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  • JNPT and Mumbai to compete for investors?
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    Mumbai saga rolls on

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The bid process for the Mumbai offshore container terminal continues to be extended much to the irritation of the port trust and a number of the bidders.

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    IPA COMMUNITY SYSTEM

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Indian Ports Association is backing the development of a centralised Web-based Port Community System.

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    PRIVATISED ISRAELI PORTS FIRST ANNIVERSARY

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Informed sources indicate that a major roadblock is the issue of Hutchison Port Holdings getting security clearance to bid for the project. The Cabinet Committee on Internal Security, which met in March to decide on the issue, referred the matter to the National Security Council who, in turn, requested an ...

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    COLOMBO BREAKS RECORD

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    In March this year, the Sri Lankan port of Colombo posted a new monthly record of 245,024TEU handled.

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    QASIM DREDGE AND..

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Informed sources indicate that a major roadblock is the issue of Hutchison Port Holdings getting security clearance to bid for the project. The Cabinet Committee on Internal Security, which met in March to decide on the issue, referred the matter to the National Security Council who, in turn, requested an ...

  • Pakistan International Container Terminal, capacity boost
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    PICT boosting capacity

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Phase 2 development of Karachi''s Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) is due for completion by the end of June.

  • India: a 10 billion dollar investment
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    India earmarks $10bn of investment

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    In the next six years, India plans to invest $10 billion in upgrading port facilities to meet the demands of its growing economy. The country''s 12 largest ports, which account for 75% of all trade, will source much of the investment abroad.

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    ASHDOD STRIKES PUT OFF USERS

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Despite having signed contract agreements to the contrary, employees at Israel''s port of Ashdod have come out on strike twice so far this year.

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    Gwadar seaport to open in June

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Work has already begun on the $24 million third phase programme; phase one cost $30 million and phase two $17 million.Pakistan has revealed that its new Gwadar deep seaport should become operational in June. There are already in place facilities for handling containers, general cargo and dry bulk. The port, ...

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    ..BOT BOX SCHEME

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Qasim has also issued a call for expressions of interest to build a second container terminal on a BOT basis.

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    Savannah growth

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Port of Savannah handled 173,415TEU in the month of April 2006, a 12.7 per cent increase over the same period last year.

  • Cartagena - new quay, cranes and yard equipment are planned
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    Cartagena seeking regional hub status

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Colombian port of Cartagena handled 549,860TEU last year and is anticipating growth in 2006 of more than 150,000 additional containers. This is due to the arrival, in March, of a new Asia-Caribbean service operated by Maersk with 5,000TEU vessels.

  • Santos set to build box capacity
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    Santos develops huge expansion programme . . .

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Santos Port Authority (Codesp) is to develop a major new operating area at Barnabe Bagre as a public-private partnership in tandem with the Federal Government. This will expand this particular zone of the port to 6 million square metres incorporating no fewer than 50 berths.

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    . . . and operators add equipment

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The main container terminals at the port of Santos intend to increase their productivity this year through the purchase of new cranes financed through tax breaks made available by the government.

  • Tilbury - a tailormade solution for Stora Enso from vessel discharge to warehousing and despatch The Enterprise Distribution Centre in the background Inside the warehouse - supply chain strategy dominates
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    Paper Mate

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The deployment of supply chain expertise in the set-up and operation of the Port of Tilbury''s Enterprise Distribution Centre has proved a decisive factor in its success

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    Reach stackers: six big questions

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Steve Cameron put six critical questions to reach stacker producers and users. The answers supplied offer major assistance to identifying the right machine at the right price

  • Sea Vision is a positive initiative in the employment market - here Commodore Bob Thornton, Royal Fleet Auxiliary with Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports at the opening of Sea Vision Power Time to break out of the silo mentality
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    Career transitions: an agenda

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Steve Cameron* argues that the maritime employment market will benefit from greater facilitation of personnel movements between sectors 45Anyone who reads the maritime press on a regular basis will have heard the concerns voiced by employers that the maritime sector is not attracting sufficient numbers of high calibre people required ...

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    Scale Returns

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Since last reporting, your columnist has been to Colombo, to take part in a Conference organized by Ceylon Association of Ship Agents (CASA) and to hear the news of this island which always seems to perching on the brink of something much better. The shipping industry in Sri Lanka is ...

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    VTS confirmed for Saudi

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Kongsberg Norcontrol IT and its partner, National Advanced Systems Company (NASCO), have won a contract to supply Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), AIS Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) and high performance radar systems for eight ports in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

  • Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is the first facility to employ the new Navis SPARCS N4 management system
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    Lyttelton Port pioneers SPARCS N4

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    New Zealand''s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has become the first port in the world to go live with the new Navis container management system SPARCS N4.