All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1055
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Tallinn investments
The Port of Tallinn has set itself strategic goals for its three major business lines - cargo handling, passenger transport and real estate development.
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NewsShare swap-shop for HPH
A giant share swap-shop has been taking place between Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), and the Evergreen group.
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Salalah expansion signs up tractors
Kalmar has been awarded a contract to supply 42 Ottawa 4x2 terminal tractors for the expansion of the Port of Salalah, located in the southern region of Oman.
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NewsOngoing orders for electric spreaders
Demand for Bromma''s Greenline range of all-electric spreaders showed no sign of waning in the last quarter on 2008.
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NewsPeru Ports Concessioning
Strong signs are emerging of a shake-up in Peru''s ports sector with the Prime Minister Yehude Simon stating that the government plans to prioritise ports, especially concessioning.
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NewsBusan committed to global programme
Bucking the trend, Busan Port is to globalise its operations in the face of the economic slowdown.
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Pimental woos Americans
US investors have shown great interest in financing the improvement of Pimentel port in the northern Peruvian city of Chiclayo, local mayor Roberto Jacinto Purizaca has said.
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Tuxpan to go ahead
The Mexican deep water Port of Tuxpan will definitely go ahead at a cost of $280m. Finance will come from a consortium of ports and industrial parks, as well as from the Spanish company Prointec and the government of Veracruz state.
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Seagirt terminal upgrade
Maryland Port Authority has hired consultants to identify potential bidders interested in spending $100m-$120m on boosting capacity at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in return for a lease agreement.
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Auckland revaluation
"Competitive" trading conditions have seen Auckland Regional Holdings drop Ports of Auckland''s book-value from NZ$587.8m (US$323.4m) to NZ$495.7m (US$272.7m). The Auckland Regional Council subsidiary also expects a NZ$24.3m (US$13.4m) dip in the port''s dividend yield over the next three years and NZ$100m (US$55m) drop over 10 years.
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Queensland port potential
A new port will be built if approval is forthcoming for a 30 million-tonnes-a-year coal mine in Queensland''s Galilee Basin. Hancock Prospecting has studied Abbot Point and Dudgeon Point, to the south of Hay Point, as possible locations.
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NewsPainting a rosy picture
A "Baltic Port Barometer" study carried out in June-August this year painted a rosy picture of growth and investment. Felicity Landon examines the findings
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LNG power is a shore thing
Mitsui OSK Lines has successfully tested a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled shore power supply system on the containership MOL Enterprise.
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The Italian job
Kalmar has acquired an 80% share of two Italian service companies, CVS Technoports and CVS Service from the CVS Ferrari Group, who will retain 20%. The companies will work under the name Officine Cargotec Ferrari and will focus on developing the service offering towards container and material handling customers in ...
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NewsTurkish port's expansion plans
Marport East (previously Kumport), has ordered another eight E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Kalmar to support its five-year expansion plan, which also includes land reclamation and bridge connections.
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Spain ramps up port investment
Spain''s Development Ministry is to invest ¢ 1.537bn ($1.94bn) in the national ports network, covering construction of 2,900 metres of linear berth and 91 hectares of new operating area.
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NewsCentrePort 'forgotten' in regional planning
Newly-appointed CentrePort Wellington chairperson Warren Larson believes the Capital City''s port is being overlooked in regional transport planning initiatives.
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Tractors to stand idle as market plummets
While current orderbooks will keep suppliers busy with deliveries until about August next year, the irony is that ports may be wondering what to do with their new machines when containership operators begin to lay up their vessels and the flow of containership traffic retracts.
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Paita concession timeline
.hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana }Investors interested in the concession for Peru''s Paita port, have until February 13, 2009 to present documents in the prequalification process, ProInversió n which promotes private investment there, has said. The 30-year Paita concession consists of the design, ...
