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Revised Standard due next year
An updated and revised version of a European standard for cathodic protection of harbour structures, EN 13174, which will be of direct use for port and harbour engineers planning protection against ALWC or dealing with its effects, should be available early next year.
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NewsCIRIA Project provides new solutions for ALWC
A new report from CIRIA, and a revised European Standard for protecting harbour installations, offer new tools in the fight against Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC) as David Foxwell discovers.
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NewsCareful costing key to effective dust control
Controlling and managing dust emissions can best be accomplished if a few simple guidelines are adhered to; and plant used to control emissions is selected with life cycle costs in mind, writes David Foxwell.
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Transisthmus corridor planned
Coatzacoalcos port in the central-eastern state of Veracruz and the Pacific coast port of Salina Cruz are contemplating a joint concession to run their respective container terminals. Salina Cruz lost its container traffic in 2003, because of its infrastructure limitations; the former terminal covered just 65,000 sq metres, although existing ...
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NewsMexicans prepare for major developments
Mexico''s transport ministry plans to coordinate investment of US$666m in the country''s 16 ports. Of this, US$479m will be privatesector investment and the rest raised from public sources and invested by the port authorities. Altamira, with a total investment of US$322m, will be the main beneficiary scooping 48.4% of the ...
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Ensenada to implement intermodal corridor..
The Mexican port of Ensenada is to invest US$10.41m on infrastructure in putting into operation an intermodal corridor aimed at container traffic moving to and from the centre of Mexico and the US.
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..and Veracruz reactivates..
Veracruz, Mexico''s largest port in the Gulf of Mexico, is to reactivate the concession process covering three terminals, following an examination by the country''s antitrust authorities. The process began in November last year when one minerals terminal and another handling vehicles were offered as 15-year concessions with an option to ...
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..while Tamaulipas state to upgrade El Mezquital...
In keeping with the rest of North Africa, the two Spanish Moroccan enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta believe that there is still money is to be made from developing major container transhipment hubs. However, their desire to break into this market is being driven by other factors, too.Mexico's northern state ...
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NewsPartnerships underpin Mayson’s Port Strategy
Dave Macintyre talks to Tauranga’s Jon Mayson about his passionate commitment to strategic cooperation and much else of value to publicly-owned ports and their prospective partners.
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Greatest Legacy will be MetroPort
Undoubtedly however, Mayson''s greatest legacy will be MetroPort. Commencing with 60TEU capacity trains, the initial weekend-only service handled 32,000 TEUs and processed 18,000 trucks in its first 12 months of operation.
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NewsMeet 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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Logistics, Logistics, Logistics . . .
As a result of these trends, PTP is not just expanding its berths, it is also adding another 300 acres of land under phase B of its FTZ project to the existing 1,000 acres (phase A) which are currently about 80% occupied. This will be ready by the end of ...
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NewsShifting the Balance
Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) is in the middle of its next stage of expansion, based around its burgeoning free trade zone. James Macpherson reports.
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NewsTried and Died
Tony Restall warns of the problems and pitfalls of setting up a free zone - and reveals some straightforward advice on how to avoid them.
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NewsSalalah A Case Study
Paul Grant reports on progress at the Middle East''s latest free zone initiative in Oman.
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A shipyard in your backyard?
Some insurance issues have arisen in connection with the risk of terrorism and the ISPS Code which give us all pause for concern. A ship under construction is clearly a marine risk and subject to the Marine Insurance Act.
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East Coast Option
Ben Hackett considers whether the looming import peak in the US will benefit the all-water route via Suez to the East Coast
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NewsEnd of an era at P&O - so what next?
Mid-2005 will, in years to come, probably be seen as a pivotal moment for P& O. The jury is out, however, on whether it will be seen in a positive or negative context.
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NewsEmerging ASEAN eye trade opportunities ANports
China''s burgeoning export presence may be of concern to many neighbouring East and Southeast Asian countries, but evidence is mounting that some secondary ports in the ASEAN region are finding opportunities to piggy-back their own trade expansion. Dave and Iain MacIntyre report.
