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    China relaxes rules on cross-Strait trade

    2010-01-28T12:24:00Z

    The Ministry of Transport in China is to relax current rules that restrict vessels operating between China and Taiwan from carrying transhipment cargo or cargo emanating from other countries.

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    Dighi signs land handover

    2010-01-28T12:24:00Z

    India''s Dighi port developer has signed a lease with Maharashtra Maritime Board confirming a 50-year lease on 77 hectares of land on the west coast of India. The plans for Dighi port include construction of a free trade warehousing zone, railway sidings, warehousing, storage yards and road infrastructure.

  • Port Strategy: Pentalver warns that just being able to store containers is no longer enough
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    Running on empties

    2010-01-28T12:24:00Z

    Despite simple appearances, there''s a myriad of issues surrounding empty depot operations, as Felicity Landon finds out

  • Port Strategy: Tanjung Priok is one of nine ports selected for sustainability aid
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    ASEAN Ports Joint Development

    2010-01-27T12:24:00Z

    The ASEAN Ports Association (APA) and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)  are jointly implementing the "Sustainable Port Development in the ASEAN Region" project, designed to help a selected number of ports comply with international environment and safety standards while improving their efficiency.

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    Enapu must be strengthened

    2010-01-26T12:24:00Z

    Peru''s Exporters'' Association has called for the National Ports Company (Enapu) to be modernised and strengthened to allow it to act as a counterpoint to the country''s privatised ports terminal industry.

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    Red Sea Gateway gets going

    2010-01-26T12:24:00Z

    The completion of the first phase of Jeddah Islamic Port''s newest world-class container facility, Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT), was recently celebrated with the arrival of UASC''s Al Muttanabi. Located at the northern end of the Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP), the 1.8m teu, second-generation terminal constructed under a buil-operate-transfer agreement ...

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    TIS and Yuzhny find common ground

    2010-01-26T12:24:00Z

    Andrii Kuzmenko, director of the TIS Container Terminal in the Ukraine, has cited the "extraordinary efforts" of both port staff and TIS employees as key to the resolution of the ongoing conflicts between the two parties.

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    A matter of control

    2010-01-26T12:24:00Z

    Intelligent controls and a green agenda are changing RTG drives for the better, as Stevie Knight discovers

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    La Paloma development to go ahead in Uruguay

    2010-01-25T12:24:00Z

    Uruguay''s Transport and Public Works Minister, Victor Rossi, has said that a tender will be issued shortly for a $1bn deep water port. A Spanish consortium is reportedly interested in taking the project forward. The port would be at La Paloma, 210 kilometres east of Montevideo.

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    Hutchison makes UK emission pledge

    2010-01-25T12:24:00Z

    Hutchison Ports UK has signed up its three UK ports up to the national 10:10 initiative, pledging to cut carbon emissions by 10% during 2010.

  • Port Strategy: Brisbane is forging ahead with container berth development plans
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    Ongoing growth for Brisbane

    2010-01-25T12:24:00Z

    Brisbane celebrates that rarest of things: increased profit in a recession. Iain MacIntyre finds out how it''s done

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    TPS appeals against Valparaiso bid ban

    2010-01-24T12:24:00Z

    The port of San Antonio in Chile has made available documents relating to the proposed tender for Terminal Number Nine, which will be offered as a 30-year concession for the handling of dry bulk. A single operator is being sought to handle and warehouse consignments.

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    EU performance indicators

    2010-01-24T12:24:00Z

    European ports have come a step closer to transparent reporting with the beginning of a research project to establish performance indicators.

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    Terminals and lines need to work together says ex-Maersk CEO

    2010-01-24T12:24:00Z

    Low levels of growth and reduction in revenue brought about by the global economic crisis can only be combated by terminal operators and vessel owners working together, claims Christian Moller Laursen, the financial director of APM Terminals.

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    Ports America seals Seagirt deal

    2010-01-22T12:24:00Z

    Maryland''s Seagirt Marine Terminal has been signed over on a 50-year lease to Ports America Chesapeake in a public-private partnership valued at $1.3bn to the State of Maryland over the life of the agreement.

  • Port Strategy: New minister's stark warning to Botany stevedores. Credit: Adam JWC
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    Performance axe hangs over Botany stevedores

    2010-01-22T12:24:00Z

    The newly-appointed New South Wales ports minister has quickly moved to reinforce his government''s commitment to improving the performance of Sydney''s Port Botany stevedores.

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    Vietnam issues ports master plan

    2010-01-22T12:24:00Z

    The Vietnamese government has approved the national Seaport Development Master Plan, which calls for investment of $19.5bn-$23.8bn by 2020.

  • Port Strategy: NZ Transport Minister Steven Joyce wants shippers and port companies to 'work together'
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    Australasian Feature Third Lead

    2010-01-22T12:24:00Z

    New Zealand''s future port scene will be shaped by natural market forces and not influenced by direct Government intervention.

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    Australasian Feature Second Lead

    2010-01-21T12:24:00Z

    A sign of increasing optimism about trade between Australia and Asia, Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has finalised an agreement with Sydney Ports Corporation for the development and operation of the third container terminal (T3) at Port Botany.

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    Haiti port pivotal to aid operations

    2010-01-20T12:24:00Z

    Food, water, medical aid, humanitarian supplies - the bulk of the aid to Haiti should be arriving by sea, the most effective way of delivering the truly massive amounts of aid needed by the victims of the earthquake.