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Deliberations Down Mexico Way
Potential Mexican alternatives to US West Coast (USWC) containerports are coming under increasing scrutiny.
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NewsCalifornia Calculations
California port executives met recently under the auspices of the California Association of Port Authorities and considered various organisational changes to container terminal working designed to enhance terminal operation.
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COATZACOALCOS TO BUILD BOX TERMINAL
The port authority of the Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos stated recently that US$26.75m will be required to build a container terminal at the harbour of Pajaritos.
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Cordoba plans new port close to canal
International operator Hutchison Port Holdings, already with port interests in Mexico, is one party known to be looking at new port development together with various logistics operators in order to establish "cargo pipelines" into the US.Cordoba Port Company (SPC), which has been established to progress construction of a maritime port ...
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SANTOS TO INVEST IN ALCOHOL
Stolthaven, the port of Santos'' leading handler of industrial alcohol, is to expand its current storage capacity by 150% over the next three years.
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Peru approves National Port plan
The Peruvian government has approved the National Port Development Plan. The next step will be the signing of an agreement between Peru''s investment body, Proinversion, and the National Port Authority, which will allow the plan to be put into action and also permit the introduction of private investment in the ...
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THREE BID FOR EL SALVADOR BOX TERMINAL PROJECT
Maersk, Hutchison Port Holdings and SSA Marine have indicated an interest in building and operating a container terminal in the El Salvador port of La Union.
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NewsAnd elsewhere on the Subcontinent . . .
Perhaps in response to the possibility of Sethu becoming reality, by which Indian ports will attempt to lure significant amounts of cargo away from Colombo, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority has revealed that it is planning construction of four new container terminals at Colombo. The first phase of construction will ...
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NewsDemocracy in Action
Gavin van Marle spent several months roaming India recently. His report reveals how a stifling bureaucracy and genuine democracy form a two-edged sword in a country whose port sector is intent on progress.
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NewsAngolan Angst
Steve Cameron provides an update on the tortuous process of concessioning out terminal operations in Africa.
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NewsNot in my Back Yard!
The relationship between ports that need to develop and their surrounding social and ecological environments is very often a matter for heated debate with the NIMBY factor usually to the fore.
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Deal with EIA sooner rather than later
Here Royal Haskoning makes a rational appraisal of a sensitive subject.Recommendations resulting from the EIA process may affect development by requiring changes that influence the design, economic viability or timing of implementation in order for the development to gain approval. To be of most benefit it is necessary for EIA ...
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NewsSealing the Box
Within the plethora of directives, regulations, codes and initiatives, and the accompanying smart technology that the reaction to 9/11 has given birth to, the container seal has always been in the cross hairs. Nick Elliott reports.
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What is Radio Frequency Identification?
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification - is an Automatic Data Collection (ADC) technology that uses radio-frequency waves to transfer data between a reader and a movable item to identify, categorize, and track. RFID is fast, reliable, and does not require physical sight or contact between reader/scanner and the tagged item. ...
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How and Who to Charge
A recent study by Cameron Maritime Resources has identified how governments and operators have been financing and recovering costs associated with the ISPS Code. Steve Cameron takes a snapshot of approaches around the world.
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Chinese Bottlenecks persist
Impediments to the cargo pipeline performing well, from iron ore producer to steel manufacturer, are not all, about what is happening at the exporter end in Australia.
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NewsUK Port Plans - No Election fever here!
A UK election has been called and the last time this happened when there were any particular port issues on the agenda was when Margaret Thatcher was in power and overseeing a serious round of port privatisation. Suddenly, all the deliberations were over and decisions were made on who had ...
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Privatisation: Israeili Style
Ben Hackett pursues his analysis of the port privatisation process to the Levant
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NewsSustainability versus Progress
The Bengal tiger may be an endangered species but the Indian economy is certainly not. Investment bankers talk of it as the next Asian tiger - arguably it already is.
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It's not all about Terrorism
There are clever criminal gangs out there hatching ingenious plots.
