All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1183
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KENYA PLANS SECOND DEEP-SEA PORT
High oil prices and international moves to support environmentally friendly product and services were key drivers in the creation of this cranes, according to the company.Kenya is to build a second deepwater port at Lamu at a cost of 194m. This will also involve constructing a railway link between the ...
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NewsNSICT: jewel in the crown
The first container terminal to be privatised in India is perhaps the most interesting one by far.
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New record for Mediterranean crane size
Gioia Tauro has taken delivery of what it claims are the largest cranes in the Mediterranean.
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NewsNew mobile harbour crane for Napier
A NZ$6m Gottwald HMK300E mobile harbour crane is expected to become fully operational at the Port of Napier in early September.
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MES green crane to cut fuel costs
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co has showcased a new yard crane which promises all-electrified movement, high efficiency and energy- and maintenance saving operation.
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ICTSI WINS TARTOUS CONCESSION
Hopes are that the port will serve Vietnam's future in global commerce.ICTSI has been awarded a 10-year concession to operate Tartous Container Terminal in Syria, with scope for a five-year extension in the contract. Also bidding were CMA CGM, Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport/Gulf Stevedoring and OPM/PWC Logistics. Tartous, claims ...
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Santos concession provokes outrage
A local councillor in the Brazilian city of Santos has criticised the decision by the local port authority to award an area of 80,000 sq m on the left bank to incumbent container terminal operator Santos Brasil without going through the process of an open tender.
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Cold shoulder for energy risks
Insurance is regularly about classes of business. Marine insurance and energy insurance are often to be found along the same corridor in firms, but they do not readily mix and they exhibit different propensities. The division is especially visible in an area like port insurance. Port insurers and reinsurers are ...
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Lion City port losing its roar
Singapore has held on to the top box port crown for two years running, but can it hold off rival Hong Kong for a third? Peter Trevalyn thinks not
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NewsMore than a sporting chance
The London Olympics organisers are going for green - and the opportunities for the region''s ports and waterways are obvious. Felicity Landon reports on the key role they could play in delivering a " sustainable" games
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Cerescorp opts for Liebherr cranes in Montreal
Liebherr Container Cranes has committed to supply one post panamax crane to Cerescorp''s Termont Terminal during the third quarter 2007.
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NewsCautious curiosity
Questions are being asked, but many ports are still not serious about building facilities to support automation, reports David Foxwell
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Transas scoops Korean business
Hyundai Merchant Marine sister company Haeyoung Maritime Service has contracted Transas Group''s distributor in Korea to supply simulators in South Korea after a false start with another unnamed supplier.
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NewsRiding the dry bulk wave
Australian ports are steaming ahead with expansion plans as cargo throughput surges.
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NewsHead to head: boxes versus cargo
New Zealand ports are celebrating impressive long term growth and not just for containers, reports Iain MacIntyre
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ROSTOV BUILDS SECOND BOX TERMINAL
Further expansion is required in order to meet future demand and the aim, in respect of the Kotka project, is to add container terminal equipment equivalent to a capacity of up to 50,000TEUs per year. The capacity of the Litke Bay Terminal is to be increased to 150,000TEUs (Phase II) ...
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Ravenna to build new box terminal
A feasibility study undertaken on behalf of Ravenna Port Authority has shown that it would be both financially and technically possible to justify deepening the draught of the port to 14.5 metres.
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Tianjin keeps pace with more box terminals
DP World Tianjin Holdings - a joint-venture between DP World and the Tianjin Port Group - is to build and manage a new container terminal at the Chinese port of Tianjin.
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Chennai box terminal demands
Labour relations at the Indian East Coast port of Chennai continue to undermine productivity at the port''s container terminal and have led to calls for the immediate creation of a second box handling facility there. In addition, some people in the port would like to see the concession agreement granted ...
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BOSKALIS PROFIT RISE
Royal Boskalis Westminster achieved a substantially higher net profit of 37.8m in the first half of 2006.
