All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1078
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Dighi Port concession
Dighi Port Ltd has entered into an agreement with the Maharashtra Maritime Board, State Government of Maharashtra, to run a 50-year development and operations concession at the port near Mumbai.
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Black Sea strength for APM
APM has begun development of a container terminal at the Ukrainian Port of Illichivsk.
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Damascus terminal 'ready for brisk business'
Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Ottari of Syria has officially inaugurated the Tartous International Container Terminal (TICT), Syria''s newest international trading gateway nearest to the country''s capital Damascus. The terminal is "ready for brisk business", according to Budhadev Majumdar, TICT general manager.
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Environmental coal yard for Port Pipavav
An environmental coal yard claiming to be "the only one of its kind" in the Indian sub-continent has been commissioned by Port Pipavav, Gujarat.
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One-stop for port equipment
Terminal and ro-ro tractors will now be distributed by a joint partnership between Cooper Specialised and MAFI, the manufacturer of in-plant transport systems.
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Russian market for Spanish engineer
Spanish company Fabrisem SL has broken into the Russian/CIS market with a contract for 17 trailers for National Container Company. Twelve trailers will be delivered to First Container Terminal in St Petersburg with the other five being delivered to the off-dock container terminal in Shushary, 20 km away.
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Reefer
The Garden City container terminal at the Port of Savannah, administered by Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), first introduced fixed, direct-wired reefer plugs in the 1970s, but in recent years has had to bring in diesel-powered gensets to provide reefer power because of an overall shortage of fixed installations.
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NewsReefer article
With lines increasingly seeking cold chain solutions around the world, ports are today under pressure to deliver reefer capacity. Alex Hughes reports
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Mixed funds for Valparaiso
Valparaiso Port Company has stated that the new jetty that it is going to develop will be taken forward using a mixed capital process. It has appointed BBVA Banco de Inversiones SA to structure a possible model that will prove attractive to investors. National as well as international investors are ...
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NewsMore capacity to take up the slack
Van Oord has taken delivery of HAM 318, the world''s largest trailing suction hopper dredger, after Chinese shipbuilder Cosco lengthened the vessel by 52m, increasing capacity from 23,783 m³ to 37,293 m³ .
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NewsBook your dredgers now!
In the race to secure increasingly scarce dredgers, land reclamation projects could fall at the first hurdle unless you book the contractor ahead of budget approval or buy your own dredgers, writes Patrik Wheater
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NewsMovement capture all the rage
UK-manufacturer Highway Energy Systems is set to take the global ports industry by storm with its innovative kinetic energy recovery system.
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NewsThird terminal for Algeciras Bay
Hanjin Shipping subsidiary Total Terminal International Algeciras is going to build and run what is set to be the third container terminal at the Port of Algeciras Bay.
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NewsAsciano slams decision to add new operators in Australia
Australian ports operator Asciano has criticised the New South Wales and Queensland governments, saying it was risky and expensive to introduce a third terminal operator to Sydney''s Port Botany and Brisbane Fisherman Islands.
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NewsChile sets out future agenda
Chile''s government is to invest in maritime infrastructure to improve connectivity in the country''s far south.
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Metro returns to its roots
Metro Ports has returned to the Pier 80 terminal of the Port of San Francisco to operate the omni-cargo terminal.
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Odessa stake for CMA
A 50% stake in Odessa container terminal in the Brooklyn Kiev Port, Ukraine, has been sold to Terminal Link, part of the CMA CGM group. The terminal will open late 2008 and have a throughput capacity of 200,000 teu.
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Gap Sook Lee steps down
Gap Sook Lee, president of Busan Port Authority (BPA), has resigned from his position. Mr Lee conveyed his appreciation to the employees of BPA for their work toward the development of Busan Port and asked them to continue their efforts to make Busan the hub port of Northeast Asia.
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Records for Port of Cork
Turnover at the Ireland''s Port of Cork has reached a record ¢ 24.9m ($38.6m) boosted by landmark throughput figures.
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Joint venture for APM and Pharung Shipyard Co
APM Terminals and Vinashin''s Pharung Shipyard Company have entered into a joint venture to develop a new container terminal in Vietnam''s Dinh Vu industrial zone.
