Asia – Page 88

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    PTP REPORTS RECORD GROWTH

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The Tecon Suape terminal reported profits for the first time with these following on from a significant increase in cargo throughput and positive management initiatives on the part of ICTSI to introduce more efficient operational procedures and working practices.Malaysia's PTP, Singapore's new rival, reported a 25% first half throughput increase ...

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    SHANGHAI EXPECTS

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The Tecon Suape terminal reported profits for the first time with these following on from a significant increase in cargo throughput and positive management initiatives on the part of ICTSI to introduce more efficient operational procedures and working practices.The latest traffic forecast from Shanghai estimates a container throughput of 14mTEU ...

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    PSA pulls out of India

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Indian port news is plentiful this month with the " ins and outs" of investment strategy, congestion issues, new development plans and mooted institutional change in port authority operating structures, all generating items of interest.

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    P&O Ports signs for Bengal box terminal

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The international terminal operator that has shown most commitment to India is P& O Ports and it has just reaffirmed this by securing the rights to become an investor in Bengal Port Ltd (BPL). In early August, according to a P& O Group announcement, P& O Ports signed development and ...

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    PARADIP CLOSING DATE

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    15 September 2004 is the closing date for qualifying bids for a BOT project for the construction of a new iron ore export facility at Paradip on India''s east coast.

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    SHENZHEN CONTINUES TO CLIMB

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The Chinese port of Shenzhen reported a 32% first half throughput growth with a total of 6.06mTEU, in line with expectations. The port''s three terminals forecast reaching at least 13mTEU by the end of the year.

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    INCHON PHASE ONE OPENS

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Phase I of the Inchon Container Terminal (ICT), located 30km from the South Korean capital of Seoul, has opened for business.

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    Jan De Nul

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Belgian dredging contractor Jan De Nul has recently been awarded more than € 200m worth of contracts. In Hong Kong, landfall dredging and close to 1.5m tons of rock-dumping has to be executed for the gas pipeline connecting the Guangdong Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal located at Cheng Tou Jiao (Shenzhen) ...

  • Figure 1: Chinas spectacular trade growth was not foreseen in 1994 Figure 2: This predicted simplification of Asian shipping routes did not eventuate Figure 3: Service patterns have become more rather than less complex
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    STRUCTURAL CHANGES BRING NEW CHALLENGES

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The growth in scale and complexity of Asia''s container terminals is providing the ports of the region with massive new challenges - and new opportunities. Steve Meyrick tells the story.

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    ADANI OPTS FOR SMALLER IRON ORE TERMINAL

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    China Shipping initially deployed 5,500TEU vessels on its Far East-North Europe service which called solely at Valencia.India's Adani Group has chosen the small Belekeri jetty in northern Karnataka state rather than the larger port of Mormugoa to concentrate exports of iron ore to China saying the facility is experiencing too ...

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    MUMBAI'S LUXURY MARKET

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The Indian government has added Mumbai to a list of ports now licensed to handle new vehicle import traffic.

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    APL cuts new deals in China and India

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    APL and Chiwan Container Terminal (CCT) have signed a 20-year agreement which will give APL additional efficiency and berth capability at the western Shenzhen port of Chiwan. CCT, in turn, will benefit from APL''s business expansion and container volume growth in western Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta. Parent NOL''s ...

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    FOURTH TERMINAL FOR KARACHI

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The tender will combine BOT with concession contracts but is for all six terminals as a single contract and operators will not be able to bid for individual terminals. The tender closes on 1 September.Karachi is to build a fourth container handling facility, which will be known as the Country ...

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    SINGAPORE TO INVEST IN MYANMAR PROJECT?

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Survey work has commenced on a deep-sea port project at Mawlamyine in the southern Myanmar state of Mon. The new facility is intended to contribute to a major eastwest trade route across southeast Asia which links Vietnam''s Danang Port in the east to Mawlamyine in the west. These two points ...

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    LI KA SHING GOES SHOPPING AGAIN

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Li Ka Shing''s Hutchison Whampoa (HWL), parent company of HPH, is buying a 12% stake in South Korea''s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM). The move follows his recent acquisition of 15% of China Shipping Container Lines and his disposal of 5.6% of Orient Overseas Container Line.

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    COSCO SET FOR EUROPEAN INVESTMENT

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Port of Rotterdam ceo Willem Scholten: "This an extremely important agreement. The expansion will give businesses the opportunity to grow in Rotterdam. Maasvlakte 2 will be an excellent location. Right on the sea, and with good hinterland connections.COSCO Pacific is said to be negotiating to take a 2025% shareholding in ...

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    CSXWT increases stake in Pusan

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    CSXWT has purchased an additional 0.5% equity in Pusan Newport Company, the concession consortium for the development of the Pusan New Port project in Busan. The transaction brings CSXWT''s shareholding in the project to 25%. Samsung Corporation also holds 25% in the consortium. In addition, CSXWT holds exclusive right to ...

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    Stock listing for Qingdao

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Qingdao Port Group has been granted permission to undertake a stock exchange listing to raise capital to expand capacity. The flotation will take place either on Shanghai''s A-share Market or abroad. Qingdao is already China''s third largest container port and the 14th largest overall in the world, but could enter ...

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    Xiamen Haicang dredging completed

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    A key component is the construction of a new deepwater container transhipment terminal at Ballylongford, County Kerry, at an estimated cost of €250m, a terminal which is expected to capitalise on the acute congestion at existing European container ports such as Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremerhaven.The newly broadened and deepened navigation ...

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    DALIAN SIGNS UP PARTNERS

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    A key component is the construction of a new deepwater container transhipment terminal at Ballylongford, County Kerry, at an estimated cost of €250m, a terminal which is expected to capitalise on the acute congestion at existing European container ports such as Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremerhaven.Cosco Pacific has signed a strategic ...