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NewsLyttelton callers boost volumes
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is expecting calls from the weekly Maersk Line Pacific Island service and the currently fortnightly CMA CGM New Europe, Mascarene and Orient (NEMO) service will raise its annual container volume by about 10% to 200,000 teu.
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MELBOURNE WATER WAR
The Port of Melbourne Corporation has reported that visiting ships have drastically reduced their intake of potable water in an effort to play their role in water conservation.
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QUEENSLAND SHUNS NVESTMENT
Privately-operated coal terminals in Queensland have rejected any offer to publicly fund their export infrastructure, despite vessel queues reaching record levels.
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MARLBOROUGH SAFETY DRIVE
They feel that their private investments are underpinned by long-term contracts with mining companies and therefore public money is unnecessary.Marlborough harbourmaster Captain Alex van Wijngaarden is seeking radar, expansion of the automatic information system and adoption of the pending non-mandatory New Zealand Port Marine Harbour Safety Code, to ensure the ...
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GLADSTONE COAL GOAL
A new A$200m ($165.8m) ship loader will add an extra 10m tonnes to the export coal capacity of Gladstone’ s RG Tanna Coal Terminal. The commissioning follows a 20% increase in capacity at the port in the last 12 months.
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NEW NORTHPORT CEO
Northport has appointed qualified Master Mariner Jon Moore as its new chief executive, in light of the pending retirement of Ken Crean in June.
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NewsISPS an easy, but expensive, pill to swallow
The estimated global port-related cost of implementing the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code has been put at between $1.1bn and $2.3bn initially, with annual costs thereafter of between $400m and $900m, in a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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Personal injury claims on the rise
Personal injury and handling equipment incidents on the quayside are on the up in Europe and the US, as ports struggle to boost capacity to meet the challenge of China.
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All things Indonesian
Long avoided, suddenly international firms are eyeing the archipelago, as Wing Kah-goh uncovers
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NewsTrouble brewing
Laem Chabang’ s expansion doesn’ t add up:too many berths, too few boxes equals trouble, suggests Wing Kah-goh
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NewsNew-found popularity threatens to block Vietnam's arteries
In Southeast Asia,the single most exciting development ports-wise has been the rapid opening up of Vietnam, where container exports have been growing at 19% on average for the past decade. In the last 12 months the world and his wife has piled into the former French colony. Most are forming ...
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DP WORLD WOOS RUSSIANS
The Russian government has revealed that it is in talks with DP World in respect of new developments in its future port special economic zones.The company already has interests in Vostochny Port in the Russian Far East, where PSA International has also indicated an interest in operating.
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Panama invests in minor ports
Panama Maritime Authority is to invest more than $700,000 across 10 minor ports.Work will involve minor repairs and upgrades to buildings and infrastructure.
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NewsJobs piling up
There’ s mounting demand for quayside upgrade projects as ports tussle to accommodate larger ships and swelling volumes, as Alex Hughes finds out
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NewsCorrosion bug needs careful consideration
Accelerated Low Water Corrosion – a bacteriological attack on steel – has in the past contributed to the loss of two thirds of the structural design life of many quay walls before major maintenance, says UK specialist Nuttall John Martin.
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NewsFinal piece of jigsaw
In signing up Japanese car carrier experts NYK and K Line to its car terminal ambitions, PSA has cemented Singapore’ s number one position, writes Wing Kah-goh
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NewsHydraulic inroads
With thousands of fixed and rail-mounted slewing jib cranes around the globe nearing the end of their useful working lives,dry bulk terminals are seeking to replace them with more flexible units. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsDitch the cables for faster,more cost efficient handling
Forget traditional cable-operated mobile harbour cranes, hydraulic units have a better overall performance, provide higher levels of operator comfort, generate improved cost efficiency, are more operationally precise, are lighter and highly flexible.
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Crane Upgrades & Cab Design Container Handling
Port operators can inject new energy into tired cranes by upgrading and modernising.Alex Hughes investigates
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NewsWhen u[grades become a serious consideration
Obsolescence can sometimes be a key driver in the quest for crane upgrades, as Gottwald company spokesperson Peter Klein explains.
