World News – Page 110
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NewsTruckers open fire on Australia surcharges
In Australia, the latest controversial “port infrastructure” surcharges put in place by stevedores have seen opposition from truckers.
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NewsBox throughput up in Latin America
Ports in Latin America and the Caribbean saw container throughput rise by 7.7% year-on-year in 2018.
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NewsDjibouti ordered to pay US$385m to DCT
DP World secured another legal victory this week when the Djibouti government was ordered to pay US$385m plus interest to Djibouti port operator Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT) for breaching its exclusivity rights by developing container facilities at Doraleh Multipurpose Terminal.
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NewsBatu Ampar investment to rival PSA Singapore
Indonesia''s state port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia I (Pelindo I) has invested S$115m into the Port of Batu Ampar to raise its competitiveness in a move which may pit it against PSA Singapore.
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NewsItapoá secures major IDB loan
Brazil’s Porto Itapoá, a private-use terminal located in Santa Catarina state, has concluded a financing package worth $116m to boost capacity.
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NewsConditions still not right for Ilo investment
Gustavo Jáuregui, managing director of the National Chamber of Commerce of Bolivia, has stated that neither Bolivia nor Peru have yet made significant-enough progress to enable them to make public-private co-investment in the Port of Ilo, which is viewed as a genuine alternative to the Chilean Puerto de Arica for ...
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NewsLocked horns and bad blood in Djibouti
DP World’s unceremonious eviction from Djibouti sends a chilling message to other foreign investors. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsA region of port powerhouses
China may dominate the port top ten, but it’s not the only country making sure its voice is heard in East Asia, finds Kate Jones
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NewsSoutheast Asia takes reinvention seriously
Southeast Asia, once considered a pool of low-cost labour, is attempting to ditch its old labels and loosen the grip of some established institutions, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsCall for Tema Port expansion probe
The Tema West Constituency chairman of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said that negotiations on the contract for APMT’s $1.5bn Tema Port expansion project were not properly carried out and that the deal is financially questionable.
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NewsMajor port operator battles “headwinds”
The outgoing group chairman of PSA International has described 2018 as “beset by … headwinds” in a year which saw annual net profit down 2.3%.
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NewsMedcenter Container Terminal sale agreed
Contship Italia and Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) subsidiary Itaterminaux have executed a share purchase agreement for the sale of 50% of CSM Italia Gate, the company which owns 100% of Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) in Italy.
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NewsDebt and service losses force terminal closures
Grupo Libra will close its Libra Terminais operation at the Port of Santos after CMA CGM switched three services to other terminals and the terminal operator feels the strain of its struggle with debt.
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Port Klang welcomes foreign investment
Expansion of Port Klang in Malaysia using foreign and Chinese money is being encouraged, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke has said.
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NewsFrench port deal for Chinese silicon giant
Marseille Fos Port Authority and Quechen Silicon Chemical have signed a construction agreement for the Chinese company’s €105m project to build a plant on a 12-hectare site in the Fos industrial zone, adding to speculation about China’s growing influence in Europe.
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NewsYilport joins battle for US terminal
Yildirim Holding Inc. said it has lined up the financing for its subsidiary Yilport Holding to bid for a multiyear concession for the Long Beach Container Terminal in California.
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NewsMultiple crashes in Dover Op Brock initiative
In the UK, a no-deal Brexit initiative under which lorries going to the Port of Dover are granted access to an entire side of a motorway has witnessed a number of collisions in its first two days of operation.
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Douala container terminal put to tender
The Port Authority of Douala (PAD) has launched a restricted international tendering to select a new concessioner for the renovation, modernisation, operation and maintenance of the container terminal at the Port of Douala-Bonabéri in Cameroon.
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NewsRedefining ‘impact’: LA’s automation debate
As APM Terminals has recently found to its cost, sentiment can trump both plans and contracts, especially when it concerns automation at Los Angeles.
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NewsAutomation protects jobs, stresses APM Terminals
Automating the Port of Los Angeles’ Pier 400 will protect business and jobs in “an increasingly challenging environment”, APM Terminals has said following a decision to postpone a construction permit to allow it to carry out modernisation work.
