themselves around the monolithic presence of Le Havre.

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    INDUSTRY'S PROFILE NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    " If we don''t raise the flag nothing will happen, " insists Appleton. " Our industry hasn''t so far adequately drawn attention to the question of port capacity, and other important issues. The industry''s profile isn''t where it should be in the public domain. From what I''ve seen, media attention ...

  • Appleton: a greater interest in niche ports
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    NICHE PORTS MORE FEEDERS AND BETTER DIALOGUE

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Are European ports and terminal operators doing enough to meet the burgeoning demand for berth capacity created by the China trade boom and the increase in container traffic to which it is contributing?

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    LET'S TALK

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    In the BBC Radio 4''s Something Understood programme, Sir Mark Tully examines some of the larger questions of life by taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through the thoughts, ideas and works of the great thinkers, theologians, poets and composers. It brings in examples from Eastern philosophy as well ...

  • Southern Discomfort in UK prompted new feeder services MDS Transmodals
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    CONSULTATION LOOMS SO WHERE ARE WE HEADING?

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Nick Elliott reports on the divergence of views that has emerged over the European Commission''s Motorways of the Sea initiative.

  • Vridi Container Terminal in Abidjan: subject of vigorous protests
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    THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON THE PRIVATISATION PROCESS

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Why is the Nigerian port concessioning process so important for Africa? Because whatever the outcome, its success or failure will affect the international market''s perception of privatisation projects in Africa in general. Furthermore, it will provide a benchmark that will influence Nigeria''s own future privatisation process. Steve Cameron reports on ...

  • Cappuccinos on the deck at Pier 35 in view of Coode Island chemical storage facility Immigrants disembarking at Melbourne, 1910 Vancouver Port offers a model for long-term planning to incorporate community concerns
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    THE CAPPUCCINO CONUNDRUM

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Melbourne''s Pier 35 with its nautical architecture housing a restaurant, retail and office accommodation, provides visual interest to the city''s waterfront scene. Commercial port operations meet the cafe crowd and yachting fraternity downstream of the emerging high-rise apartment precinct at Docklands, a phenomenon termed the " Cappuccinoisation" of Australia''s port ...

  • Smits twin spreader: first with both longitudinal and transversal adjustment
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    THE SHARP END

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Prolific innovation is helping to maintain strong competition between spreader manufacturers. Benedict Young explores the latest product developments which promise to enhance terminal operations.

  • New Terbergs for Thamesport
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    NUDGING OUT THE ROAD TRUCK

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Terminal tractors are consolidating their position as the logical choice for moving boxes and trailers around, edging the clumsier road truck out - particularly nowadays in Asia - and showing no great concern over the potential threat from alternative machines. In its march towards supremacy however, significant advances are also ...

  • STRs Kevin Cursons: bringing employees up to date
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    New training centre launched

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Skills South Training and Resources (STR) has been launched to provide specialist training including forklift, crane, stowing and driving, to companies in the UK. STR aims to become the UK''s leading training and resource company in its field within two years on the back of significant investment by the company''s ...

  • EC Commissioner Loyola de Palacio: one last try
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    Loyola's last stand

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    EC Commissioner Loyola de Palacio: one last tryTraining can be conducted at a customer's premises utilising the company's plant and office space or at STR's headquarters using dedicated training rooms and plant at Southampton docks.Outgoing European transport commissioner, Loyola de Palacio is attempting to reintroduce the notion of cargo self-handling ...

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    Labour shortages cause logjams in LA/LB

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The surge in trade coupled with a shortage of longshore and Union Pacific Railroad workers continued to slow vessel and cargo traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

  • Forecast development of capacity for top five operators, 2003-2009 (million TEU)
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    CARRIER-STEVEDORE PARTNERSHIPS MARK INDUSTRY GROWTH

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Drewry Shipping Consultants has released its latest port sector report, " Annual Review of Global Container Terminal Operators 2004" . The most significant effect on the league of global operators, according to Drewry, has been the increase in carrier-stevedore partnership arrangements.

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    BMT helps plan world's biggest coal port

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Plans for the expansion of the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal in Queensland, to make it the world' s largest coal port, have been produced with the help of BMT Maritime Consultants, a subsidiary of British Maritime Technology (BMT).