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  • Prince Rupert's Fairview Terminal will move 500,000 teu annually
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    Maher partners Kalmar

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Canada’ s Maher Terminals has chosen Kalmar as it sole equipment supplier for container handling operations at Fairview Terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

  • CVRD's fourth pier will help boost PDM productivity
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    Fourth iron ore pier at PDM

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Ponta da Madeira port terminal in Brazil is to gain a fourth pier courtesy of CVRD. The aim is to be able to serve increased onshore stockpiles amounting to 210m tonnes as from 2011.

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    Guatemala to upgrade ports

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Guatemala has set up an interparliamentary commission to look into the modernisation of its ports. Santo Tomás de Castilla, Quetzál and San José all need to be expanded to be able to accommodate larger vessels. 

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    Maersk 'no' to Farfán

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    APM Terminals has informed Panama Maritime Authority and the Panamanian government that it is no longer interested in participating in the Farfán deep seaport project. 

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    Tacoma seals NYK terminal deal

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    America’ s Port of Tacoma has announced plans to build a $300m, 168 acre container terminal for NYK subsidiary, Yusan Terminal Tacoma. The move brings Yusen Terminal Tacoma to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in a terminal that will feature up to eight super post-panamax container cranes, have ...

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    Dampened spirits

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Chittagong’ s deep water port plan falters as its neighbours get the jump on construction, as Wing Goh-Wah finds out

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    Deep Vision

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    How does a port choose the right X-ray screening system for its operations? It depends what you’ re looking for. Felicity Landon reports

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    Look to software for improved outputs

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    X-ray scanning technology is somewhat mature, according to Rapiscan’ s Peter Kant. “ We have multiple players in the market to deliver it, and the technology today isn’ t all that different from last year or the year before. “ There was a huge jump three or four years ago, ...

  • Human error: the X-ray industry is working on removing the most time-consuming aspect of inspections - people-based interpretation
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    Dodging detection delays

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Removing the human element could avoid the time-consuming interpretation of X-ray images, as Felicity Landon finds out

  • On the move: mobile detection units can penetrate up to 280mm of steel
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    Mobile solutions win over French officials

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Smiths Detection, part of the global Smiths Group, recently delivered two HCV-Mobile systems to French customs, to screen trucks for narcotics, contraband and counterfeit goods. It is the first time the French government has purchased mobile scanners for customs applications. The contract includes an option to buy two more HCV-Mobiles. 

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    UK ports need realism, not optimism

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    The UK Government delivered its port policy interim review document in mid- July and this raises a number of interesting issues. One in particular appears worthy of comment. The point is made that the UK ports sector is thriving and profitable. Following on from this, structural changes in port financing ...

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    Shipping and the sun spot theory of economic cycles

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    In the world of shipping we have eternal optimists who would have us believe that growth in trade has reached runaway proportions and will not stop in the foreseeable future. There is hardly a week that goes by without a leading senior executive telling us that double digit growth in ...

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    Will the US port worker ID scheme cut the mustard?

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Much discussed, long overdue and after numerous stumbles the Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) is, again, moving closer to real implementation by the stated deployment target date: September, 30, 2008. Workers at ports and terminals, and those needing access to them, will be required to obtain the TWIC, a smart ...

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    Burst that bubble

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Give or take a few US politicians, no-one thinks its workable, no-one wants it, it will be expensive but it is in the pipeline. “ It” is, of course, new legislation in the US compelling the screening of all US bound containers at foreign ports. 

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    CHINA GROWTH EXPLOSION

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    China’ s Ministry of Communications predicts that domestic ports will be handling 6bn tonnes by 2020 compared with 3.95bn tonnes in 2006. It also anticipates an increase in the amount of foreign investment in the ports industry over the coming years. At the same time, Chinese port companies are expected ...

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    RUSSIA SIDELINES UKRAINE

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Russia is to invest $1.2bn on a new dry port in the Krasnodar region as a means of reducing the amount of domestic coal and containers shipped from ports in Ukraine. The government eventually wants to build a new port near Taman. Meanwhile, the Russian government has committed itself to ...

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    VLADIVOSTOK BOX TERMINAL

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Container Service of Vladivostok is to open a new container terminal at the port in mid-2008 capable of handling 100,000 teu annually. ZPMC has been asked to provide both gantry and yard cranes as part of a $15m contract.

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    CHENNAI CAR TERMINAL

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Six foreign companies and nine Indian companies have indicated in interest in the project to develop a RoRo car terminal at the port of Chennai costing € 142m ($193.7m). This will be undertaken on a BOT basis for a 30-year concession.

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    EVERGREEN KAOHSIUNG COMMITMENT

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Evergreen Marine Corp has extended its lease on one of its Kaohsiung, Taiwan facilities for 11 years and one month. The terminal occupies over 400,000 sq m of land and provides three berths with a total quay length of 815m.

  • ICTSI's introduction of the first twin-lifts in the Philippines underlines the company's commitment to port development
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    World Bank singles out ICTSI success

    2007-09-01T17:45:00Z

    Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has been praised by the World Bank for its successful public-private-partnerships in South America, Africa and Europe.