Asia – Page 56

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    Reliance delays Indian port project

    2009-02-27T12:24:00Z

    Plans by the Reliance group to build a new deepwater port at Rewas in India have been delayed as a result of difficulties in getting the necessary land appropriated by the state government. The economic downturn has also negatively impacted on potential finance.

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    Yang Ming invests in Kaohsiung

    2009-02-26T12:24:00Z

    Yang Ming is to go ahead with a 2.92m teu box terminal at the port of Kaohsiung, despite the economic downturn.

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    Indonesian ports slash rates

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    Indonesian ports, prompted by the reduction in global oil prices, have cut charges by up to 5% for port services. This move will be re-evaluated within the next three months.

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    ZIM abandons Indian consortium

    2009-02-22T12:24:00Z

    Israeli shipping line Zim has pulled out of the group building the container terminal project at Ennore in India.

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    Lines in Vietnam JV

    2009-02-19T12:24:00Z

    Mitsui OSK Lines, Hanjin Shipping and Wan Hai Lines have sealed a joint venture deal with Vietnam''s Saigon Newport Company. The joint terminal will be located in Vietnam''s Cai Mep region and is anticipated to start operations in 2011.

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    Two more Chinese ports join box top ten

    2009-02-18T12:24:00Z

    The Chinese port of Guangzhou has overtaken Rotterdam and Kaohsiung to become the world''s seventh largest container port.

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    Resuscitation measures reach China's heart

    2009-02-13T12:24:00Z

    Official figures confirm a move to invest in China''s relatively undeveloped interior has halted the sharp decline in cargo throughput at ports along the Yangtze River, bringing a January year-on-year increase of 5.7% to 80m tonnes.

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    New JV for Yantian

    2009-02-10T12:24:00Z

    Shenzhen Yantian Port Group and Hutchison Port Holdings are to jointly build a new container terminal at the Port of Yantian. The initial phase will involve construction of 1.39m square metres of operational area linked to a 1,442 metre long quay.

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    Zhuhai aims for Peal Delta crown

    2009-02-09T12:24:00Z

    Trial operations have begun on the latest phase of developments at Zhuhai International Container Terminals (Gaolan) (ZICT) with the recent docking of the 6,350 teu APL New Jersey at one of its two new 50,000 tonne container berths.

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    Paradip deadline

    2009-02-08T12:24:00Z

    Paradip Port Trust has until March 31 to sign construction contracts for two new berths; one to handle coal and the other iron ore. The last date for submissions is February 12.

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    Automation in Taiwan

    2009-02-07T12:24:00Z

    The first automated container terminal in Taiwan is hooking up with CATOS, a software solution for bringing together yard, tandem, and gate operations.

  • Port Strategy:"Rehabilitating ports, that's our bread and butter," Martin O'Neil, ICTSI chief financial officer
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    ICTSI eyes expansion

    2009-02-05T12:24:00Z

    Manila-based global port operator ICTSI hopes that experience of the Asian meltdown in the late 1990s will help guide it through the current economic crisis

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    Indian port commandos

    2009-02-05T12:24:00Z

    Following last year''s terrorist attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai, all major ports in the country are to be guarded by their own elite marine commando units.

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    Major coal port for Vietnam

    2009-02-04T12:24:00Z

    Vietnam''s Tan Tao (ITA) group has issued a tender for the construction of a power plant and sea port complex in Kien Giang province, some 300 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City.

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    Coal port logistics

    2009-02-03T12:24:00Z

    Indonesia''s coal ports have forced a rethink on ''traditional'' handling options

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    Indonesia poised for political battle on port reform

    2009-02-02T12:24:00Z

    In what could be the most momentous change in Indonesia''s port history, the country is at last poised for political battle on port reform

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    Traffic up at Tianjin

    2009-02-02T12:24:00Z

    Tianjin port in northern China handled 354m tonnes in 2008, compared with 300m tonnes in 2007. Container traffic, at 8.5m teu, was up 19.7%

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    Capital shortage holds up Saigon

    2009-02-02T12:24:00Z

    Plans to move cargo terminals away from the Saigon River outside Ho Chi Minh City are unlikely to be fulfilled before 2010, because of a lack of investment capital.

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    Shanghai slow down reported

    2009-01-30T12:24:00Z

    Shanghai Port handled around 28.5m teu last year, although had been forecast to reach 30m teu. This compares with 26.2m teu in 2007.

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    IDB backs Indonesian development

    2009-01-29T12:24:00Z

    The Gabion Container Terminal (TPK) project at the Port of Belawan in northern Sumatra could receive up to $2bn in funding from the Islamic Development Bank.