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NewsYICT loan facility finalised
Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) has signed a $423m 5-year term loan facility with a consortium of banks. According to the Facility, the consortium which includes Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and China Development Bank, will provide YICT with ...
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NewsAPMT to manage Aqaba
APM Terminals has signed a two-year agreement to manage and develop Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), Jordan''s only box-handling facility, which registered a throughput of 320,000TEUs in 2003. This award was almost certainly prompted by shipping lines levying congestion surcharges on containers offloaded at the port. Those arriving from the Far ...
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San Vicente gets IFC loan
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, will provide a $15m loan to San Vicente Terminal Internacional (SVTI) which operates Chile''s SanVicente port, specialising in forest products and containers. In 2003, the port handled 3.4m tons of cargo (60% of which was forest products) ...
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NewsIraqi five-port tender delayed
US authorities in Iraq have issued a new tender for the management and development of five ports; an earlier tender had to be withdrawn since it proved to be insufficiently comprehensive to allow companies to bid. DPA, APM Terminals, P& O Ports and a Kuwaiti/Iraqi joint venture are all short-listed ...
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Callao needs investment now
SVTI was awarded a 15-year concession in 1999 to rehabilitate, expand and operate the port. SVTI is a 50/50 joint venture between Carrix, Inc. and Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas S.A.Jose Luis Guerola, the new president of Peru's national ports authority, APN, has emphasised that his priority task is to ...
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Suape changes ownership
Ownership of the Brazilian port of Suape is passing from the central to the state government, although it will remain a common user facility.
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New ship unloader at Recife
Bunge Alimentos of Brazil has brought in a new mechanical ship unloader at the port of Recife to speed up the discharge of wheat from Argentinean bulk carriers.
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Tuticorin takes new look at hub status
The so-called Portalino is being operated by Fertimport, the state's leading grain handling stevedore. Following a trial period, the unloader has been able to achieve handling rates of 300 tonnes per hour, three times that previously reported in the port using either fixed and/or mobile pneumatic unloaders.PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & ...
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Johor shows its mettle
The so-called Portalino is being operated by Fertimport, the state's leading grain handling stevedore. Following a trial period, the unloader has been able to achieve handling rates of 300 tonnes per hour, three times that previously reported in the port using either fixed and/or mobile pneumatic unloaders.Johor hopes its volumes ...
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NewsTHE SHORTER THE VOYAGE THE MORE LIKELY THE VIABILITY
It''s the familiar trickle-down effect. Trade grows. Ships get bigger to gain economies of scale. Hub ports order bigger quay cranes to work the bigger ships. Meanwhile smaller ports are growing and also have to accommodate bigger ships - either as feeders or direct callers - so they too need ...
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NewsCLEAR THE WAY
The idea of having lines of trucks backed up outside the terminal while gate operators deal with several troublesome containers and cranes in the port stand idle, is the stuff of nightmares for terminal operators. But congestion at the terminal gate is a perennial problem for the industry.
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NewsIT'S A PEOPLE GAME MARKETING: PART 2
In the first part of his port marketing study (PS November/December 2003), Bill Oakes considered the information a marketing department should have at its fingertips. Whilst detailed knowledge of traffics is a prerequisite for successful marketing it must not be forgotten that this is also a people game.
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NewsSYNCHRONISING TOS WITH CHE
The Equipment Control functions within today''s generation of Terminal Operating Systems are capable of talking directly with the robotics interfaces of today''s container handling equipment (RMGs, RTGs, AGVs). By taking advantage of these technologies, combined with GPS and automated gate technologies, the marine terminal industry is poised to make major ...
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THE FUTURE IS SPELT 'OPPORTUNITY'
As Frans Kok at LXE highlighted, 2.4GHz broadband is opening up opportunities for the transmission of more than just data, and new opportunities are presenting themselves at both extremes of wireless technology development, as increasing wireless bandwidth and tighter integration between wired and wireless LANs open up applications that would ...
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NewsWIRE-LESS IS MORE
In the life of a port, time is money, and every minute gained or lost moving containers counts. Fast, accurate and secure container movement is essential for maximum productivity and profitability. Errors, multiple moves and idle time eat away at the bottom line, factors that are leading ports to invest ...
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NewsHOPES FOR TRADE BONANZA FUEL INVESTMENT PLANS
1st May saw ten new member countries, and 75m more people, join the European Union. What are the strategic aspirations and development plans of their ports and what can they offer? Tom Todd, Mike Mundy and Nick Elliott report.
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NewsPOLAND: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Poland offers the largest market out of all the new countries joining the EU and has recently been the subject of strong container traffic growth at the nation''s premier port gateway, the Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia.
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NewsWHICHEVER GRABS YOU
The choice between rope and electro or motor hydraulic grabs depends principally on the cargo for which it is intended. But there are other considerations. Nick Elliott talks to the manufacturers to weigh up the pros and cons.
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NewsTOUGH OPERATIONAL ECONOMICS MAKE THIS A MARGINAL BUSINESS
Inadequate port infrastructure or specific operational economics still prompt some stevedores to make use of sophisticated floating terminals, reports Alex Hughes .
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NewsGERMAN PORTS BATTLE BULGES AND EYE THE FUTURE
Germany''s seaports, including its now integrated former GDR facilities, expect to benefit greatly from the EU''s eastern extension, reports Tom Todd.
