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NewsReefer manual valuable to stevedores
In a bid to help reduce costly compensation claims and minimise the potential loss from damage to chilled and frozen foodstuffs, BMT De Beer, has published a complete set of guidelines for the reefer sector.
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NewsKPIs, port centric logistics, insurance... all in the next Port Strategy!
Subscribe to Port Strategy now to benefit from a wealth of unique and informed port knowledge. The May issue features independently researched features on how to set and exceed key performance indicators, how to co-exist with the environment without damaging profits, and how to make money out of port centric ...
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NewsHas something changed?
There are only two reasons why people change jobs, says Mark Charman at Faststream: ‘something changed’ or ‘something didn’t change’.
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Qingdao pulls in foreign investment
Foreign investors, including APM Terminals, are expected to invest $4.6bn in the expansion of the Chinese port of Qingdao. The various projects that are due to be implemented by 2015 will boost container volume to 20m teu and double bulk cargo capacity to 600m tonnes.
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NewsSaving the superstars
Can port employers stop worrying about staff retention strategies in a global recession? Felicity Landon finds out
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NewsTowards a European Port Performance Dashboard
No-one that is in the business of shipping and logistics will deny the important role that seaports play as gateways for trade and transport and the contribution they deliver to the European economy.
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Barcelona eyes Spain's green port title
Barcelona port is to convert itself into the greenest in Spain, according to the port authority.
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NewsAmerica sees the private benefit
The public-private partnership model has become more attractive in the US in recent years.
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Newcastle’s ten-strong berth plan
Newcastle Port Corporation is to create ten new berths by dredging 3m cu m of mud, sand and contaminated material from the south arm of the Hunter River.
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Barcelona invites bids for Costa concession
Barcelona port authority has an exclusive wishlist for a concessionaire for its new Costa Quay, which it hopes will be awarded without an international tender.
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Oakajee $4bn development on track
Joint owners Mitsubishi Development and Murchison Metals are on track to begin building the A$4bn (US$4bn) Oakajee Port and Rail project in Western Australia later this year. Construction will continue until the end of 2014 and the first ore shipment from the initial capesize berths will be in early 2015.
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NewsA fair wind
Could planning and subsidy issues lead to some ports losing out in the race to support the offshore wind power sector? Felicity Landon reports
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Japan funds Vietnam port development
Japan''s overseas aid agency, JICA, is to team up with Japanese companies to build a Y140bn ($1.7bn) port in northern Vietnam, the Financial Times has reported.
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Unified concession process mooted
The Chilean Senate has asked the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications to establish a single national port concessions process that includes a means of guaranteeing the rights of dockworkers in terms of social security and pensions.
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Beypore tender deserted
There were no bidders for a global tender to develop the Indian port of Beypore, despite the initial deadline having been extended at the request of two potentially interested parties. The port requires $36m, which it intends to raise through a public-private partnership scheme.
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NewsA dose of realism
Investors need to wise up to the new port investment market, says Martin Rushmere
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NCC lets go of NUTEP operation
First Quantum Group and its long-standing partner, Andrey Kobzar, have sold their 50% stake in the NUTEP (Novorossiysk) container terminal to an external investor for $115M.
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NewsMundra SEZ wins east-coast coal project
Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) has won a contract to develop a coal import terminal at Visakhapatnam.
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NewsGrowth gap narrows – for a while
When the figures come in for 2011, they might point to a narrowing of that widening growth-rate gap between the mature and emerging markets. But don''t open the champagne.
