All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1177

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    ICTSI signs for $120m "war chest"

    2006-11-01T18:27:00Z

    International Container Terminals Services Inc (ICTSI) has signed a $120m Standby Credit Facility with a consortium of banks led by ABNAMRO Bank N.V. The facility is designed to complement ICTSI''s expansionist ambitions.

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    HIT smashes through 100m teu barrier

    2006-11-01T18:27:00Z

    Hongkong International Terminals celebrates the 100m teu handling mark, a world record for Hong Kong''s busiest port. Guest of honour Stephen Ip, Secretary for Economic Development and Labour Bureau (middle),joined John Meredith, group managing director of Hutchison Port Holdings (left) and Eric Ip, managing director of HIT (right) in commemorating ...

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    Steelbro sidelifters stirring up a storm

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    Sidelifters, already popular in Scandinavia, are set to change the way containers are handled throughout Europe, according to Steelbro distributor Ulf Hallqvist. Sidelifter technology allows the container to be placed with precision anywhere a truck can access to load or unload the container.

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    Sowing the Seeds

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    The key to securing port staff is to start at grass roots level. And, as Felicity Landon finds out, be prepared to invest time and money.

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    MORE RTGS TO SPAIN

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    The CCTV system includes numerous dome cameras, providing high-quality digital images via a wireless WiMAX LAN, which spans an area around the port of over 10 sq km. Dragados has awarded KCI Konecranes a repeat contract of eight RTG cranes as part of Dragados' expansion project at Terminal de Contenedores ...

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    A year to remember

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    Still with two months to go, it has already been quite a year for African concessions.  

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    TECHINT REFURB

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    Techint Technologies has refurbished a 35m boom reclaimer used for handling bauxite in Brazil by Alunorte Alumina.

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    The space race

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    Is every inch of your shoreside being used to its full potential? Alex Hughes finds out that a little expertise can go a long way in stockyard planning.

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    The stacking quandary

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    Yard planning experts have contrasting opinions on what to do with containers as they are being discharged from the ship. Some argue it is better to move recently discharged boxes to their final positions in the stacking yard immediately, while others disagree stating that temporary stacks should be created close ...

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    Property versus ports

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    The acquisition of Mersey Docks & Harbour Company by Peel Group, which has a long record in development and regeneration projects, caused many to ask whether Peel has more interest in cashing in on potential property developments than the ports operation.

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    What's in a number?

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    We are really creatures of habit. Take numbers for instance.We have a blind urge to compare one number with the next. For example, how does that compare with what the competition is saying, or what they said last time, or what are we saying or better still, what was that ...

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    Tough year for New Zealand port revenue

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    A slowdown of the local economy has seen average recent financial returns slide from New Zealand''s three largest cargo-trading ports.  

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    MOGADISHU REOPENS

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    Following 11 years of closure, Mogadishu''s international port has been reopened.However, it requires $1m of urgent repairs.

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    LNG NOD FOR TEESSIDE

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    The CCTV system includes numerous dome cameras, providing high-quality digital images via a wireless WiMAX LAN, which spans an area around the port of over 10 sq km. Middlesbrough-based PD Ports and Excelerate Energy has received approval for the plans to build a liquefied natural gas importation facility on Teesside.

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    MADRYN NEEDS INVESTMENT

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    State funding to the tune of $28m is needed for the Argentinean port of Madryn if it is to operate without problems in the future.The majority of the money is needed to repair Almirante Storni quay, which is used for the import and export of aluminium and fish.

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    No let up in investment

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    Despite concerns that South Africa''s port developments are being dragged out,large capital investments are planned for 2006 and 2007.  

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    PORT REVIEW STIRS UP INDUSTRY

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    Rumours Maersk Line will reduce its New Zealand port calls from nine to five, including a "primary port" in each island, has got the entire local shipping industry on tenterhooks.

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    INDIAN LOGISTICS LURE

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. Dubai-based Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone ...

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    Seven-year ports investment plan for India

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    Ports in India are to receive ¢ 9.35m over the next seven years as part of a national development plan to help them achieve a throughput target of 20m teu.

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    Hub potential yet to be realised

    2006-10-01T18:27:00Z

    With some joined up thinking and probably some outside help,Coega and Durban have all the ingredients to make it as South Africa''s core ports.