All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1152
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VENEZUELA AND CUBA IN PORT JV
Venezuela''s Ministry of Infrastructure has been instructed to set up a joint company with Cuba, which will be known as Bolivariana de Puertos (BPSA), to modernise, rehabilitate, equip and build ports in both countries. Equity will be divided 51%:49% in favour of Venezuela.
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NewsJadeWeserPort crosses planning hurdle
Construction of Germany''s new ¢ 950m ($1.3bn) super-containerport at Wilhelmshaven is set to begin in earnest this summer after planning permission was approved.
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Taking crewing to the minimum
Manning levels aboard port tugs is a contentious issue and depend very largely on national and local maritime regulations. A crew of two in a 25m, 70 tonnes bollard pull tug is acceptable in some countries but may be constrained by operating procedures or local port rules. However well designed ...
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K-Line hybrid cranes mark Japan first
K-Line group company, the Daito Corporation, has ordered three hybrid cranes for Ohi Terminal in Tokyo and Honmoku Terminal in Yokohama.
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KALMAR RENTAL COUP
Sweden''s largest timber products company has agreed a multi-year rental contract with Kalmar for 31 specially developed forklift trucks.
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NewsGermany keeps crane control real
Specialist manufacturer Emotron has developed a new crane centre in Wernigerode, Germany, where customers can experience live simulation of crane control.
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NewsFlexsim first with container terminal tool
Utah-based Flexsim Software Products has created a new simulation tool specifically geared towards container terminal planning.
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Re-writing the concessioning small print
It has become increasingly clear in the last two or three years that there is a growing requirement to consider in greater detail the aspect of exit arrangements from a terminal concession or a similar contract that gives management and operating rights to a specific party for a given port ...
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NewsICTSI granted Guayaquil concession
ICTSI has been granted a 20-year concession to manage the Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil. Its initial priority will be to reinforce existing quaysides at a cost of around $168m, taking two years to implement. Total investment across the 20 years of the concession will be around $800m.
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Jade outshines competition for lucrative Gdansk contract
Poland''s DCT Gdansk has selected Jade Software Corporation''s (JSC) port operating software for the management of the country''s only deepwater container terminal, scheduled to open on June 1, 2007.
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Chittagong go-slow cripples operations
Workers belonging to Chittagong port authority implemented a policy of nonco- operation following the takeover of management of the container terminal by private company Saif Powertec.
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NewsChina Shipping swaps Spanish services
China Shipping has moved its prestigious AEX-1 service, which links the Far East with northern Europe, from Marítima Valenciana in Valencia to TCB in Barcelona.
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NewsChennai two terms confirmed
Chennai Port Trust has released the terms of the recently-awarded PSA-Sical 30-year concession to operate the second container terminal in the port.
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Reality check
In the UK,if you turn on the radio,look at the television or read the newspaper it is virtually guaranteed that you will be exposed to an array of facts, discussions or opinions about the environment. And we are not alone; our colleagues around the world are no doubt being subjected ...
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MELBOURNE CHANNEL
The Victorian Government has released a supplementary environment effects report into the proposed channel-deepening project for the Port of Melbourne. The report includes data from more than 40 technical studies and a trial dredge.
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Changing tide of German opinion
Few now appear to doubt the future strategic importance of what will be Germany’ s only deep-water container terminal: the idea, once scoffed at, appears to have literally grown on Germans.
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NewsFacing the real challenges
Steel handling specialist WE Dowds says unloading vessels and filling up warehouses is “ the relatively straightforward part” . “ The real challenge, and the benchmark we use to gauge how well we are doing, is to deliver the material on time to the right customer,” says chairman Charles Dowds.
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NewsWork starts on West Coast security centre
The Port of Long Beach broke ground on a $20m security command and control centre in April.
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KPT re-thinks causeway plan
Karachi Port Trust is rethinking its plan to link the proposed Pakistan Deepwater Container Port by a six kilometre long causeway following an initial cost assessment.
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Multi-sector plan encourages Rostock cargo growth
Although best known for booming ferry and ro-ro traffic, east Germany’ s biggest port, Rostock, continues to surprise, with eggs in many baskets as part of a strategy of universal, multisector development.
