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    SHIPPER ACTION

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    APM Terminals, CMA-CGM, DP World, ETA, ICTS, Gammon Infrastructure, IL&FS, GVK, Soma Enterprises and Concor are all interested in bidding. Indian shippers are hoping to employ new draft legislation, the Shipping and Trade Practices Act, to stop the current practice of lines collecting terminal handling charges.

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    APAPA BULK TERMINALS NOW IN PRIVATE HANDS

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Nigerian Flour Mills, which operates the Apapa Bulk Terminals ''A'' and ''B'', has spent ?24.5m on upgrading berths and other infrastructure awarded to it as part of the ports concession programme in Nigeria. These facilities are shortly to be linked to the Nigerian Railway network.

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    DP World to invest $450m in Kochi

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    DP World is expected to issue a tender for the design of a $450m container terminal in the Indian port of Kochi, which is located in the southern state of Kerala.

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    VTS confirmed for Saudi

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Kongsberg Norcontrol IT and its partner, National Advanced Systems Company (NASCO), have won a contract to supply Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), AIS Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) and high performance radar systems for eight ports in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

  • Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is the first facility to employ the new Navis SPARCS N4 management system
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    Lyttelton Port pioneers SPARCS N4

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    New Zealand''s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has become the first port in the world to go live with the new Navis container management system SPARCS N4.

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    PACECO-MES FLEXES MUSCLE IN THE USA

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Paceco-MES has signed a contract with TraPac, Inc. (USA) for the supply of new super post-Panamax quayside cranes and RTGs destined for service in various terminals in the US.

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    ..Bega signs-up

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    During the official opening ceremony for the new Liebherr factory, BEGA Baltic Stevedoring company signed a contract with the company for a crane to handle bulk commodities at its terminals in Klaipeda.

  • TripLock device being fitted at Sterling Corporate Relocation in the UK
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    Triplock Tracking Technology

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Using the latest wireless telematics technology, the Overseas Shippers Association (OSA) is taking part in trials to track containers using a device called TripLock. TripLock is supplied by Aeromark, a UK based telematics company, and has the ability to position a container anywhere within the mobile phone network and send ...

  • Liebherr has formally opened its new Rostock manufacturing plant for cargo handling equipment
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    Factory opens and..

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    On 12 May, in an official opening ceremony, the Liebherr Group opened its new works in Rostock for maritime cargo handling equipment. The LiebherrMCCtec Rostock GmbH production plant, erected on a site measuring 226,000 square metres in the port of Rostock, includes two production halls and an administration block together ...

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    KONECRANES INC SHARE PURCHASE

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    HMM Acquisition Corp. , a wholly owned Konecranes Inc. subsidiary, has increased its shareholding from 59.2% to 74.5% in MMH Holdings, Inc. , the owner of US based Morris Materials Handling, Inc.

  • Hutchison/Tercat have won the Barcelona El Prat concession
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    Hutch' for El Prat

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    After a rigorous concessioning exercise Hutchison/Tercat have triumphed in Barcelona After a rigorous concessioning exercise Hutchison Ports in conjunction with Tercat, hitherto the Port of Barcelona''s smaller container terminal operator, has been selected as the operator of the new container terminal facilities to be established at the El Prat Quay ...

  • Las Palmas is investing in new infrastructure and superstructure as well as seeking more flexible labour arrangements
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    Building Transhipment

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The race is on in the Canary Islands to secure new container transhipment volumes. Alex Hughes reports

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    Nigeria phase one privatisation complete

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Arif Mohiuddin of CPCS Transcom charts the often rugged road to realising port privatisation in Nigeria

  • The analysis offers to container terminal operators a measure of the operational difficulties they face
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    Reliability Rating

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    A new study from Drewry rates liner shipping reliability and thereby provides an insight into the implications of this for others in the cargo chain. Mike Mundy explains

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    Reach stackers: six big questions

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Steve Cameron put six critical questions to reach stacker producers and users. The answers supplied offer major assistance to identifying the right machine at the right price

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    Pavement performance revisited

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Nigel Nixon BSc, CEng, FICE, PE and Mark Smallbridge BSc, CEng, MICE, PE, two well known " names" in pavement design, put the case for roller compacted concrete pavement design in heavy duty applications

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    I.T. HEADACHE

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    "The main problem in Italy is the lack of infrastructure and deficiencies in the rail network, " he said. "Some is very old.The end of May saw continuing computer problems at ECT resulting in the diversion of Grand Alliance vessels to local competitors. The Ceres Paragon Terminal in Amsterdam and ...

  • Port 2000 - 1.4km of new quay inaugurated
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    Port 2000 development now partially operational

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    At the beginning of April, Le Havre Port Authority inaugurated part of its planned Port 2000 development, which has cost ¢ 700m. This has 1.4km of quay line out of a possible future development encompassing four kilometres of berth.

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    BCT ACQUIRES MHCS

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Poland''s Baltic Container Terminal, which is operated by ICTSI, has placed an order with Kalmar for four mobile harbour cranes.

  • Sea Vision is a positive initiative in the employment market - here Commodore Bob Thornton, Royal Fleet Auxiliary with Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports at the opening of Sea Vision Power Time to break out of the silo mentality
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    Career transitions: an agenda

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Steve Cameron* argues that the maritime employment market will benefit from greater facilitation of personnel movements between sectors 45Anyone who reads the maritime press on a regular basis will have heard the concerns voiced by employers that the maritime sector is not attracting sufficient numbers of high calibre people required ...