All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1158
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CARGO SERVICE CONTRACT
Kalmar has won a comprehensive maintenance deal from Cargo Service at the Port of Aarhus, Denmark for 19 new Kalmar straddle carriers, due for delivery in spring 2007.The all-inclusive contract, which includes an option to extend, requires Kalmar to supply Cargo Service with preventative and breakdown maintenance, engineering support, daily ...
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NewsCapacity drain
It is an interesting phenomenon of the 21st Century that the international container handling market has seen available containerport capacity dry up in so-called mature markets. It happened on the US West Coast and the UK in 2004, and arguably it is happening again now in northern Europe.
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NewsMalacca Strait fund call
Japan''s The Nippon Foundation has spear-headed a call for a cost-sharing scheme to protect the future of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.
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Call for South Island freight hub
A "two islands, two hubs" solution is required to rectify "distortions" in New Zealand''s logistical and transport sectors, according to Canterbury Manufacturers'' Association (CMA) chief executive John Walley. Particularly incensed about the lack of a local roll-on roll-off option to Australia for companies based in the South Island, Mr Walley ...
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NewsA buyer's market
Recruitment specialists in the ports and shipping industry say demand for good quality staff is clearly outstripping supply.So how best to recruit - and retain - staff? Felicity Landon reports It is,says Phil Parry,chairman of maritime employment agency Spinnaker Consulting,a buyer''s market.
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BUENAVENTURA WINDFALL
The Colombian government has allocated $450m to the port of Buenaventura.
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NewsBuena vista
Argentina''s leading port is sitting pretty on strong volumes, but will capacity come on stream quick enough to cater for increased demand? Rob Ward investigates
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NewsBrazilian for Khorfakkan terminal
CMA CGM has opted for Gulftainer''s Khorfakkan Container Terminal as a Middle East call on its Vasco service, covering Brazilian ports to and from the Middle East and South Asia.
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TAURANGA BOXES CLEVER
NZX service vessel Dolores was recently completely discharged at the Port of Tauranga by three cranes over a 23.2-hour period. The resulting 2064 container moves were completed at an average vessel rate of 91 moves per hour and average crane rate of 31.7 movers per hour.The world standard for crane ...
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BROMMA BOOSTS SPREADER SALES
Stockholm-based Bromma Group received orders for more than 900 telescopic crane spreaders last year,more than all of Bromma''s competitors combined, the manufacturer claims.
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Iran boosts capacity at ports
By 2010, capacity across all Iran is ports will have reached 150m tonnes, compared with 115m tonnes at present.
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Melbourne prospects boost
A deepening project proposed for Victoria''s Port Phillip Bay has been given the thumbs-up by the treasurer of Victoria, John Brumby.
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VENEZUELAN BOX BLOCK
The government of Venezuela has recognised that there is a developing problem with stranded containers clogging the stacking yards of its box terminals, because of the difficulty some companies have in acquiring dollars at preferential rates.
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Paradip builds two berths
India''s Paradip port is to issue tenders within the next three months for the construction of two new berths; one to handle iron ore exports, while the other will concentrate on imported coking coal.
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NewsBarcelona trawls in transhipment business in defiance of nearby competing terminals
Barcelona-based Tercat moved 1m teu last year, of which around 42% was in the form of transhipped boxes. However, the terminal was never built with transhipment in mind. In fact, according to terminal manager Josep Ollés, the percentage of boxes rotated in and out by sea is a comparatively recent ...
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NewsRotterdam's ECT bans empties
ECT Delta terminal in Rotterdam is no longer accepting empty containers as a means of reducing the dwell time of boxes in the terminal.
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NORWAY BLAZES BALLAST TRAIL
Norwegian ports are to implement strict controls on ballast water management this year to meet standards set down in an IMO Convention, which has yet to be adopted internationally.
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Ladyman backs Mersey future
UK transport minister Stephen Ladyman has thrown his weight behind a lobbying campaign to raise the profile of Merseyside''s growing maritime sector.
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DP World calls off Australian merger
DP World has abandoned plans to merge its Australian subsidiary P& O Maritime Services with offshore oil services firm Mermaid Marine Australia. An agreement, which had been reached by both sides in December, would have involved a share swap, leaving DP World with a 60% stake in the joint company. ...
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NewsSohar attracts serious investment
The port of Sohar in Oman has attracted $12bn of industrial and infrastructure investment in under three years, prompting its corporate communications manager Dirk-Jan de Vink to note that it was now the ''fastest-growing port project in the world''.
