World News – Page 162

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    Busan plans data centre

    2017-05-25T12:06:00Z

    Busan Port Authority (BPA) has announced plans to build an integrated data centre to make the port more competitive.

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    Collision at Abidjan Port

    2017-05-25T12:06:00Z

    Images have emerged online of the aftermath of a collision between COSCO’s general cargo ship Da Zhi and a ship-to-shore crane while berthing at Abidjan Port on May 18, just days after the spectacular crane collapse at Dubai’s Jebel Ali port.

  • Mexico is looking for a partner for a multipurpose terminal
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    Tampico terminal to be tendered

    2017-05-23T13:00:00Z

    In Mexico, Tampico port authority is progressing a tender for the construction, fitting out and operation of a common user multipurpose terminal.

  • Changes to concessions could attract up to $7.5bn in the ports sector
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    Brazil changes to boost port appeal

    2017-05-23T13:00:00Z

    Brazilian Transport Minister Maurício Quintella has revealed that changes to legislation signed by President Michel Temer could attract up to $7.5bn in the ports sector.

  • Aberdeen Port
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    Port markets at risk from GBER distortion

    2017-05-18T12:56:00Z

    British Ports Association (BPA) chief executive, Richard Ballantyne, has warned against the distortion of competitive port markets with major public subsidies.

  • TCP port
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    Brazil enacts port extension legislation

    2017-05-17T08:49:00Z

    New rules to draw investments in ports have been enacted in Brazil at an event attended by President Michel Temer.

  • ACP has given management the green light to go ahead with a possible new tender for the proposed container terminal at Corozal Oeste.
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    ACP to re-tender Corozal box terminal

    2017-05-16T13:27:00Z

    In Panama, the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has given the management team authorisation to go ahead with a possible new tender for the proposed container terminal at Corozal Oeste.

  • Improvements will include deepening of the access to the port of Buenaventura. Credit: Ececho I. Coello.
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    Major access improvements for Colombian ports

    2017-05-16T13:27:00Z

    In Colombia, both the Ministry of Transport and the National Roads Institute (Invías) are planning to put tenders out in 2018 to improve access channels to the ports of Cartagena and Buenaventura.

  • Port of Algeciras has put back the deadline for bids for its third container terminal.
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    Algeciras delays bidding deadline again

    2017-05-16T13:27:00Z

    The uncertainty over stevedoring reform in Spain has again prompted the Port of Algeciras to again put back the deadline for bids for its third container terminal.

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    South Port questions “systematic failings” finding

    2017-05-16T13:27:00Z

    South Port has taken issue with a WorkSafe New Zealand finding that “systematic failings” contributed to a port visitor drowning after he lost control of his vehicle and slid off a wharf in late 2015.

  • Design standards are to be reviewed following the poor performance of a CentrePort Wellington building in last November’s earthquake. Credit: CentrePort.
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    Wellington damage heralds building review

    2017-05-16T13:27:00Z

    New Zealand’s Building and Construction Minister Nick Smith has declared that design standards and building laws need to be reviewed following a recent technical investigation into the poor performance of a CentrePort Wellington building in last November’s earthquake.

  • Cyber prevention: Lyttelton Port has scheduled an urgent systems outage in the wake of the WannaCry attack
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    NZ takes WannaCry threat seriously

    2017-05-15T15:15:00Z

    Some ports are sitting up and taking notice of the massive global ransomware attack known as ‘WannaCry’ in a bid to safeguard their operations.

  • Hamburg Port
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    Hamburg publishes digital insight for ports

    2017-05-11T15:08:00Z

    A book addressing what digitalization can offer seaports aims to establish how this technology can help ports become more efficient and safeguard their futures.

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    Crane collapse at Jebel Ali

    2017-05-10T10:59:00Z

    The recent crane collapse at DP World’s flagship terminal Jebel Ali, has once again thrust the issue of terminal safety into the spotlight.

  • Chinese interest: Kyauk Pyu's deep sea port in the Rakhine state Photo: Ramree.com
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    China moves in on Myanmar

    2017-05-09T17:57:00Z

    Reuters says that China is looking to take a stake of up to 85% in what it sees as a strategically important sea port in Myanmar.

  • Tricky issue: APM Terminals’ proposal to improve and optimise its North Terminal continues to court controversy Photo: APM Terminals
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    APM Terminals rejects Fentenapu accusations

    2017-05-09T12:20:00Z

    APM Terminals’ proposal to the Peruvian government to improve and optimise its North Terminal at the port of Callao to reflect changes in the Peruvian market continues to court controversy.

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    Bangkok ready to open CFS bidding

    2017-05-09T12:20:00Z

    Bangkok Port is preparing to open bidding for a container freight station (CFS), officials have told Port Strategy.

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    Australia plans new deepwater port

    2017-05-09T12:20:00Z

    A new deepwater port in South Australia has been proposed to support a new mining project planned by the Iron Road company on the state’s Eyre Peninsula.

  • Failure to invest in infrastructure at the Port of Melbourne could cost trade. Credit: Port of Melbourne Corporation.
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    Melbourne must invest in infrastructure

    2017-05-09T12:19:00Z

    Australia’s Victorian Transport Association (VTA) has warned that the Port of Melbourne could lose trade to competing ports in other states as a result of poor road and rail access.

  • MoU signing
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    DP World to invest USD$1bn in India

    2017-05-09T08:58:00Z

    DP World and India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the logistics sector in India.