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TIMARU GUNS FOR WESTERN EXTENSION
A consent application has been lodged by PrimePort Timaru to progressively extend the western end of its North Mole container facility. Ultimately creating an overall wharf length of 650 metres, the project will also see the expansion of breakbulk and bulk handling facilities, and construction of a sheetpile wall with ...
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AUCKLAND'S AIS GOLD
An automated identification system introduced by the Ports of Auckland has enabled vessels as long as two football fields to be tracked and managed within five metres'' accuracy in the poorest of visibility. Linking VHF transmissions containing the unique identifier, name, course and speed of all vessels over 500 GRT ...
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NewsAuckland box handling boost
Auckland Port Authority has confirmed that expansion of its new Axis Fergusson terminal would add a further 120,000 teu to its total handling capacity.
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NewsPort relief on Maersk schedule
Ports around New Zealand have undoubtedly drawn a collective sigh of relief, with Maersk Line confirming it will continue at the nine local ports it currently serves, albeit with a revised service structure.
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Ports and terminals attract the eye
As we head into the insurance renewal season, it is easier to spot the areas where market players have decided on pushing out a new boat or two. For some reason, the field of ports and terminals has emerged in 2006 as an area some people want to expand into ...
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BMT blueprint for global IT community
The establishment of networked port community IT is going to be a key tool in how port users talk to one another in the future, said David Wignall, managing director of BMT''s Ports & Logistics Division.
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NewsChina facility to boost Linde output
Linde is adding to its existing reachstacker capacity with a facility in China. The factory in Xiamen has been building empty container handlers from Linde kits since 1996, but the company has confirmed to Port Strategy that reachstackers are being added to the production line to meet growing demand.
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Behind the scenes standardisation success
One organisation that does not receive enough credit for the valuable work it does for the ports industry is the SMDG group, a non-profit foundation, which aims to further the development of one single language for electronic data interchange (EDI) messages around the world.
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Kalmar spearheads hybrid technology in States
Equipment manufacturer Kalmar is participating in a two-year project to reduce pollution at ports in the US.
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Halcrow adds to port finance tools
Consultant Halcrow has completed trials of its Port Finance Model, and is offering it as an aid for assisting with increasing private sector investment in port developments. Said the consultant:
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NewsWarehouse modelling Cirrus-style
Cirrus Logistics has launched the latest generation of its warehouse layout software. The new version has factored in a means to manage the impact of increasing traffic around the warehouse site, taking into account the various factors influencing flows across the site.
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NewsCAN-BUS tractor popular with ro-ro industry
Demand from ro-ro customers has boosted sales of Kalmar''s i-model tractor range.Since the launch of the product in spring this year,more than 50 units have been ordered by customers such as the Port of Gothenburg, Stena Line, Rauma Stevedoring and DFDS Tor Line.
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Tianjin returns to PSA for expansion joint venture
Tianjin Port Authority has given its goahead for a third phase expansion of its container terminal at a cost of $840m. The project is being taken forward by Tianjin Port Pacific International Container Terminal, which is a joint-venture between PSA China (49%) and Tianjin Port Group (51%). It involves construction ...
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NewsLocal Support National Success
US West Coast ports agree that they can only tackle the many pressing issues facing them if they engage with the community, and get their message across beyond the confines of the port, as David Foxwell explains.
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Columbia River deepening "key infrastructure project"
A proposed deepening of the Columbia River has become "one of the most important infrastructure projects in a generation", according to the Port of Portland''s marine director Sam Ruda. Mr Ruda tells Port Strategy: "We''re always focused on the Federal Water Resources Development Act and annual federal appropriations bills for ...
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NewsLet Battle Commence
Mediterranean Shipping Company has had enough of what it sees as a non-competitive environment in the Port of Buenos Aires and is making a stand. Mike Mundy reports on the war being waged
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MSC's complaints on draught in Buenos Aires centre on the following:
In a ground-breaking move,Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has filed a major complaint with Argentina's anti-trust authority that alleges there are "no real alternatives as regards port terminal service providers"and therefore that "its operations in the port, as well as Argentine foreign trade, are exposed to the risks, abuses and prejudice ...
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NewsNorthern lights
The port of Hong Kong is being eclipsed but its port operators are still raking it in through smart investments outside of the former number one hub
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NewsDeep demands of dredging
Whether it''s dealing with contaminated waste or upsetting the habitat of rare wading birds,dredging is a sector packed with environmental "issues". Felicity Landon reports on the latest thinking
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IADC points to bigger picture
The whole environment should be taken into account when considering port developments - including ecological, economic, social, cultural, political and technical, says Constantijn Dolmans, secretary general of the International Association of Dredging Companies. Port planning is therefore determined by environmental issues in their broadest sense, he says."In the ecological sense,it ...
