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NewsTPA Time for a rethink on DAR concession?
The Tanzania Port Authority (TPA) has stated repeatedly that it wants a terminal operator that can deliver an improved performance compared to its previous experience at its Tanzania International Container Terminal (TICTS), but the question is will it get this via a selective bidding process?
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Felixstowe South Piles Ahead
The first shipment of piles for the new quay wall at the Port of Felixstowe’s Felixstowe South development recently arrived at the UK’s largest container port. Nineteen of the large tubular steel piles were discharged from the vessel Arklow Rainbow directly onto the Felixstowe South construction site. Each of the ...
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US$65m Expansion for Kingston
The Caribbean''s premier container transhipment hub, the Port of Kingston, Jamaica, has announced a fourth-phase expansion ahead of its terminal facilities in a move designed to consolidate and expand container business.
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Accelerated Korean Development
A new port authority is to be set up in early 2004 in Busan and Gwangyan, South Korea in order to speed up the development of a new container terminal and general cargo complex in the area.
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PSA acquires stake in ESCO Laem Chabang
PSA Corporation has made an undisclosed investment in Thailand''s Laem Chabang container port which will help PSA consolidate its presence in the regional market where the competition have been busy lately.
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..and Cleans-Up Its Act
The port has also recently announced its intention to use cleaner-burning diesel fuel in all terminal equipment and to fit the equipment with pollution control devices.
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NewsGottwald adds Wide Span Gantry cranes
Gottwald Port Technology is supplying four of its new Wide Span Gantry (WSG) cranes to riverside terminals on the Rhine.
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NewsThe scramble for Africa
Steve Cameron considers the accelerating move towards the commercialisation of Africa''s ports.
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NewsAngolan privatisation
Steve Cameron reports from Luanda on the Angolan road to port privatisation.
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APM Terminals at Constantza using TOPS through VAR arrangement
APM Terminals of Copenhagen has signed a contract for support of its TOPS terminal optimisation software system in Constantza with Global Transportation Solutions (GTS).
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Atlas Copco provide site power at Hong Kong's Terminal Nine
Jv contractors Hyundai and China Civil Engineering Construction are using Atlas Copco portable compressors and generating sets for quay wall piling works on Hong Kong' s new six-berth container terminal.
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Long Beach Beefs Up Security..
The US West Coast port of Long Beach has called for tenders for a video surveillance system that will include up to 50 cameras and is estimated to cost around US$5.5m.
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NewsBeating Box CONGESTION
Benedict Young investigates some of the new container handling technologies which promise to streamline operations for the ultra-efficient terminals of the future.
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NewsCompetition intensifies FOR BIG PROJECTS
As the competition regime for big projects intensifies, David Robinson examines future dredging schemes and the aims behind them.
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NewsICTSI Signs for Gdynia & Plans Big Capacity Boost
Senior executives of International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) and of the Port Authority of Gdynia gathered in Gdynia Friday 30 May for the official signing ceremony that marked the completion of the privatisation process for the port of Gdynia''s Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) and its acquisition by ICTSI as ...
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New Box Terminal for Vancouver
The Vancouver Port Authority has announced that it expects to begin construction of a new $800m container terminal at Roberts Bank by 2007.
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Spy in the Box
911 continues to prompt the ongoing application of new technology in the container system designed to prevent terrorist acts and as a useful bi-product reduce cargo crime; one of the latest innovations being All Set Tracking''s " Smart and Secure" electronic seal for containers.
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NewsBulky issues
Today' s pneumatic unloaders offer significant operational advantages but energy consumption can be a prohibitive issue, writes Benedict Young
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NewsClock ticking at Halterm
The first quarter results reported by Halterm, one of the two Halifax container terminal operators, show a goodwill write down of C$56m and tell the story of dark days ahead for the embattled terminal operator.
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NewsClydeport commits to Hunterston hub environmental study
Clydeport has announced a full environmental study conducted by Halcrow for its proposed international container transhipment terminal at the Hunterston deep-water site on the Clyde.
