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Stevedores take pay cut at Las Palmas
Dockworkers at the port of Las Palmas have agreed to take a 20% reduction in salary in return for an agreement that will ensure no redundancies are made. This will last for up to five years. 170 workers were due to be shed given a reduction in traffic this year.
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HHLA cuts workers' hours
HHLA has followed the lead of other major European stevedoring companies in reducing working hours, affecting 2,000 employees. The decision is the direct result of the deteriorating economic environment. Both Eurogate and automotive terminal operator BLG had previously implemented similar reductions.
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ICTSI makes business listing
New York-based management advisor Stern Stewart & Co has included International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) in its Association of Southeast Asian Nations 100 Relative Wealth Added (RWA) Index list for 2009.
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Nine eye second Manzanillo box terminal
Nine consortia have registered to participate in the tender for the 20-year concession for the second container terminal at the port of Manzanillo in Mexico.
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Wuhan building major port complex
The Chinese city of Wuhan is investing $3.4bn in building a major port complex. There are two main projects being developed across two phases. One of them will be a bulk terminal capable of handling 800,000 tonnes and the second a four-berth container terminal with 1m teu capacity. Partial opening ...
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NewsBusan picks New Port partner
A joint PSA and Hanjin consortium has been awarded the operating rights to Phase 1-1 at Busan New Port, consisting of three berths.
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Delays to Tanger-Med II
Questions are being asked about the second stage development of Morocco''s Tanger-Med Mediterranean transhipment hub.
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NewsJordan ports body hits a wall
The Ports Corporation of Jordan, which is due to be transformed into a standalone company, could take longer than expected.
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The Silly Season
The summer period of vacations, leaving offices and governments with skeleton staff, is known as the "silly season" in the UK and the "dead season" in France. There are few events of newsworthiness and news readership drops dramatically.
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Significant box losses at Barcelona
The port of Barcelona is on course to handle a maximum of 1.86m teu this year, a decrease of 700,000 teu over 2008.
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NewsTauranga posts strong first half figures
Port of Tauranga banked a net profit of NZ$45.2m (US$ 30.9m) for the year ended June 30, 2009, a 7% increase on 2008.
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One bid for new Colombo box terminal design
A single consortium, consisting of Aitken Spence and China Merchant Holdings, has bid for the contract to design and build the proposed new container terminal in the Sri Lankan port of Colombo. The bid is being technically checked prior to a contract being signed.
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NewsGrowth planned at Teesport
PD Ports has completed the first phase of an expansion programme to develop its existing container terminal handling facilities at Teesport, UK.
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Raised to new heights
After ten years of operating two Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTGs) cranes, Buenos Aires Container Terminal Services has looked to Cargotec Argentina to raise the performance of their existing RTGs from 1 over 4 to 1 over 5 containers high.
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Hamburg levels still subdued
Throughput at the Port of Hamburg remains stunted, but hopes are that second half figures will reflect a stablisation and the start of recovery.
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Indian concession could be re-tendered
The government of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is reviewing the concession for the Machilipatnam port project that was awarded to the Maytas Infra-led consortium, given the failure to achieve financial closure. This requires investment of $328m, which should have been in place on April 21.
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Storm warnings
The TT Club''s revised edition of its comprehensive risk mitigation guide for windstorms, offers valuable information and advice on how to minimise storm damage to installations and customers'' cargoes.
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Venezuela privatises ports
The government of Venezuela has signed a decree terminating concessions of all private port terminals in the country. Henceforth, these will report to state-owned companies Bolipuertos and Puertos del Litoral Central. To date, no compensation has been given to owners for the seizure of their assets.
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Second half recovery forecast for Chinese ports
Recently published statistics suggest that traffic at Chinese ports is making a recovery.
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Two new terminals for Tianjin
According to official Chinese sources, construction began on 28 July of two new terminals in the port of Tianjin. These were the Nanjiang Special Ore Terminal and the Shenhua Coal Terminal. The former, which will have a 23m tonne capacity, will require investment of $430m, while the latter will require ...
