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    Vancouver air awards

    2010-09-03T14:38:00Z

    A user-friendly incentive for shipping lines that reduce emissions has been launched by Port Metro Vancouver.

  • India is now the world’s third largest international seaborne supplier of iron ore
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    Pursuing iron ore export opportunities

    2010-09-03T10:00:00Z

    With buyers looking to diversify their purchases of iron ore to avoid reliance on Brazil and Australia, and India enjoying a shipping cost advantage into China, iron ore port developments have been moving apace.

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    Vancouver air awards

    2010-09-03T10:00:00Z

    A user-friendly incentive for shipping lines that reduce emissions has been launched by Port Metro Vancouver.

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    Maputo extends agreement

    2010-09-03T10:00:00Z

    Maputo Port Development Company in Mozambique has had its concession agreement extended for an additional fifteen years, taking the contract to 2033.

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    Solutions suffering from ports’ power play

    2010-09-02T14:56:00Z

    Port owners and shipping companies are flexing their muscles when it comes to supply chain negotiations, according to an independent market survey of nearly 200 industry port owners, consultants and contractors.

  • India’s ports are poised for growth with the government encouraging private players
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    Enthusiasm for Pipavav shares points the way

    2010-09-02T14:56:00Z

    Gujarat Pipavav Port has raised Rs5.08bn ($107m) from its floatation, Rs1 per share over that agreed by the anchor investors.

  • Grain is being held in rail cars, ships and elevators at Odessa, Nickolayev and Ilyichevsk ports
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    Ukraine ports hold up grain shipments

    2010-09-02T14:55:00Z

    While Ukraine''s government has delayed official quotas on grain exports, it seems customs at Odessa, Nickolayev, and Ilyichevsk ports have already put a de facto ban in place.

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    Uganda offered land for port on Tanzania coast

    2010-09-02T10:00:00Z

    Tanzania has offered Uganda land adjacent to the port of Tanga, which is close to the Kenyan border, to build its own import-export facility. At present, landlocked Uganda has to make use of Mombasa Port, which is currently highly congested.

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    Newcastle secures expansion funds

    2010-09-02T10:00:00Z

    Finance has been secured for an A$900m (US$807m) expansion at Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export port, with export capacity at the New South Wales port planned to reach 180m tonnes per year by 2013.

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    IPM stays with Kalmar

    2010-09-02T10:00:00Z

    Infraestructura Portuaria Mexicana (IPM) at Altamira, located on the Gulf of Mexico has opted for two Kalmar E-One2 RTGs and also agreed to upgrade its two existing quay cranes. The Port of Altamira has a spectrum of Kalmar handling equipment: this currently includes two DRF reachstackers, two DCD empty container ...

  • Tuticorin Container Terminal
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    A positive landscape for private investors

    2010-09-02T10:00:00Z

    Indian trade is pushing new boundaries but port capacity is struggling to keep up, writes Michael King

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    Kombi-Terminal goes for Kuenz

    2010-09-01T10:02:00Z

    Kuenz has won the contract for another three intermodal container cranes at the Kombi-Terminal Ludwigshafen, Germany.

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    Konescranes get heavy

    2010-09-01T10:02:00Z

    Konecranes has upgraded its heavy forklift range, adding a new high specification 33 tonne option and three new machines at extreme capacities, encompassing 50 tonne, 55 tonne and 65 tonne lift models.

  • The logistics maze: exact pathways of future intermodal movements are never clear
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    Navigating through the logistics maze

    2010-09-01T10:00:00Z

    In the logistics business, you can’t always believe the plans and projects that are announced through press releases and conferences, which are, in turn, dutifully reported in the trade press and through news sites.

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    Melbourne dredging comes in under budget

    2010-09-01T10:00:00Z

    The Port of Melbourne has completed its dredging project nearly a quarter of a billion Australian dollars under budget.

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    Ukraine to privatise ports

    2010-08-31T10:00:00Z

    The head of the State Property Fund Ukraine has reiterated that Ukrainian ports will definitely be privatised.

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    LPC adds inland resource

    2010-08-31T10:00:00Z

    Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has acquired 7.3 hectares of industrial land adjacent to its inland port operation, CityDepot.

  • Pipavav: met the complex issues of savings, deadlines, contracts and the extra draught – a win for everyone concerned.
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    Challenging assumptions

    2010-08-31T10:00:00Z

    There’s no doubt many ports and terminal operation were dismayed to find they had land reclamation contracts carefully poised on a set of assumptions that fell apart when the world seemingly changed overnight.

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    Second box terminal for Dar es Salaam

    2010-08-30T10:00:00Z

    Construction of a $450m second container terminal at the port of Dar es Salaam is expected to begin early next year. Since 2004, box traffic at the port has grown by 15% a year, although the existing container terminal area has remained static. The new terminal will have a 600,000 ...

  • The devastating effect of quake liquefaction was highlighted by the collapse of the quay at Haiti. Photo: US Navy
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    Settling for stability

    2010-08-30T10:00:00Z

    Size, money and environmental issues – all are having their impact on land reclamation activities. Stevie Knight reports.