Asia – Page 69

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    PTP positions itself for box dominance

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    The government of Malaysia is to rationalise traffic at the ports of Tanjung Pelepas and Johor. The former will henceforth concentrate purely on container traffic, while Johor will specialise in non-containerised cargo. Both are owned by MMC Corporation.

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    Chinese capacity constraints

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Chinese experts predict that by 2010 national ports will be handling 8bn tonnes of cargo annually and 170m teu. Existing capacity is for 5.6bn tonnes and 93m teu.

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    PSA's departure no joke for Brunei

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    The timing was appropriate.April Fool’ s  Day was the given date when PSA  handed back operations of Muara Container Terminal, some 19 years ahead of its 25-year contract expiry date, bringing an abrupt drop in management expertise. 

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    Malaysia's giants

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Will Johor and Tanjung Pelepas ever join forces for the greater good of the country,wonders Wing Kah-goh

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    The ever-increasing reach of Philippines' darling ICTSI

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    The Philippines’ dominant terminal operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc continues to widen its national reach.Most recently it expressed interest in bidding for the 25- year contract to handle cargo at the port of Batangas, situated two hours south of Manila on the main island of Luzon. 

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    Number crunching

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Mike Mundy unveils the findings of a new study focusing on South East Asian port costs

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    ABB ASIAN BONANZA

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Zurich-based engineering company ABB has netted more than $65m in orders for crane systems at Asian ports.The contracts cover the supply of automation and electrical systems for 74 ZPMC cranes, for delivery in 2008 and 2009. 

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    JADE'S EASTERN PROMISE

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    New Zealand’ s Jade Software Corporation has signed an Memorandum of Understanding with CMC Limited of India to “ accelerate the rate of use and deployment of Jade technology and applications” .

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    Haldia Dock at saturation point

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Calcutta’ s Haldia Dock Authority has conceded it has reached saturation point, with an increase last year of just 0.28% to 42.45m tonnes. Today, ships can wait up to 18-19 days before berthing. 

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    Dublin Port Company active in Indonesia

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Sabang Free Trade Zone Management Board in Indonesia’ s Aceh province has put together a joint venture with Dublin Port Company of Ireland to undertake a $445m investment in the Port of Sabang. 

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    Auto-pilot for Kalmar facility

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Its first project will be to test the automation and control systems developed for HHLA’ s conversion of Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) from straddle carriers to automatic stacking cranes (ASC), pictured here. 

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    Swiss-challenge in Subic Bay

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    A Swiss-challenge bidding system has been adopted in the Philippines for the award of a 30-year contract to manage Container Terminal 1 at Subic Bay Freeport. 

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    VIETNAM HANDLING FEE

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Exporters in Vietnam may well have to pay $200m annually if shipping lines go ahead with a planned terminal handling fee, which will add $65 per teu. The government claims that this will negatively impact on producers of low value added items.However, it will bring Vietnam in line with other ...

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    INDIA CONSORTIUM CHOSEN

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    A Maytas Infra-led consortium has been chosen to develop the proposed new Machilipatam port at Gilakaladinne, in India. Initially, the port was to be sited at Gogileru.

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    TRAFFIC IN INDIA UP 10%

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    India’ s 12 leading ports handled a total of 463.8m tonnes in 2006- 07, equivalent to an increase of 9.51% over the 423.6m tonnes reported for the previous year. Nevertheless, the target forecast had been for 465.7m tonnes, resulting in a 0.4% shortfall.The three leading ports were: Visakhapatnam (56.3m tonnes), ...

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    QASIM BULK STORAGE

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    A joint-venture encompassing FELDA of Malaysia and Pakistan’ s Westbury Group have inaugurated 100,000 tonnes of additional storage capacity at Mapak Qasim Bulkers in Port Qasim.This will be used for edible oils, molasses and other liquid cargoes.

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    Death of domestic for Colombo

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    The association of Sri Lanka’ s Clearing and Forwarding Agents is lobbying the government with a view to moving all domestic containers away from Colombo port as a means of easing congestion. 

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    Tianjin's deep water goals

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    The Chinese port of Tianjin is spending $89.25m on creating the world’ s largest manmade deep water port. 

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    Saigon favours electric avenue

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Vietnam’ s Saigon Newport Company (SNP) has plumped for ten Kalmar Industries E-One type rubber-tyred gantry (RTGs) cranes, underlining the increasing demand for environmentally sensitive handling machines. 

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    All things Indonesian

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Long avoided, suddenly international firms are eyeing the archipelago, as Wing Kah-goh uncovers