All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 924
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Two new Dar es Salaam terminals
Tanzania Ports Authority plans to implement a $560m plan to build two new container terminals at the port of Dar es Salaam. These will add an additional 500,000 teu capacity to existing installations, which handled 460,000 teu in 2010. Construction is expected to take place by the end of next ...
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French dockworkers call off strikes
Dockworkers in France ended a six week campaign of strikes, having reached an agreement with employers in respect of early retirement.
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Burgas issues terminal tender
The Bulgarian government has issued a tender in respect of privatisation of Terminal 2A at the port of Burgas. This container handling facility, offering a 268,000 m² terminal served by 870 m of quay, will be available as a 35-year concession.
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NewsDP World excluded from Callao North concession
Peru''s judicial system has ruled in favour of an appeal by the Ministry of Transport against an injunction filed by DP World, which had sought to be included in the tender for the concession to operate the new North Quay at Callao.
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NewsVallarpadam gets underway
The container hub at Vallarpadam, inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in February, is being heralded as a money-saver for India’s businesses.
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Lach Huyen financing problem
Lach Huyen, Vietnam’s new super-port in the north of the country, has run into problems on the back of a change in investor, sources have reported.
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Central tariff control to go in India
India''s Shipping Ministry is considering doing away with fixing tariffs for major ports, passing responsibility for this to the ports themselves. Instead, a new regulator for the sector will be appointed who will be responsible for setting, monitoring and regulating service levels as well as technical and performance standards.
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NewsDP World's ICTT suffers teething problems
DP World''s recently commissioned International Container Transshipment Terminal at the Indian port of Vallarpadam is said to be suffering serious teething problems.
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NewsHPH unsure of Lázaro Cárdenas investment
Hutchison Port Holdings has admitted it is concerned about the certainty and security of its investment in Lázaro Cárdenas, following the publication of a tender for a second container terminal at the Mexican port.
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NewsLyttelton back in business
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) made a full return to operations in the third week of March, handling its first export shipment of coal and container shipping exchanges since the February 22 earthquake.
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US EPA opts to cap PCBs
Cleaning up the bottom of New Bedford Harbor is a priority for the US EPA.
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NewsDitch politically-motivated infrastructure schemes
With attention focused on the ongoing sagas of the Highway Trust Fund, it’s clear that Obama advisor’s advisors (keenly aware of the old adage, “Cargo does not vote”) are not looking carefully at maritime issues.
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NewsSouth African stand-off
With Transnet undergoing a massive transformation, Stevie Knight considers the future
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NewsThe Climeport Approach
A successful methodology for knowledge and effective actions definition in global warming fighting.
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NewsThe ongoing process towards the reduction of ship's air emissions
The shipping industry has taken a variety of measures to reduce air emissions from ships during the last decennium.
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Dredging with Gladstone
Gladstone Ports Corporation has announced that the first $A387million stage of the $A1.3 billion Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project has been awarded to a joint venture between Van Oord and Dredging International Australia.
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Major Expansion of the Port of Hanstholm
Carl Bro in Denmark has signed a major contract with the Port of Hanstholm for a major expansion of the port.
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New York Waterfront Plan
New York’s new waterfront plan will commit to spend more that $US3bill over the next three years.
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APM new build in Costa Rica
APM expects to start construction for a new container terminal in the Limón province of Costa Rica in early 2013.
