All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1084
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Farfán back in the courts
The proposed new Panamanian Port of Farfán is once again the subject of a new legal challenge.
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APM Terminals
During the past 12 months, APM Terminals has opened major facilities at Tangier in Morocco, at Portsmouth,Virginia, and at Guangzhou, at the mouth of the Pearl River.
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Saudi traffic up
Overall, in the first quarter, ports in Saudi Arabia handled a combined 36.1m tonnes, 9.94% up on the previous year.
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Turning on innovation
A specialised distribution tractor from Kalmar has been designed to get trailers between loading areas and parking twice as quickly as traditional road tractors.
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June Oz News Snippets from Dave Mac
The Western Australian Government has approved A$194.1m (US$187m) for capital works in Fremantle. This includes deepening the Inner Harbour and approach channels, and strengthening the North Quay berths. The aim is to cater for container vessels with a draught of 14 metres.
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Ennore compiles shortlist
Ennore Port Trust is to put together a shortlist of six bidders from the 22 that originally made offers for the concession to build the $305m 1.5m teu container terminal at the Port.
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Tallinn port strategy unveiled
Estonia''s Port of Tallinn has finalised a new strategy covering the period up to 2015, which focuses primarily on containers, for which it has capacity of up to 1.2m teu per annum. The port will also concentrate on new car traffic, which currently accounts for 300,000 units annually.
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Prince lures potash
Prince Rupert port has won favour with potash specialist Canpotex as the site for a new West Coast potash terminal.
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Kalmar tractors for St Petersburg
The Russian National Container Company has ordered 19 TR618i (Icon series) tractors from Kalmar for two terminals in St Petersburg. The units are scheduled to be delivered by September 2008.
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Tanjung Priok needs congestion relief
The Indonesian Exporters Association says that Indonesia needs additional import-export facilities to relieve congestion at Tanjung Priok port. Sites at Bekasi and Karawang have been suggested as possible locations for the new ports.
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NewsShoreham boosts Hyster forklift family
UK south cost port of Shoreham has boosted its timber handling capacity with eight new Hyster Fortens H5.5FT diesel forklift trucks, featuring a high lift capacity and a small chassis with a 600mm load centre.
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Rising imports swamp Vietnamese
The deputy Vietnamese prime minister has ordered the Ministry of Transport to expedite the clearance of imports and exports that are building up at ports serving Ho Chi Minh City.
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Dibden Bay "safeguarded" for the future
Dibden Bay will be "safeguarded" for future use within Southampton''s port masterplanning exercise, it has been revealed.
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Indo-Malaysian group gets Vizhinjam
The Malaysian company Penbinan Redzai, along with Indian partners Lanco Infratech and Lanco Kondapalli Power, has been awarded a 33-year concession to build a container terminal at the Indian Port of Vizhinjam.
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Dorset withdraws objections to Portland plans
Dorset County Council has withdrawn its objections to a major expansion at the south coast port of Portland, after the port agreed to contribute to the cost of local road improvements.
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DP World falls short of Chennai performance targets
Chennai container terminal operator DP World has agreed to pay $22m in compensation for not having covered minimum container throughput figures for non-transhipment traffic between December 2006 and November 2007.
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NewsPanama targets canal traffic
Panama Port Authority is aiming to boost its logistics provision to enable national ports to operate as international hubs.
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Terminal View release
The latest version of Terminal View, a 3D tool that enables port and intermodal operators to zoom into any area of the terminal and monitor operations in real-time, has been released by Tideworks Technology.
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NewsTCB expansion tender issued
Barcelona Port Authority has issued a tender for the extension of the South Quay, which will be incorporated into the concession of Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB).
