World News – Page 371
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NewsStrike action continues at Dover
The strike at Dover looks like continuing this week as a further three-day walk-out is planned for Thursday. Hundreds of Unite members working at Dover Harbour went on strike last week after a dispute hinging on the outsourcing of harbour jobs to private contractors was not resolved.
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Bahrain to open in January
APM Terminals'' Bahrain Gateway facility at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Hidd is slated to open at the end of this year or in early January. The port will service the adjacent Bahrain Logistics Zone.
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NewsPort loses its old friend
Maersk, the first shipping line to recognise the Port of Tacoma''s significance to the US-Asia route over two decades ago is ceasing its service to the port from May next year, due to falling container volumes.
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NewsShips for the desert
The Middle East is known for both areas of political volatility and large infrastructure projects, and both are combining to motivate one development that would be the mother of them all - a giant canal across the desert that could handle both oil tankers and freight ships.
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NewsWomen in Maritime reaches Asia
Port executives are playing an influential role in the imminent launch of what will be known as ''Women in Maritime Asia Region''.
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NewsMiners interested in share of coal port
Macarthur Coal has expressed an interest in buying a stake in one of Australia''s largest coal ports, say industry sources.
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NewsAiming upward
Kuwait also has its possibilities - and its problems. Easily one of the richest nations on earth, Kuwait collapsed as the region''s premier trade hub in the 1970s after the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, and Iraq''s 1990 invasion.
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NewsConstruction pushes ports
Ports of the United Arab Emirates are engaged in a flurry of activities to upgrade equipment and facilities on the back of an economic boom which has seen ports clogged up with both domestic products and construction materials.
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NewsStill burning bright?
Can the Middle East maintain its grip on financial stability while all around lose theirs? Stevie Knight investigates
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Russia helps North Korea
An agreement signed between Russia and North Korea will see the construction of a container terminal at the latter''s Port of Rajin. The project, which will cost $72m, will involve a rail connection to Russia''s Trans-Siberian railway.
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Bahía Blanca grain goals
Fabián de Paul, chief executive of Dreyfus, believes that the agricultural region surrounding Argentina''s Port of Bahía Blanca has great potential. Dreyfus will therefore build a cereals complex in a 16.5 hectare area of the port. In the initial phase, the facility will be able to load 80,000 tonnes of ...
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Liscont concession extension
Valencia Port Authority has issued a tender for the construction and management of four cement terminals at the Port of Sagunto. The terminals, which will be used to store and distribute bulk cement, will be located on the north east quay. The 25-year concessions will permit value-added services such as ...
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Bio fuel for San Francisco
The Port of San Francisco has proposed an agreement with Darling International to build a 7.5m-10m annual gallon capacity biodiesel production facility near Pier 92 in the port''s Southern Waterfront.
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Vilagarcía exceeds throughout targets
The Tercovi-managed Ferrazo container terminal, at the north western Spanish Port of Vilagarcí a, handled 10,000 teu by the end of August, exactly half the throughput the company, which is owned by Contenemar, had guaranteed for the entire year. Given that the terminal only opened in July, it should easily ...
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Kandla exploring new expansion areas
Kandla Port Trust has invited bids for four multi-purpose berths at Tuna Tekra, which will be the location of a special economic zone.
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NewsEIB to bankroll Greek port upgrades
The European Investment Bank is holding talks with Hutchison and Cosco in respect of funding their investments respectively in the ports of Salonika and Piraeus.
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NewsManta Port dogged by delays
Manta Port Authority and the directors of container terminal concessionaire TIDE have been unable to commence work on the new container handling facility, despite the fact this should have started in May.
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NewsHull defies credit crunch to expand
In the UK''s north-west, Hull and Goole''s new boss refuses to be dragged down by the financial blip. Stuart Pearcey finds out why
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NewsPorts of Auckland-Maritime Union strike
Pending strike action at New Zealand''s largest container port, Ports of Auckland, may be averted following late-breaking news mediation has been scheduled with the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) on November 26.
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NewsGuaymas tender defies downturn
Mexico''s Guaymas port authority has launched a tender to build and operate a container terminal at the facility.
