All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 993
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Red Sea Gateway gets going
The completion of the first phase of Jeddah Islamic Port''s newest world-class container facility, Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT), was recently celebrated with the arrival of UASC''s Al Muttanabi. Located at the northern end of the Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP), the 1.8m teu, second-generation terminal constructed under a buil-operate-transfer agreement ...
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Enapu must be strengthened
Peru''s Exporters'' Association has called for the National Ports Company (Enapu) to be modernised and strengthened to allow it to act as a counterpoint to the country''s privatised ports terminal industry.
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NewsA matter of control
Intelligent controls and a green agenda are changing RTG drives for the better, as Stevie Knight discovers
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NewsTIS and Yuzhny find common ground
Andrii Kuzmenko, director of the TIS Container Terminal in the Ukraine, has cited the "extraordinary efforts" of both port staff and TIS employees as key to the resolution of the ongoing conflicts between the two parties.
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NewsHutchison makes UK emission pledge
Hutchison Ports UK has signed up its three UK ports up to the national 10:10 initiative, pledging to cut carbon emissions by 10% during 2010.
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NewsOngoing growth for Brisbane
Brisbane celebrates that rarest of things: increased profit in a recession. Iain MacIntyre finds out how it''s done
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La Paloma development to go ahead in Uruguay
Uruguay''s Transport and Public Works Minister, Victor Rossi, has said that a tender will be issued shortly for a $1bn deep water port. A Spanish consortium is reportedly interested in taking the project forward. The port would be at La Paloma, 210 kilometres east of Montevideo.
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NewsEU performance indicators
European ports have come a step closer to transparent reporting with the beginning of a research project to establish performance indicators.
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NewsTerminals and lines need to work together says ex-Maersk CEO
Low levels of growth and reduction in revenue brought about by the global economic crisis can only be combated by terminal operators and vessel owners working together, claims Christian Moller Laursen, the financial director of APM Terminals.
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TPS appeals against Valparaiso bid ban
The port of San Antonio in Chile has made available documents relating to the proposed tender for Terminal Number Nine, which will be offered as a 30-year concession for the handling of dry bulk. A single operator is being sought to handle and warehouse consignments.
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Vietnam issues ports master plan
The Vietnamese government has approved the national Seaport Development Master Plan, which calls for investment of $19.5bn-$23.8bn by 2020.
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NewsPerformance axe hangs over Botany stevedores
The newly-appointed New South Wales ports minister has quickly moved to reinforce his government''s commitment to improving the performance of Sydney''s Port Botany stevedores.
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NewsAustralasian Feature Third Lead
New Zealand''s future port scene will be shaped by natural market forces and not influenced by direct Government intervention.
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Ports America seals Seagirt deal
Maryland''s Seagirt Marine Terminal has been signed over on a 50-year lease to Ports America Chesapeake in a public-private partnership valued at $1.3bn to the State of Maryland over the life of the agreement.
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NewsAustralasian Feature Second Lead
A sign of increasing optimism about trade between Australia and Asia, Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has finalised an agreement with Sydney Ports Corporation for the development and operation of the third container terminal (T3) at Port Botany.
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NewsLayup plan may impact ports
If a German plan to put a group ship layup in place gets past the European Commission, it might well further impact on already burdened European ports.
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NewsUnions bemoan 'unsafe' ports working
Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) general secretary Joe Fleetwood says Kiwi ports are "cutting" safety corners due to the economic recession and increasing competition for available cargo.
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NewsAustralasian Feature -- MAIN LEAD
Ports down under have been spared the worst of the recession, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre report
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NewsHaiti port pivotal to aid operations
Food, water, medical aid, humanitarian supplies - the bulk of the aid to Haiti should be arriving by sea, the most effective way of delivering the truly massive amounts of aid needed by the victims of the earthquake.
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NewsIndonesian terminals to open around the clock
Indonesia''s 13 international ports are moving towards 24 hours-a-day operations, with Tanjung Priok, Makassar, Belawan and Tanjung Perak ports the forerunners for the move.
