All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 962
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Brazilian ports desperate for investment
Senator Roberto Cavalcanti has publicly stated that private investment from both home and abroad is needed to reduce the existing port infrastructure bottleneck in Brazil, especially since 80% of Brazilian exports depends on its maritime ports.
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New berths at Busan
Busan New Port recently inaugurated 11 new berths divided between three new container terminals operated by Pusan New Port Company, Hanjin Shipping and Hyundai. When the full development is completed in 2015, the port will have 30 berths.
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Rio ready for five new terminals
The state of Rio de Janeiro will have five new terminals in the short to medium term. Açú, which is being built by LLX in the north of the State, is already half completed.
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Too many agencies in Nigerian ports
Nigeria''s Ministry of Transport has investigated claims put forward by the Joint Action Committee of Freight Forwarders that national ports are imposing illegal charges and found them to be true.
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Second port for Kenya mooted
A strong case is being made in Kenya for construction of a second port in Lamu given current high levels of congestion at Mombasa.
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NewsFears of knock-on congestion from Dalian closure
China''s Dalian port has reopened to traffic following a oil pipeline explosion earlier this week, but operations at Dalian Port Group crude oil terminal remain suspended pending a full investigation into the cause of the incident.
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NewsMontreal lockout disrupts Canadian shipments
Negotiations to end a four-day lockout at Canada’s Port of Montreal start today, under the supervision of government-appointed mediators.
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NewsIt's not 'business as usual' quite yet
Drewry’s latest Container Forecaster paints a far more positive picture for the industry in 2010, but there are still some areas of concern that could spoil the party quite quickly.
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"Next-generation” project for Otago
Port Otago has filed a resource consent application to deepen and widen its harbour channel, dispose of dredging spoil and extend wharves and berths. Expected to cost NZ$100m (US$70.7m), the project is aimed at preparing for the next-generation of containerships.
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NewsLessons from the US
The vigour with which President Obama has been beating the drum about what BP should have done and should now do regarding the disastrous rig blow-out in the US Gulf is a sight to behold.
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Muscat dry port
Oman International Container Terminal (OICT) has opened a new inland container depot (ICD) or “dry port” in Muscat. The Muscat Container Depot is Oman’s first ICD complete with customs facilities.
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Box flow study for Sydney
Sydney Ports Corporation is commissioning a study to find out the origin and destination of the container flows coming into and out of the port.
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Health and safety issues dog Antonina and Paranaguá
The Brazilian Ministry of Public Works in partnership with the Regional Works Superintendency has encountered irregularities in working conditions at the ports of Antonina and Paranagua, following a health and safety audit.
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NewsReport identifies projects with “national significance”
The latest Infrastructure Australia report outlines a number of port and logistics related projects that it says would help free up some of the country’s freight jams.
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Vacuum mooring for Dampier
An Australian mining port is to install a vacuum-based automated mooring technology. Hammersley Iron Pty, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, is putting in eight MoorMaster units at the Dampier Fuel Wharf, Parker Point, Western Australia.
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NewsHamburg contest celebrates new thinking
A contest organised by Hamburg Port Authority, looking for the best design concepts for its planned Central Terminal Steinwerder, attracted a host of innovative ideas.
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Malta Freeport expansion
Terminal 2 at Malta Freeport is to be expanded. The North Quay will be extended from 480 metres to 668 metres and the West Quay from 118 metres to 312 metres. The overall Birzebbuga terminal area will also grow by a further 25,500 square metres.
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NewsSucking up could help box terminals
The use of vacuum mooring solutions such as Cavotec’s MoorMaster can not only speed up and increase safety in ferry turnrounds but could allow the construction of container terminals in more exposed locations, says AECOM’s Richard Clarke.
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NewsMajor Yangtze crackdown on overloaded vessels
Chinese river ports from Sichuan province to Shanghai have been involved in the largest action yet against overloaded vessels in the region.
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NewsBrazil feeling the sugar rush
Brazilian ports such as Santos have been coming under pressure from the large number of handysize vessels arriving to pick up sugar exports, doubling waiting time at the port to around three weeks.
