All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1110

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    TPS in major investment initiative

    2008-03-10T21:26:00Z

    Terminal Pací fico Sur Valparaí so (TPS) is to overhaul its fleet of equipment this year with the purchase of three reachstackers and six terminal tractors at a cost of $2m, and four rubber-tyred gantry cranes for a similar amount.

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    Tacoma ties partners into future development plans

    2008-03-10T21:26:00Z

    US west coast port Tacoma has signed a memorandum of intent with the Puyallup Tribe, Marine View Ventures and SSA Marine to enhance prospects for a new terminal development on the Blair-Hylebos Peninsula.

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    Chinese land Saudi contract

    2008-03-10T21:26:00Z

    China''s Harbour Contracting Engineering Company in partnership with local company the Rafid Group has been awarded a $586.7m contract to undertake infrastructure work at Saudi Arabia''s proposed Ras Al-Zour port. To be completed by 2010 this development will serve local fertiliser and aluminium smelting complexes.

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    Lyttelton figures buoyed by container growth

    2008-03-10T21:26:00Z

    New Zealand''s Lyttelton Port Co has recorded a near 10% growth in revenue over the first six months of its 2007/08 financial year.

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    Shaw Group awarded contract by GE

    2008-03-10T15:58:00Z

    The Shaw Group has announced that its Environmental & Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract by the General Electric (GE) Company for work on the Upper Hudson River dredging project.

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    2008-03-09T21:26:00Z

    ICTSI has contracted Kalmar to supply 13 fork lift trucks, four empty container handlers and 18 terminal tractors for its Contecon Guayaquil container terminal in the Ecuardorian port of Guayaquil.

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    Kalmar plants stake in Mexican turf

    2008-03-09T21:26:00Z

    Kalmar has acknowledged the growing importance of Mexico to its orderbook by establishing a new sales office in the Americas.

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    Firm set for concrete debut

    2008-03-09T21:26:00Z

    Kalmar Industries has received an order for 14 forklifts trucks from one of the Benelux region''s leading suppliers of concrete products - a first for the Swedish manufacturer.

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    Piraeus box handling offer

    2008-03-09T21:26:00Z

    Piraeus Port Authority has agreed to put out to concession for 30 years Berths 2 and 3, which are dedicated to container handling operations. These have backup land of 690,000 sq m. Berth 1 will remain under Port authority operation.

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    Environment high on EuDA agenda

    2008-03-09T10:14:00Z

    The European Dredging Association (EuDA) is an industry grouping of all the leading European dredging companies and their national federations situated in the political heart of Brussels.

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    Operation Stack gets an overhaul

    2008-03-08T21:26:00Z

    A traffic management plan in place on roads leading to the UK''s Port of Felixstowe to combat port-induced congestion has been revised.

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    ADB bankrolls PNG port

    2008-03-08T21:26:00Z

    Papua New Guinea''s most important port, Lae Port, is to receive a $100m loan from the Asian Development Bank to expand installations. A tidal basin will be created, as will a new multipurpose berth.

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    2008-03-08T21:26:00Z

    The Brazilian port of Paranaguá has issued a dredging tender worth $61.6m. It is the first ever issued in that country allowing international competition in this sector. The contract is for five years and involves work in the Canal da Galheta.

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    NOL terminal spin-off

    2008-03-07T21:26:00Z

    Shipping line Neptune Orient Lines is to create a separate business for its container terminal unit known as APL Terminals.

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    Malta Freeport expands

    2008-03-07T21:26:00Z

    CMA CGM is to invest ¢ 130m ($188.6m) in expanding the Malta Freeport container terminal, which the group first acquired in 2004. This will boost throughput from 1.9m teu to 3m teu.

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    Colombian dream for Moffatt & Nichol

    2008-03-07T21:26:00Z

    Consultant Moffatt & Nichol is in the final stages of completing detailed design, construction drawings, technical specifications and bid documents for Phase I of a new container terminal on the Aguadulce Peninsula in Colombia for ICTSI. Phase I includes extensive land reclamation, dredging of the berths and turning basin to ...

  • Port Strategy: The 4,200 teu Libra Mexico marks the maximum size that Itajaí port can currently handle
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    2008-03-07T21:26:00Z

    Brazil has admitted that many of its port access channels lack sufficient depth to accommodate modern ships meaning that ports such as Santos and Itaguaí cannot receive the latest generation of container vessel.

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    Port of Seattle adopts regional Clean Air Strategy

    2008-03-07T09:25:00Z

    . The Port of Seattle Commission has voted to adopt the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy, a joint effort to reduce seaport-related air emissions with the Port of Tacoma and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

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    Full house

    2008-03-06T21:26:00Z

    After much deliberation and no doubt plenty of sleepless nights, PD Ports has joined the chosen few in the circle of UK deepsea containerport development granted planning permission.

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    Congestion sidebar

    2008-03-06T21:26:00Z

    Making sure a terminal is able to run at its peak efficiency is the first thing port operators should strive for when seeking to eliminate congestion, according to the chief operating officer of the world''s largest container shipping company.