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Simulator training for port operators has entered a new phase in the Indian Subcontinent with South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT) Colombo installing Sri Lankas first crane simulation facility.

1st August 2006

Crane simulator first for Sri Lanka

1st August 2006

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The IPO issued by Tianjin Port Holdings Ltd was heavily oversubscribed, by as much as 1,700 times.

1st August 2006

TIANJIN IPO OVER-SUBSCRIBED

1st August 2006

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DP World is negotiating the possibility of assuming operational management of Pakistans Gwadar port.

1st August 2006

DP WORLD EYES GWADAR

1st August 2006

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The Advanced Crane Simulator has been developed by Applied Research International, a New Delhibased organisation with expertise in knowledge systems, and is designed to enhance productivity and safety in cargo-handling operations through…

1st August 2006

TWO NEW TUGS FOR COCHIN

1st August 2006

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The Advanced Crane Simulator has been developed by Applied Research International, a New Delhibased organisation with expertise in knowledge systems, and is designed to enhance productivity and safety in cargo-handling operations through…

1st August 2006

NINGBO TO BECOME WORLD NUMBER 3

1st August 2006

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ThyssenKrupp Fordertechniks inexorable push into the Chinese market for coal port handling equipment is refusing to run out of steam.

1st August 2006

ThyssenKrupp forges China coal links

1st August 2006

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The Mayor of Chittagong, Mohiuddin Chowdhury, has threatened to paralyse operations at the citys port if the government goes ahead with plans to privatise operations at the newly-built New Mooring container terminal.

1st August 2006

Chittagong mayor opposes box terminal privatisation

1st August 2006

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It is easy to be lured by the headline figures emanating from China, but should investors be turning to Southeast Asia to reap rewards? Peter Trevalyn investigates

1st August 2006

Alternative to Chinese medicine

1st August 2006

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This coincides with the delivery of four gantry cranes, which it is hoped will boost productivity by a factor of three. However, at the moment, they are only handling 10-12 containers per…

1st August 2006

DP World moves into Saigon

1st August 2006

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Age old competition continues to drive Singapore to new heights, but Malaysian up-starts could put a spanner in the works, reports Peter Trevalyn

1st August 2006

Singapore vs Hong Kong: the same old story?

1st August 2006

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The small Indian West Coast Port of Karwar is to have a privately operated container terminal.

1st August 2006

Private aims for Indias Karwar

1st August 2006

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Pakistans Minister for Ports and Shipping has forecast that Karachi Port and Port Qasim will likely handle a combined 1.7m teu this year.

1st August 2006

Karachi ready to break 1m teu barrier

1st August 2006

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The bid process for the Mumbai offshore container terminal continues to be extended much to the irritation of the port trust and a number of the bidders.

1st June 2006

Mumbai saga rolls on

1st June 2006

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The Indian Ports Association is backing the development of a centralised Web-based Port Community System.

1st June 2006

IPA COMMUNITY SYSTEM

1st June 2006

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Part of the Port of Singapore Authoritys recent purchase of a stake in Hutchison Ports (see International Terminal Operator story this issue) is to be financed by an offshore bond.

1st June 2006

PSA BOND ISSUE

1st June 2006

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The Phase 2 development of Karachis Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) is due for completion by the end of June.

1st June 2006

PICT boosting capacity

1st June 2006

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The Chinese Communications Minister Li Shenglin has revealed the government has a policy aimed at creating two new port clusters to add to the three existing ones centred on Shanghai, Shenzhen and…

1st June 2006

Chinese container clusters planned

1st June 2006

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Feeder vessel operators are threatening to slap a $130 surcharge on each TEU that they have to handle at the port of Chittagong unless congestion there decreases within the next month. At…

1st June 2006

Feeder surcharge at Chittagong

1st June 2006

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APM Terminals, CMA-CGM, DP World, ETA, ICTS, Gammon Infrastructure, IL&FS, GVK, Soma Enterprises and Concor are all interested in bidding. Indian shippers are hoping to employ new draft legislation, the Shipping and…

1st June 2006

SHIPPER ACTION

1st June 2006

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DP World is expected to issue a tender for the design of a $450m container terminal in the Indian port of Kochi, which is located in the southern state of Kerala.

1st June 2006

DP World to invest $450m in Kochi

1st June 2006