World News – Page 314

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    Uganda offered land for port on Tanzania coast

    2010-09-02T10:00:00Z

    Tanzania has offered Uganda land adjacent to the port of Tanga, which is close to the Kenyan border, to build its own import-export facility. At present, landlocked Uganda has to make use of Mombasa Port, which is currently highly congested.

  • Tuticorin Container Terminal
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    A positive landscape for private investors

    2010-09-02T10:00:00Z

    Indian trade is pushing new boundaries but port capacity is struggling to keep up, writes Michael King

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    Newcastle secures expansion funds

    2010-09-02T10:00:00Z

    Finance has been secured for an A$900m (US$807m) expansion at Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export port, with export capacity at the New South Wales port planned to reach 180m tonnes per year by 2013.

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    Melbourne dredging comes in under budget

    2010-09-01T10:00:00Z

    The Port of Melbourne has completed its dredging project nearly a quarter of a billion Australian dollars under budget.

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    Ukraine to privatise ports

    2010-08-31T10:00:00Z

    The head of the State Property Fund Ukraine has reiterated that Ukrainian ports will definitely be privatised.

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    LPC adds inland resource

    2010-08-31T10:00:00Z

    Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has acquired 7.3 hectares of industrial land adjacent to its inland port operation, CityDepot.

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    Second box terminal for Dar es Salaam

    2010-08-30T10:00:00Z

    Construction of a $450m second container terminal at the port of Dar es Salaam is expected to begin early next year. Since 2004, box traffic at the port has grown by 15% a year, although the existing container terminal area has remained static. The new terminal will have a 600,000 ...

  • The large container ship ‘Casablanca’ calling at Jeddah earlier this year
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    Size will matter in Middle East

    2010-08-29T10:00:00Z

    Saudi’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) in Jeddah Islamic Port is betting on the outlines of the Middle East’s maritime industry being substantially pushed by the bigger sizes of vessels entering the market.

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    Qingdao to have largest global iron ore terminal

    2010-08-29T10:00:00Z

    The Chinese port of Qingdao has revealed plans to build the world''s largest iron ore handling terminal. A total of six berths will be opened at Dongjiakou harbour, boosting capacity to 192m tonnes by 2030. This new facility will act as a national dry bulk distribution centre by the end ...

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    Russia needs ports investment

    2010-08-29T10:00:00Z

    Russian ports are a good medium-term investment, according to an analyst at Gazprombank. Alexei Atapov said that Russian port infrastructure is currently inadequate and lacks capacity. As a result handling charges are high and terminal operators can make very high profits.

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    Chile needs to speed up port investment process

    2010-08-29T10:00:00Z

    Ricardo Sanchez, head of the Infrastructure Services Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America, says Chile faces a 14.4% annual traffic growth in its ports in the near future.

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    Investment regenerating Central American ports

    2010-08-29T10:00:00Z

    Ports in Central America are investing as a means of remaining regionally competitive, according to the Central American Commission for Maritime Transport (Cocatram).

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    Ports lobby for reclamations

    2010-08-29T10:00:00Z

    New Zealand’s port companies are lobbying to repeal part of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act and once again be granted a fee simple title on new land created as a result of reclamation.

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    India to force ports to offer compensation for congestion delays

    2010-08-28T10:00:00Z

    The Indian government is looking into the possibility of forcing ports to pay compensation to traders if their cargo is delayed because of congestion at the port. The proposal from the Commerce Ministry has been passed to the Shipping Ministry for final consideration.

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    Taranaki safety concerns

    2010-08-28T10:00:00Z

    Members of Taranaki’s port community have expressed strong concern that safety and efficiency is being compromised by the absence of a local maritime safety inspector (MSI).

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    Commercial pressures bear on Tongling

    2010-08-27T10:00:00Z

    The ex-chairman of Tongling Port Group, Wu Zhaolai, has said that the recent sale of his former company to a local conglomerate may not be the best way forward for the development of the port city.

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    IPOs delayed at Israeli ports

    2010-08-27T10:00:00Z

    IPOs at both Haifa and Ashdod ports in Israel have been suspended given that the Finance Ministry and port operators have failed to resolve a series of outstanding issues.

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    Trieste/Monfalcone seeking to create major box facility

    2010-08-27T10:00:00Z

    Trieste Port Authority has confirmed its interest in a project put forward by the UniCredit Group to build a large platform spanning Trieste and Monfalcone ports capable of handling 3.2m teu/year. The project has already received preliminary approval from several Italian ministries, although the funding will be entirely from the ...

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    Port Botany gains green approval

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    For the second year running Port Botany’s Container Terminal Expansion has been given the tick of approval from an audit looking at environmental and planning impacts.

  • Graham Cox: GDP approach “ignores the effect that different sectors of the economy have on traffic flows”
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    Port predictions need to evolve

    2010-08-26T17:42:00Z

    Since the downturn, the world of forecasting has suddenly become much more complicated, and the industry needs to stop ''dumbling down'' port traffic predictions, according to Graham Cox of Maritime Traffic Forecasts.