All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1151

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    Grain monopoly at Mombasa

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    A master plan covering the next 25 years, which was put together by Kenya Port Authority and approved by the government, proposes to concentrate bulk grain handling at a single terminal at Mombasa until at least 2028.

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    GOOD YEAR FOR IHC

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    IHC Holland Merwede is anticipating a 35% increase in turnover this year on the back on improved results from its dredging, offshore and marine businesses. In a booming year, the company''s sales doubled to ¢ 1bn ($1.4bn) in 2006 and net profit tripled to ¢ 31.2m ($42.2m).

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    Panning for gold

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Not all second-hand equipment is good equipment. Alex Hughes finds out that you need guarantees, quality assurance and, crucially, spares

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    Future-proof

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Bremen/Bremerhaven secures feedership role for the future as JadeWeserPort project gets go-ahead. Tom Todd reports

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    Fremantle halts new terminal plans

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    The Western Australian port of Fremantle has put a halt in the shortterm to any further consideration of a third container terminal in the Inner Harbour. Mediterranean Shipping Company had proposed to redevelop Berths 11 and 12 on North Quay as a container terminal. But for the moment the port ...

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    FREIGHT FORUM PROMOTED

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    The European Federation of Inland Ports and the European Sea Ports Organisation are to establish a "Platform of European Sea and Inland Ports" to strengthen co-operation between both organisations.

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    Humber sets legal first with wildlife project

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    A landmark legal agreement between industry and conservationists has led to the creation of more than 60 hectares of wildlife habitat at a cost of £ 3.5m.

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    RREEF finds nourishment in Maher

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    An affiliate of the RREEF fund, a Deutsche Bank entity investing in infrastructure assets, has confirmed that it will be acquiring Maher Terminals - active in New York and gaining a foothold in British Columbia. Prices in this private deal were not disclosed, but the frenzy created by funds ...

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    Faster, safer, more secure

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Manufacturers of auto-mooring equipment for ports and harbours see only benefits for users,as David Foxwell explains

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    Salalah plans massive expansion

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    The Port of Salalah is to increase capacity by more than 200% over the next seven years according to its new master plan. Berth 5 is due to come online by the second quarter of this year and Berth 6 by the first quarter of 2008.These will add 969 metres ...

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    PORT HEDLAND EXPANSION

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Expansion plans approved by BHP will see Port Hedland reclaim the title of Australia''s largest port by 2010. The fourth stage of BHP''s A$2.3bn ($1.9bn) Rapid Growth Project will boost the port''s iron ore capacity to 155m tonnes per year.The expansion involves upgrades from the mines to the port, including ...

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    KUWAITIS TO EXPAND TANGA

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Kuwait and Gulf Link Port International have signed an agreement to build a series of deep water berths in Mwambani Bay, which forms part of the Tanzanian port of Tanga.The work, which includes the provision of handling equipment, has been costed at $400m.

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    PORT MARLBOROUGH ESTABLISHES PROPERTY SUBSIDIARY

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    A new subsidiary company, Port Properties, has been created by Port Marlborough to manage its NZ$50m ($36.8m)- valued property assets.The move is a reflection of the volume and scale of the property development activities likely to be undertaken at the port over the next few years and will also enable ...

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    Palermo environmental study illegal

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    An environmental license granted to Palermo Port has been ruled illegal and may be revoked,putting port development in doubt.

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    The environmental issue: hot topic or here to stay?

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    It used to be that we were inundated with newsworthy reports on security issues and the various programmes and schemes with interesting acronyms such as TWIC and CTPAT. The lesson there was that they all have a cost associated with them. Today, the port industry is embroiled in environmental issues, ...

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    Double-edged strategy

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Kiel’ s focus on the two Cs of cruise and cargo should keep it on a steady course, as Tom Todd reports

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    Steely determination

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Ports are a critical hub in the steel industry’ s just-in-time supply chain.Felicity Landon looks at the challenges

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    Dizzying demands

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Hamburg is under pressure to accommodate future growth, widely anticipated to be double existing capacity, as Tom Todd discovers

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    Double demand on Marlborough

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    the port operation itself and quite of lot of undeveloped land and resources,” he said. “ Another encouraging sign is the logging, which had not been performing that well, but is improving at the moment. 

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    MORE NPA WORKERS CUT

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    The Nigerian Port Authority has made a further 3,000 workers redundant, bringing to 6,000 the number offloaded in the last eight months. It has borrowed ¢ 91m ($123m) to finance the cuts.