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Meet the Multi-Tasking Girl Fridays
Among the many issues relating to the maintenance of port facilities is how best to support work requiring the use of floating plant. Jack Gaston reports on the wide choice of maintenance work craft available.
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What it takes to do the job
Analysing the main requirements for such a vessel, the following features become obvious.
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TRUCK MAFIA HALTS BILBAO BOX TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT
It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. In 2004, Bilbao box terminal ATM registered a 9.76% hike in throughput to 207,825 TEUs, while revenue grew by 15.39% to ¢14.2m. Expectations for 2005 are for an ...
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..and builds new container terminal
Port of Rotterdam and operator ECT have reached agreement to construct a new container terminal at Maasvlakte. This Delta Barge Feeder Terminal (DBF) is meant to handle inland and feeder vessels in a more flexible way whilst the terminal''s maximum capacity will expand to 880,000 TEUs. DFB will have a ...
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Valencia receives largest ever vessel
On 4 May, MSC''s 8,000 TEU vessel RACHELE docked at Valencia, the biggest container ship ever to call at any Spanish port. The vessel will be deployed on services out of China and the Far East. China is now Valencia''s biggest generator of traffic. In 2004, Chinese volumes handled at ...
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BARCELONA TO HAVE NEW TERMINAL
Barcelona Port Authority has issued a tender for a new liquid bulk terminal on its Inflammables quay.
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NEW BILBAO HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT TO OPEN IN 2006
It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. The second phase of Bilbao's Outer Harbour development will be completed in 2006. The new A-3 Quay will consist of a 270,000 sq metre area and have 910 ...
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TCB PULLS OUT OF TCA
It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. Barcelona's TCB group has sold its equity stake in Algeciras container terminal TCA to current partner Acciona. TCB has acted as operator of the terminal since its inauguration ...
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Rotterdam commissions quay construction?
It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. The port of Rotterdam has commissioned the construction of the quay wall for the EuroMax container terminal to BAM Civiel. The design and construct-contract for the almost 2,000 ...
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ABP
It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. ABP is spending a further £15m in new plant and equipment for Humber International Terminal, Phase 2, currently under construction at Immingham. This is in addition to the ...
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North seeks to ease Southern Discomfort
Depending on your point of view, PD Ports'' plan to introduce a Northern Gateway container port on the Tees would either ease the UK''s notorious southern port congestion, or - if you''re a supporter of any or all of the three southern container terminal projects aimed at solving the problem ...
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Rivals ATM and TMB set up joint venture company
Lloyd's List reports that port operators and regional development agencies in the north of England are calling for a delay on three outstanding applications to build additional facilities in the south (London Gateway, Felixstowe South and Bathside Bay) until alternative schemes are considered in other parts of the country. They ...
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BERGE CONSOLIDATES AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS
Lloyd's List reports that port operators and regional development agencies in the north of England are calling for a delay on three outstanding applications to build additional facilities in the south (London Gateway, Felixstowe South and Bathside Bay) until alternative schemes are considered in other parts of the country. They ...
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TRAFFIC UP AT PORT NOU
Lloyd's List reports that port operators and regional development agencies in the north of England are calling for a delay on three outstanding applications to build additional facilities in the south (London Gateway, Felixstowe South and Bathside Bay) until alternative schemes are considered in other parts of the country. They ...
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Tuticorin offers incentives and rebates
Tuticorin Port Trust has introduced a new 25% wharfage rebate on new cargo coming to the port in fiscal 2005-06.
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Zhuhai International Container Terminals
A groundbreaking ceremony was held to commence phase II of Zhuhai International Container Terminals (Gaolan) (ZICT(G)). The project involves the construction of two new 50,000-tonne container berths with a total quay length of 824 metres and depth alongside of 15 metres, capable of handling vessels up to 70,000 tonnes. With ...
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VOLUMES UP IN SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabian ports handled 119m tonnes in 2004, a 6.3% increase. Exports of 76m tonnes were up 7.3%, while imports grew by 4.6% to 43m tonnes. Container throughput was 3.18m TEUs, an increase of 30.5%.