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Enhanced import container standard
Relevant documentation for containers imported to New Zealand will now have to be submitted 12 hours before a vessel’s estimated arrival and six-sided inspections (as opposed to four-sided) may be undertaken if quarantine declaration requirements have not been met.
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NewsA solid argument
Scotland''s Cromarty Firth Port is going for the twin pronged approach of ‘big fence, high-tech solutions’.
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Saudi Arabia biggest port security spender in Middle East
Saudi Arabia is planning to spend $26.3m on port security, making it the largest spender in this area in the Middle East.
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Government to solve Burgas terminal problem
Bulgaria''s Minister of Transport has promised to help resolve problems at the new Terminal 2A at the port of Burgas.
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Itajaí working round the clock on reconstruction
The TSCC Consortium, in charge of the reconstruction works of the Port of Itajaí, has laid out a new plan to speed up the completion of works on berths 01 and 02, severely damaged by the floods of November 2008.
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Kalmar’s Peruvian order
DP World Callao has placed an order for two Kalmar DRF450 reachstackers and two Kalmar DCE80 empty container handlers for its new terminal operations in Peru. Meanwhile, in Asia Yingkou Port Group Corporation has ordered eight Kalmar DRF450 reachstackers and one DCE80 empty container handler. The new machines will ...
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Training provision goes further
GAC Training & Service Solutions Limited (GTSS) is a new initiative that will provide innovative and cost saving training solutions for the LNG and tanker markets, as well as other commodity and maritime sectors. The company will deliver a portfolio of training courses for both seafarers and shore-based shipping ...
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Doha to be dotted with box terminals
The proposed New Doha Port will have a five kilometre long access channel, alongside which will be located a number of large container terminals.
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NewsAPM welcomes Apapa simulator
Manufacturer ARI Simulation has delivered a crane simulator at APM Terminals Apapa facility in Nigeria. The simulator, said to be the first of its kind in the West and Central African sub-region, is designed to boost productivity and safety in cargo handling operations.
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NewsEastern orders for Gottwald
With a further order from Lebanon and a follow-up order from Qatar, Gottwald is strengthening its position in the Middle East.
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NewsHydrostatic straddles for Central America
The Port of Acajutla, El Salvador, will be the first container terminal in Central America to use Terex Noell hydrostatic straddle carriers (model NSC 634 H) to improve operational efficiency.
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Reduced LPC profit
A comparable 35% reduction in interim profit to NZ$3.7m (US$2.6m) and a “mixed” Northern Hemisphere trade outlook despite positive Asian volume, has seen Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) reduce its full-year profit prediction by up to 10% to NZ$9m (US$6.3m).
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Union reacts to Auckland outsourcing
An announcement that Ports of Auckland is investigating outsourcing parts of its stevedoring operation to third-party contractors has drawn a “not this century” response from a stopwork meeting of about 150 Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) members.
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Timber deck cargo under the spotlight
An updated Code of Safe Practice for the carriage of timber cargo on deck is now being prepared for submission to the IMO’s DSC sub-committee. Mike Compton* reviews the probable changes to the Code
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NewsTories' pledge on UK backdated rates fiasco
The British Conservative Party has pledged to call a halt to the collection of backdated port business rates and carry out a review of the issue, if it wins the upcoming General Election.
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NewsBristol gets go ahead for deep sea terminal
Bristol port has received the go-ahead from the UK Department of Transport for a 1.5m teu deep sea container terminal.
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NewsHelping hand to cut emissions at North America's ports
US and Canadian ports are to benefit from an International Maritime Organisation ruling forcing ships within 200 miles of North America’s coastline to burn low-sulphur bunker fuel from 2015.
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ACS close to sell off of overseas port assets of Dragados-SPL
ACS, the parent holding of Dragados-SPL, has begun the sale of all of its subsidiary''s overseas assets. This follows an agreement covering investment in the Indira Container Terminal in Mumbai.
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APMT eyes stake in Callao
APM Terminals has put forward an investment plan for the development of the North Quay at the Peruvian Port of Callao.
