Asia – Page 81
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Bird flu protection stepped up
With reports of suspected bird flu occurring in the Philippines, ICTSI has increased safety measures to protect its Manila International Container Terminal.
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TUTICORIN
These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.The Confederation of Indian Industry wants to see expansion of Tuticorin fast tracked with the aim of establishing it as a ...
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Massive investment for Kandla
Kandla has announced a US$1.11bn investment programme. Initially six new cargo berths are to be built of which two will enter service in November 2007. Four of these will involve a privatesector input, using the BOT formula and will cost an estimated US$95m.
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GWADAR
DP World has shown interest in the Gwadar Port Implementation Authority, set up to launch the Chinese-built Gwadar port in Pakistan. DP World hopes to secure a container terminal operating concession in Gwadar, which has long been designated to run as a freeport and will have the deepest navigation channel ...
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NewsIncreased hub role for Colombo
Sri Lanka''s Central Bank noted recently that there had been a 15% increase in the cargo handling, storage and warehousing sub-sector in the first quarter of 2005. During this period, 609,765 TEUs had been handled by the country''s ports. For the second quarter, transhipment went up by 17.4% and now ...
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NewsNew container terminal for Qingdao
A greenfield site in Qingdao is soon to see the development of a new container terminal for DP World. The port operator has signed an agreement with the Qingdao government to build a 1,320 metre quay with 2m TEU capacity. Work is due to begin immediately with a completion date ...
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NewsYangshan
These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Hutchison Port Holdings and APM Terminals were the first two international operators to begin container handling at the world's largest new ...
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India warned not to miss out
These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.According to a recent Bloomberg report, Indian ports will have to double their container handling capacity within the next five years. ...
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Xiamen to sell stake
These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Xiamen, the nearest port to Taiwan, is currently considering selling off a 9.9% stake to strategic investors. The sale would be ...
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HONG KONG
These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.A package has been assembled to reduce port costs in Hong Kong. It is hoped that the measures, which include cuts ...
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MUMBAI
Hutchison Port Holdings and Evergreen Marine Corporation have been left disappointed as India''s internal security committee rejected their right to bid for a US$270m offshore container terminal at Mumbai. Indian intelligence authorities are apparently unhappy about the increasing presence in the country of businesses with Chinese connections.
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NewsJohor Port
These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Johor Port, which is currently listed on the Malaysian stock exchange, could either be wholly privatised or acquired by MMC Corp. ...
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NewsJakarta gets stubborn on charges
In a move that has shocked shipping lines, Indonesia is enforcing its 37% terminal handling charge cut. Ships are being barred from leaving Jakarta unless their owners play ball and put it in writing that they will submit to the new charges.
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NewsFour shortlisted for Sethusamudram
Jan de Nul/Boskalis, Hyundai Engineering, Dredging International and Van Oord have been shortlisted for the contract to undertake dredging on three sections of the US$537m Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project . The entire project will involve four tranches of dredging of which the first has already been awarded to the Dredging ...
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KOCHI
These include NYK, MOL, CMA CGM, PSA, HPH, Evergreen, Container Corporation of India, Larsen & Toubro and Gammon India. A contract is expected to be awarded in September or October.Partial approval has been given to a proposal by India Gateway Terminal for an increase in charges at Kochi. An 8% ...
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NewsFrom Engineering to Operations
Portek’s chief, Larry Lam is making inroads into terminal operations. He spoke to Dave MacIntyre.
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VIETNAM
There are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.P&O Ports is to invest US$300m in building a new port in Vietnam's Hiep Phuoc industrial zone capable of handling 1.5m TEUs a year. Construction is scheduled to commence early next ...
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Sethusamudram channel dredge goes ahead
India is to go ahead with plans to dredge the Sethusamudram channel, known as " India''s Suez" , between a group of islands separating the mainland of India from Sri Lanka. The US$550m project will reduce transit times between the country''s west and east coast by 30 hours, although is ...
