World News – Page 316
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NewsIndian port expansion conference
An event is being planned to tackle some of the more specific issues thrown up by Indian port expansion plans. The region’s ports are facing high growth, but Lieve Dries, COO of Noppen, points out efficiency is lacking.
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NewsRussian box throughput rise
The aggregated throughput of the National Container Company terminals in St Petersburg and Novorossiysk (FCT and NUTEP) in the first half of 2010 rose by 32% compared to the first half of 2009.
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ESPL grows capacity
Essar Shipping Ports and Logistics’ revenue increased by 18% quarter on quarter. ESPL’s key highlights for the period include the start of operation of its deep draft all weather port at Hazira.
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NewsIndian port services “key area” for Eredene
Eredene Capital has bought an 8.22% stake in a leading Indian port services operator for $11.1m.
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ICTSI’s Asian boost
International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has reported promising initial half-year results boosted by Asian demand. Consolidated volume reached 2m teu in the first half of 2010, 26% higher than the same period in 2009.
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Kiel throughput up
Cargo handling in the Port of Kiel increased by 13.4% in the first half of the year to 2.7m tonnes. Further, utilisation of the Ostuferhafen part of the port has risen to more than 80%, underscoring the need to expand its capacity.
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NewsEssar to divide
Essar Shipping Ports & Logistics Ltd (ESPLL) is to split itself into two businesses under the ESPLL parent: Essar Ports and separately Essar Shipping.
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NewsContainers to have ‘banner year’
World containerised trade volumes are forecast to reach nearly 10% growth this year, with a slightly stronger recovery of 10.6% on the main East-West trade lanes, before slowing, according to IHS Global Insight''s World Trade Service.
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NewsUst-Luga will no longer languish
Development of the Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) is now again underway after the resolution of recent conflict through one party selling its 50% stake in National Container Company (NCC).
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NewsOne hour turnaround in Liverpool
A £1.1m IT system installed at the Port of Liverpool has led to improvements in customer service, with 95% of truck drivers now processed through the port within an hour.
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NewsVolume predictions ‘less science, more art’
Volume forecasts are becoming ‘less of a science and more of an art’, says Robert Hambleton, chief operating officer of the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) with the implication that local markets will play an increasingly important role.
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NewsMotorways of the sea boost for Marseilles
Eighteen partners from France and Tunisia have signed a new agreement focusing on ro-ro traffic between Marseilles and Tunis-Rades – the first to link Europe and North Africa under the European Union’s Mediterranean ‘motorways of the sea’ project.
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NewsKarnataka iron ore ban slows ports
The Indian region of Karnataka’s ban on iron ore exports hit port movements in August.
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NewsTime to celebrate
After a two-year battle against massive backdated business rates bills, port companies are celebrating a triumph they had scarcely dared to dream of. Felicity Landon reports
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Northern ports gain link with Poland
A new Polish hinterland terminal has just opened near Katowice, bringing the southern Polish economic region of Silesia closer to the Port of Hamburg and linking up with the northern European seaports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam through daily rail connections.
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NewsSuez side channel coming soon
A new side channel leading directly to East Port Said, allowing box ships coming from the Mediterranean to enter the Suez Canal Container Terminal without having to join the Suez Canal convoy, could open ahead of plan.
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NewsHaiti’s pledges may remain unfulfilled
Haiti’s lack of movement on getting its port infrastructure working again is seriously hampering aid coming into the country, the chief executive of a customs and logistics company has said.
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NewsItajai draws on virtual experience
The port of Itajai in Brazil is once again open to large container vessels after its sudden silting two years ago by flash floods.
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Brazilian port to get Antwerp training hand
Antwerp Port Authority chief executive Eddy Bruyninckx paid a working visit to the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia recently, signing a collaboration agreement with the federal Secretaria de Portos da Presidência da República.
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UAE cash to expand Poti
The port of Poti in Georgia is to receive investment of $500m from Ras Al Khaimah of the United Arab Emirates over the next four to five years.
