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    Guaymas box terminal tender issued

    2009-02-28T12:24:00Z

    An American and a Mexican company have entered separate bids for the new container terminal at the Mexican port of Guaymas.

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    Grimaldi slams Tin Can scanning

    2009-02-28T12:24:00Z

    Grimaldi Lines has alleged that cargo scanning services are non-existent at the port of Tin Can Island, where they are supposed to be carried out by Port and Terminal Multiservices Ltd.

  • Port Strategy: Ports of Auckland chief executive Jens Madsen hopes the move will expand his port's offering to customers
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    NZL signs Ports of Auckland

    2009-02-28T12:24:00Z

    Transportation and logistics company NZL Group has secured Ports of Auckland as the first major customer of its planned independent Sulphur Point Container Terminal.

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    CEPA desperate for private sector cash

    2009-02-27T12:24:00Z

    El Salvador''s port authority (CEPA) urgently needs to privatise its ports to stop its finances passing into the red, according to local sources.

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    Reliance delays Indian port project

    2009-02-27T12:24:00Z

    Plans by the Reliance group to build a new deepwater port at Rewas in India have been delayed as a result of difficulties in getting the necessary land appropriated by the state government. The economic downturn has also negatively impacted on potential finance.

  • Port Strategy: "There is a lot of insurance security out there looking for market share," - Julien Hubbard, Tysers
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    Diversity

    2009-02-27T12:24:00Z

    When Hutchison Port Holdings moved its insurance into the open market from the TT Club in summer 2008, the spotlight shone brighter than ever on the diversity of insurers active in this sector, including newcomers making a strong pitch.

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    Auckand heads to supreme court

    2009-02-27T12:24:00Z

    Ports of Auckland''s lawyers are seeking leave to appeal a recent Court of Appeal decision to the Supreme Court.

  • Port Strategy: Kaohsiung is to benefit from line's investment
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    Yang Ming invests in Kaohsiung

    2009-02-26T12:24:00Z

    Yang Ming is to go ahead with a 2.92m teu box terminal at the port of Kaohsiung, despite the economic downturn.

  • Port Strategy: TT Club's Jones is getting to the root causes of claims
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    Containerport Insurance

    2009-02-26T12:24:00Z

    Insurers are working with operators and equipment suppliers to upgrade shore safety, keep cranes on track, and cut claims right back, finds James Brewer

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    ZIM switches transhipment to Tarragona

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    Zim has moved its western Mediterranean hub from the port of Barcelona to Tarragona, where it has a 40% equity participation in the Contarsa box handling facility.

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    Santos box terminals hiring

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    The four container terminals in the Brazilian port of Santos are to take on 300 additional employees this year. Santos-Brazil will contract 72 labourers and Tecondi 70, the rest will be divided between Libra and Rodrimar.

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    Strategist Column

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    Here we are seemingly with the natural order of things collapsing around us. Trade is on the slide, contracts are being broken, freight rates are heading south, ships are being mothballed, terminal operators are walking away from concessions and the number of company failures is accelerating. Doom and gloom! Or ...

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    Indonesian ports slash rates

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    Indonesian ports, prompted by the reduction in global oil prices, have cut charges by up to 5% for port services. This move will be re-evaluated within the next three months.

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    Securing the bottom line

    2009-02-25T12:24:00Z

    Australia''s Newcastle coal port is looking at riding the downturn by an investment strategy which could potentially double the ports capacity.

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    SECH and VTE share swap scandal

    2009-02-24T12:24:00Z

    The president of Genova port authority, Luigi Merlo, has had his knuckles rapped by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport over an interchange of shares between the port''s two container terminal operators, VTE and SECH.

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    Long-term plans in Brazil

    2009-02-24T12:24:00Z

    The axe may have fallen on some areas of Brazil''s production, but a $300m deal that includes Caribbean port interests as well as two coal mines was concluded in December by Vale.

  • Port Strategy: A new collective bargaining agreement is being thrashed out in the Spanish port. Credit: IAPH
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    New collective bargaining agreement in Valencia

    2009-02-23T12:24:00Z

    Port unions in Valencia are currently renegotiating their new collective bargaining agreement, to replace the agreement introduced in 1995.

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    Coal - can it warm a cool economy?

    2009-02-23T12:24:00Z

    Can coal bring a much needed fillip to stagnating bulk ports? Stevie Knight finds out

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    EC calls for third short sea funding proposals

    2009-02-22T12:24:00Z

    The European Commission (EC) has published its third call for proposals for freight transport services under its second Marco Polo programme.

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    ZIM abandons Indian consortium

    2009-02-22T12:24:00Z

    Israeli shipping line Zim has pulled out of the group building the container terminal project at Ennore in India.