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  • Perdue: 10,800 new jobs
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    GPA reports growth at both ports

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has announced a $110m project at Savannah that will expand the capacity of the Garden City Terminal by 20% increasing what is already claimed to be the largest single terminal container facility on the coast between Maine and Texas.

  • Tacoma: largest single capital improvement contract
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    Evergreen gets new Tacoma terminal

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The port of Tacoma has awarded the largest single capital improvement contract in its history. ICON Materials, the low bidder, will manage construction of a new container terminal for Evergreen America Inc.

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    Copersucar expands capacity at Santos

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Calcutta to get two new terminals
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    India adds terminal capacity

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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..

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • BCT, Gdynia: $100m expansion
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    ICTSI calls for tenders for Gdynia

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Lubecks Baltic Rail Gate has high hopes
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    Lubeck plans for modal switch

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    " The volume of cargo suitable for rail transport has risen.

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    Tanga targets northern trade

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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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    Maputo adds US$300m to economy

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

  • Dole staff at Tideworks training centre in Panama
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    TERMINAL SOLUTIONS for Smaller Ports

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Terminal operating systems are well-established features of the bigger container ports but smaller terminals are grasping their benefits too. Cathy Hayward reports.

  • Kalmars medium range DCE 9-18 tonne FLT
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    STACK 'EM HIGH

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Cargills Santarem terminal: latest technology to ensure quality control
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    GRAIN EXPORTS Parched by the Weather

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Changing global weather patterns are playing havoc with the market for world grain, writes Alex Hughes .

  • The breakwater: dimensions not defined by ports traffic volumes Figure 1: Ways to differentiate port dues Figure 2: Alternative strategies underlying a Port Authority tariff in a highly competitive globalised market
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    Show me the MONEY PART II

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Mauritius: could raise interest level by offering more
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    The 'Landmines' to Avoid

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Mike Mundy draws on his experience of the port privatisation process and highlights the " landmines" government agencies and port authorities keep stepping on