World News – Page 378
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NewsLibra Terminais
Santos terminal Libra Terminais is capitalising on Brazilian throughput that has grown beyond all expectations, as Alex Hughes finds out
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Equipment stock take
In terms of equipment, Grupo''s Libra''s Terminal 37 in Santos, which covers an area of 371,000 sq m, has seven quayside gantry cranes deployed along its 1,100 metre long quay. The two most recent are also the biggest.
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NewsMombasa efficiency about more than capacity increases
Maritime experts have queried whether Mombasa''s aim to become one of the 20 most efficient ports in the world by 2010 is achievable.
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Iraqi imports thriving
The port of Umm Qasr, which is the entry point for 80% of Iraqi imports, is said to have doubled traffic following a government crackdown on militia activity in Basra province earlier this year.
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Green steel terminal
Brazil''s National Steel Company is to open its own private terminal in the Port of Suape, which will handle 2m tonnes of cargo annually. The facility will be uniquely self-sufficient in electricity production.
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NewsContainers and cruise ambitions
Container transhipment and cruise are the two sectors concentrating minds at the Indian Ocean islands'' ports. Felicity Landon reports
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Payout for Manzanillo
The Euro Oslo container vessel that crashed into Quay 3 at Colon container terminal in Manzanillo Bay in Panama has agreed to pay $10m in compensation to the Port Company.
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Luanda port loan nod
The African Investment Bank has granted a loan of $45m to Sogester, which has been put together by APM Terminals (51%) and Gestão de Fundos (49%) to open a new container terminal in the Angolan port of Luanda.
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Russia-North Korea tie-up
State-owned Russian Railways has set up a joint venture with the North Korean government to build a container terminal at the port of Rajin, as well as modernising the port''s rail link. The terminal is expected to handle up to 400,000 teu/year.
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Darwin study planned
The Australian Federal Government is to commission two studies, worth A$3.2m ($28.1m), into the port of Darwin''s potential for expansion. One study will look at deepening the port, while the other will investigate berth expansion.
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Israel workers' share
Trade union representatives of Israeli port workers have suggested that the government could put together a sweetheart stock deal for its members as part of the planned privatisation of Haifa and Ashdod, which is slated for completion by 2020.
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Buenaventura terminal
The Colombian port of Buenaventura has begun construction of a dedicated container terminal, TCBUEN, which will occupy a 164,000 sq m area on the banks of the river Aguacate, some 2.4 kilometres from existing installations operated by SPRBUN.
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Near-miss at Taranaki
Severe weather snapped a mooring line on the vessel Pacific Warlock berthed at Port Taranaki, catapulting a 30-kilogramme steel ring past the port control security room and into a nearby SUV
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SIPG Taichang link
The Shanghai International Port Group has been linked to a container terminal development project in the port of Taichang, which reported throughput last year of 1m teu. Growth of 60% has been reported for the first six months.
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North east cash injection
The Modernisation and Revitalisation Department of Brazil''s Ports Secretariat has confirmed that ports in the North East of the country are going to receive major investment to fund large modernisation projects.
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Karnataka's minor port focus
India''s Karnataka state government has announced a policy of developing minor ports by using private sector participation. Build-operate-transfer contracts are to be made available to interested developers.
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Diamond loses its sparkle
The cost of building a 1.6m teu capacity container terminal at Diamond Harbour, 40 kilometres downstream from Calcutta, has doubled to $292m.
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Peru concession typo
The Peruvian government has reduced planned concession periods for port terminal operators from 60 years down to 30 years, blaming a typing error for the initial published figure.
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Gladstone deals with dust
Gladstone Ports Corporation is to invest A$2.4m ($2.1m) in wind barriers around its coal stockpiles in an attempt to reduce dust escaping into the surrounding community.
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APM abandons Kaohsiung terminals
Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau has revealed that APM Terminals is to abandon one of the two container terminals that it operates at the port.
