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Chinese and Trinidad & Tobago select SeaSecure
The Chinese government has selected maritime security and counter-terrorism consultants, SeaSecure, to provide training for the Hong Kong Marine Department in preparation for ISPS Code compliance.
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NewsU.S. ports welcome grants but heed shut-down warning
US ports seeking federal grants for 1,065 security enhancement measures have learned that 442 of the plans will be funded. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) named recipients of $179,025,900 in the third round of federal grants for port security.
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Guangzhou attracts investment
Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.The Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone, located at the very heart of the Pearl River Delta, claims to have inked nine maritime development projects worth $673m to add to eight ...
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San Antonio to build new terminal
Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.Empresa Portuaria San Antonio has issued terms and conditions covering the construction of a new container terminal which will be located 105km from the Chilean capital Santiago. This will ...
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Five bid for JNPT
Five of eight interested parties have entered firm bids for the concession to run the third container terminal at JNPT in India.
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Aqaba reports record throughput
Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.Aqaba Ports Corporation has acquired two MHCs from Germany to enable 85 containers/hour to be handled at its container terminal which has been handling record volumes - up 75% ...
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Barcelona to build third terminal
Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.Barcelona port authority is to issue tenders covering the 70m Euro construction of a new 60ha container terminal at Muelle Prat. The terminal, which will have 1000 metres of ...
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NewsPMSi and CRG team up
Control Risks Group''s international maritime division has joined forces with PMSi (Port Maritime Security International) to offer a complete security solution throughout the logistics supply chain.
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Aussie and Brit ports face up to ISPS deadline?
Australian transport minister John Anderson has been reported by the Weekend newspaper as saying of the ISPS Code:
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NewsNOURISHING THE BLUE BANANA
If the Blue Banana, the curve of light stretching from northern England through the Rhineland to northern Italy and first observed from space 15 years ago, is the economic heart of Europe, then the Benelux ports are the valves through which its lifeblood of trade is pumped, reports Nick Elliott ...
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NewsMOBILITY EQUALS FLEXIBILITY
Mobile pneumatic ship unloaders find their place where flexibility comes before pure capacity - and if storage space is at a premium, reports Alex Hughes .
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NewsQUAY CONSTRUCTION ISSUES
The varied nature of construction works for port developments gives rise to a number of specific issues of which port developers and financiers need to be aware, writes Patrick Leece .
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NewsLIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS 'THE NEXT BIG THING' IS HERE
The current main driver for change in the port sector, as in the global energy market, is the increasing demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG). As Mike Corkhill reports, for a growing number of ports, LNG represents not only a rapidly expanding traffic but also a major new responsibility.
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NewsAsia boosts NY & NJ volumes
Continuing growth in Asian trade boosted container volumes at New York-New Jersey by 14.6% during the first half of 2003. Imports from East Asia grew by 38%, while imports from Southeast Asia grew by 31%. Asian imports now account for 41% of all cargo handled by New York-New Jersey. This ...
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Spanish ports invest
The three ports of Spain''s Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia, Castellon and Alicante) region will invest a combined € 397.25m in 2004, up 50% over 2002. Of this, € 115m will be contributed by various state bodies while the balance of € 281.86m (71%) will be sourced from the private sector.
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Vizhinjam major box player?
Kerala Port Department (KPD) is progressing plans to convert Vizhinjam into a major international container terminal. Despite the fact that it is only 200km from the location of the proposed Vallarpadam transhipment terminal, near Kochi, KPD insists it will not affect traffic.
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Ailes' new vehicles terminal
Spain''s Aviles port authority is to undertake a feasibility study into building a new vehicles terminal on the southern area of the San Juan Quay.
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Batumi to get new port
The revival of the Silk Road along the South-Caucasian corridor as a natural link between the Black Sea and the Caspian region is seen as providing Batumi, as well as neighbouring Poti, with significant development opportunities.
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Cosco to invest in Tianjin
During the past year, 1,100 new longshoremen were hired, increasing employment for an industry that already supports 228,000 jobs in the region.Cosco Pacific, the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of China's largest shipping line, has signed a memorandum of understanding to take a 50% stake in the construction of six new berths ...
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Hong Kong needs CT 10
During the past year, 1,100 new longshoremen were hired, increasing employment for an industry that already supports 228,000 jobs in the region.Hong Kong needs to build Container Terminal 10 after Kwai Chung's CT9 has come fully on stream by 2005, to raise its long term competitiveness, the head of the ...
