All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1082
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Kembla facelift mooted
Port Kembla could get seven new berths as part of a makeover of its outer harbour, under a master state ports plan for New South Wales.
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El Salvador port privatisation overhaul
The Autonomous Port Executive Commission of El Salvador is seeking private sector investors to take over management of its ports.
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NewsAn eastern man of port power
Turning 80 this July, Li Ka-shing has done more to revolutionise container terminals than just about anyone else. He has also been at the forefront of the fortunes of both Hong Kong and Shanghai ports.
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NewsDarwin Port profile
Australia''s northernmost port outpost is gearing up for substantive growth. Iain MacIntyre finds out more
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NewsCompetition: friend or foe?
Heated inter-port competition is making the headlines in New Zealand, which has led to large capital investment programmes which, some observers believe, will fail to realise competitive returns unless there is a rationalisation between ports in the future.
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Revitalising coastal shipping
New Zealand''s port industry is set to gain the fruits of a coastal shipping growth.
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NewsBirth of the super-port
Hong Kong and Shanghai have barely stopped for breath over the last 50 years, as Wing Kah-goh explains
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NewsBarry Parker - opinion submit July/Aug
Port workers in 29 ports along the US West Coast (including approximately 20,000 in Los Angeles/ Long Beach) refused, at the start of July, to extend an earlier contract and are now negotiating with the Pacific Maritime Association on a new agreement while continuing to work.
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NewsConsultants' article
Sometimes it pays to break with tradition, as consultants dealing with port citings in the US are discovering. Alex Hughes investigates
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Automated system for Vietnam port
Software provider Total Soft Bank has won a bid to supply its Computer Automated Terminal Operation System to SP-PSA International Port in Vietnam.
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Turn up the heat on security
Thermal imaging is fairly new in the security and surveillance sector, but Flir Systems is positioning itself for break into the market by two technological acquisitions.
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Forklift management tips
Forklift optimiser Transmon claims that port operators could do more to improve forklift performance beyond the installation of fleet management systems.
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NewsGiant dredgers for Dubai
A joint venture between Boskalis Westminster Middle East and Dredging International will see both companies mobilise some of the biggest trailing suction hopper dredgers in the world for the construction and expansion of Port Rashid, Dubai.
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NewsPhilippine initiatives for ICTSI
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has supported its presence in the Philippines, through two initiatives.
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NewsGreymouth port lifeline
Port Westland has been granted a one-year contract to manage the rundown port of Greymouth by the Grey District Council.
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Nigeria private cash boost
According to Michael Hansen, managing director of APM Terminals in Nigeria, the local economy has benefited to the tune of $400m following privatisation of many of the country''s ports.
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Growth for Lagos
APM has more than doubled the quayside capacity of its Apapa Container Terminal, the largest container facility in Nigeria, with the installation of four more gantry cranes.
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Logs take care of empties
Continuing high bulk vessel charter rates are seeing New Zealand forestry product exporters increasingly investigating containerising their consignments.
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Brazil favours port investment
Brazil is to extend until 2010 its so-called Reporto tax incentive to enable ports and terminals to purchase equipment, as well as modernising and expanding infrastructure.
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Peruvian port progress
Peru is undergoing a spate of new ports building as its trade with the rest of the world mushrooms.
