All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 975
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Itapoá Terminal gets SPARCS system
Itapoá Terminais Portuários, a port located in Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil, will implement the NavisTM SPARCS N4 system from Zebra Enterprise Solutions with plans to go live by 2011. The software integrates gate-to–yard-to-vessel operations.
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Sochi to have eight new terminals
A $32m contract is to be offered by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise RosMorPort for the development of technical documents and construction of eight terminals at Sochi seaport. Three of these will be brand new and the other five rebuilt terminals, with work to be completed by the first quarter ...
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NewsClaims camouflage
As trade volumes have fallen and times have become less frenetic, port insurance claims have slowed, reports Felicity Landon
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Two bid for Genova MP terminal
Two consortia have bid to operate the multipurpose terminal at the Italian port of Genova. These are headed by Messina/Gavio and Grendi, Spinelli and Pastorino, with the former having been assessed as the high scoring candidate.
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Antaq to rule on third party traffic
Controversy continues in Brazil regarding privately-owned terminals handling third-party traffic.
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Portland adds bank to secure debt
The Australian port of Portland has brought another bank into its funding portfolio as part of its moves to refinance its senior secured debt facility. The port had an existing relationship with National Australia Bank but has now added ANZ Banking Group to the equation.
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Bids received for South Harbour
Sri Lanka Ports Authority has confirmed the success of talks with China Merchants Holdings and Aitken Spence in respect of a build, operate and transfer contract in the new South Harbour development. A contract is expected to be signed shortly.
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Antwerp to improve connections with France
The port of Antwerp aims to strengthen its position as a maritime gateway to France, promoting lower costs for transportation to regions such as Lille-Roubaix-Valenciennes and Alsace-Lorraine.
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New Al-Faw port project
Iraqi Transport Minister, Amer Abdul-Jabbar, has announced that an Italian consortium is to construct a new port at Al-Faw.
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Gottwald cranes get onboard energy store
Gottwald has unveiled a new energy-saving hybrid drive, employing state-of-the-art diesel generators in connection with dynamic brake resistors and short-term energy storage to achieve fuel savings in the double-digit percentage range.
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NewsCommercial operations start at Pusan Newport
Pusan Newport International Terminal (PNIT), a joint venture between PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) and Hanjin Corporation in Busan New Port, South Korea, has started commercial operations as a Pacific transhipment hub.
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Brazil extends port concessions without new tender
The Brazilian government is to extend several concession contracts for terminal operators at Brazilian ports, despite the 1993 Ports Law requiring a tender to be issued in each case.
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NewsBox chassis solution
With the trend of free chassis for truckers and logistics specialists changing in the US, shipping lines are looking at cost effective ways to transport containers, without having to carry the costs of the chassis too, says logistics company BLT.
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Adani group unveils Orissa mega-port plan
The Adani group, which already operates Mundra Port on India''s West Coast, is poised to create what could be the largest private port in India on the eastern coast of the country.
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NewsSafe and sound
HFW''s Flora Stewart asks if the disjointed safety regimes in place in the UK go far enough to protect dockworkers
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Durban upgrade completed
A major port upgrade programme has been completed in Durban, South Africa, the biggest of its kind on the African continent.
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Linde handling equipment for Chittagong
Linde Heavy Truck Division Limited has signed two major contracts worth around €3m ($4.1m) with Chittagong Port Authority.
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Chileans to return to ports privatisation
After a lull of six years, the Chilean government is to reactivate its ports privatisation programme in 2010.
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Better gates at Virginia
Virginia International Terminals (VIT) has invested in improved security and speed with an OCR portal that automates container identification and truck licence plates.
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NewsRemembering ICTSI’s Andy Andrews
April 13, 2010 saw the passing of one of the terminal operating industry’s memorable characters, Francis Meredith Andrews, better known as Andy Andrews to his many friends and colleagues.
