All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 14
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Java's new BIP port gets lift-off
Construction of the Bojonegara International Port (BIP), west of Jakarta, began in December with the inauguration of the project in Banten by President Megawati Soekarnoputri.
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Vizhinjam major box player?
Kerala Port Department (KPD) is progressing plans to convert Vizhinjam into a major international container terminal. Despite the fact that it is only 200km from the location of the proposed Vallarpadam transhipment terminal, near Kochi, KPD insists it will not affect traffic.
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Lazero Cardenas and Ningpo opt for Navis
Lazaro Cardenas Terminal Portuaria de Contenedores (LCT), operated by Hutchinson Port Holdings, has selected Navis SPARCS, the terminal planning and control software, to optimise container-handling operations at its new terminal.
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NewsCARVE-UP THREAT TO DUISURG EXPANSION STRATEGY
Strategy and future planning at Europe''s biggest inland seaport and logistics service centre, Duisburg on the Rhine, appeared under a cloud as the year changed after reports that both the German Government and the local state of Northrhine Westphalia were considering selling their shares. Tom Todd reports.
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Kuwait revamps ports to chase Iraqi traffic
Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) is to invest $100m in upgrading capacity at its three container terminals in the ports of Shuwaikh, Shuaiba and Doha in order to cope with an expected upsurge of 45% in demand to and from Iraq following the recent regime change there.
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Chinese and Trinidad & Tobago select SeaSecure
The Chinese government has selected maritime security and counter-terrorism consultants, SeaSecure, to provide training for the Hong Kong Marine Department in preparation for ISPS Code compliance.
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US seeks IMO standards for company security officers
However, assistant US Customs attache Peter Darvas said it will try to make the task easier by researching ways to make its systems more compatible with those used in other countries.The US wants the IMO to oversee the standards of shore-based company security officers under the auspices of the ISPS ...
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NewsQUAY CONSTRUCTION ISSUES
The varied nature of construction works for port developments gives rise to a number of specific issues of which port developers and financiers need to be aware, writes Patrick Leece .
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Cosco to invest in Tianjin
During the past year, 1,100 new longshoremen were hired, increasing employment for an industry that already supports 228,000 jobs in the region.Cosco Pacific, the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of China's largest shipping line, has signed a memorandum of understanding to take a 50% stake in the construction of six new berths ...
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Indonesia cracks down on monopolies
Hutchison and stateowned Pelindo II controlled Jakarta Container Port may be forced by the Indonesian anti-monopoly agency to terminate its operations on competition grounds.
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NewsPMSi and CRG team up
Control Risks Group''s international maritime division has joined forces with PMSi (Port Maritime Security International) to offer a complete security solution throughout the logistics supply chain.
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US Customs looks to cut out doubling up
US Customs has rejected calls to take manifest details about export goods direct from other Customs agencies, saying it is unworkable.
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NewsLUANDA DECISION RAISES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS
The award of the Luanda container terminal concession has not been without controversy, raising local and broad-based issues regarding the management and operation of container terminals by groups with strong shipping line links. Mike Munday reports
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Japanese promote efficiency
The Japanese Transport Ministry is to introduce three pilot projects aimed at streamlining container handling. Five ports are under consideration as being suitable locations for the trials, these being Tokyo-Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka-Kobe, Kita-Kyushu and Fukuoka.
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NewsMetalock Engineering
Having ascertained that the slew ring on its 20 year-old cement unloader was in need of replacement, the management of Forth Ports, Leith called in Metalock Engineering to machine the 3.28 metre diameter slew ring surfaces to a high degree of flatness. This enabled a new slew ring to be ...
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NewsMOBILITY EQUALS FLEXIBILITY
Mobile pneumatic ship unloaders find their place where flexibility comes before pure capacity - and if storage space is at a premium, reports Alex Hughes .
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NewsLiebherr's uplifting figures
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing delivered 48 units last year including 11 of its biggest crane in its 7-model range, the LHM 500, characterised by a maximum outreach of 51 meters and a lifting capacity up to 140 tonnes suitable for handling post-panamax vessels and claimed to be the most powerful harbour mobile ...
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NewsU.S. ports welcome grants but heed shut-down warning
US ports seeking federal grants for 1,065 security enhancement measures have learned that 442 of the plans will be funded. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) named recipients of $179,025,900 in the third round of federal grants for port security.
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NewsGreenSeas Trust
GreenSeas Trust, established by Fazilette Khan (one of Port Strategy''s regular contributors), has been officially registered as a charity organisation.
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Gwadar project could help or hinder regional stability
According to governmentissued projections, the Pakistan-China joint venture to build a $248m deep-sea port at Gwadar will be completed by March 2005.
