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HPH seals Vietnam deal
Expected to be fully operational in 2011, the terminal will have a quay length of 730 metres, with depth alongside of 14 metres and a total yard area of 33 hectares.
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NewsAutomatic kick for Manila
International Container Terminal Services Inc''s (ICTSI) flagship terminal is gunning for full automation at its central gate with the introduction of truck portals with imaging cameras and automated driver transaction kiosks.
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HPH seals Vietnam deal
Kong Kong''s Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is to jointly construct, develop and operate a new container terminal in Vietnam under a 50-year concession.
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NewsCrowning glory
A glistening future beckons as Shanghai proves its dominance in the port world. Wing Kah-goh reports
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NewsThe cover challenge
Swelling container trade and the consequent growth in terminals poses the greatest challenge to insurers today, as Mark Stanway finds out
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Taiwan has opened Qingdao terminal
Taiwan-based shipping line, Evergreen, has inaugurated a new $300m container terminal at the Chinese port of Qingdao. It will provide logistics support to vessels linking China, South Korea and Japan.
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Removing mystery of intermodal capacity
Software that promises to "greater simplify"determining the capacity of an intermodal yard has been released to the open market.
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Website no waste of time
Ports looking to get a better handle on waste management in the UK can now make use of a specially designed website. BeCompliant.co.uk can help producers of hazardous waste to meet compliance criteria, save money and avoid environmental incidents and fines.
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Morocco bows out of port management
Morocco has announced that the state monopoly on managing domestic ports is to be abolished as a means of improving competitiveness.
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GULFTAINER LOOKS OVERSEAS
The country has 16 ports on the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts.In future, activities at these will be overseen by a new organisation, the Ports Exploitation Company (Sodep). Gulftainer, which manages container handling operations in Sharjah, is seeking small niche market opportunities in Turkey, India,Mozambique, Kenya and Pakistan, according to general ...
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HAIFA BOTTOM LINE HIT
Israel''s port of Haifa reported a 9% drop in cargo traffic in the first three quarters of 2006, as well as a 4% drop in container traffic.This compares with a forecast for an 8% rise in total cargo. In total, it is predicted to see a ¢ 10m loss in ...
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CASTLE WINS BREMORE BATTLE
Ireland''s new deep-water port at Bremore is to be developed in a joint venture between Drogheda Port Company and Castle Market Holdings, a consortium that includes an unnamed "world class"port operator.
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LA SPEZIA PORT PLAN
The Italian provincial government of Liguria has approved an outline plan for the port of La Spezia, which is due to become law early in 2007.The plan envisages the creation of 140,000 sq m of new infill land.
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CAMPBELL TAKES CHARGE
Campbell Mason has been selected as the managing director of DP World''s two container terminals in the UK at Southampton and Tilbury.
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BCT BUILDS HANDLING MUSCLE
Gdynia''s Baltic Container Terminal has taken delivery of two new post-panamax gantry cranes, supplied by Konecranes. The cranes mark the first of their kind to be introduced into service at BCT, with a lift capacity of 50 tonnes, outreach of 46 metres and a backreach of 20 metres.Once both units ...
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EU gives Granadilla go-ahead
Stavros Dimas, the European Union''s Environmental Commissioner,has given the conditional go-ahead for the construction of the port of Granadilla on the island of Tenerife, in the Spanish Canary Islands.
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NewsMilford looks to the past
Milford Haven Port Authority recently took the unusual step of investing in research of archive information to help expedite repair of a gate in its docks.
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Second place for Valencia
Valencia has consolidated its position as Spain''s second most important port, beaten only by Algeciras Bay. Figures recently released by the state-managed Puertos del Estado for the first 10 months of 2006, report a 13% rise in overall traffic to 38.98m tonnes. This compares with the 61.26m tonnes handled at ...
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Make your view count.
UK maritime interests have just a few more weeks to make their views known on the European Union Maritime Green Paper, published last year by the European Commission.
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ALBANIA TENDER RELEASED
Albania has issued a tender in respect of construction of a new port at Durres, 33km west of Tirana.The work, which is worth ¢ 40m, is being funded by a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and also by the European Bank for Investment. Work is expected ...
