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Oz port congestion improves
The Simpson, Spence and Young Australian Coal Port Congestion Index has dropped to 7.1 days, the lowest it has been since October 2006.
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The Alphabet Recession Scenarios and Irrational Exuberance
It used to be that recessions were linked to parachuting. Soft landings, hard landings, crash landings... The world is changing. Today there is not a day that passes without some new letter of the alphabet creeping into the economic recession language trying to explain the type, depth and length of ...
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NewsBarry Parker opinion Sept t 2008
The election season is in full swing; with the official nominating conventions, the "presumptive candidates" will become their parties'' true nominees. While analysts believe that it will be a "Democratic year", ie Barrack Obama could win, political campaigns have a habit of twisting, turning and surprising.
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New blood at Tarragona
DP World (60%) and Zim (40%) have bought Tarragona container terminal operator Contarsa, which is currently handling 150,000 teu.
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'Emergency' call in Costa Rica
Users of the Costa Rican ports of Moín and Limón have called on the government to declare a state of national emergency for port operations.
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Blanca deal sealed
A $150m contract has been signed to build a multi-purpose terminal at the Argentinian port of Bahía Blanca.
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Ennore selects six bidders
Six bidders have been shortlisted by Ennore Port Ltd to develop a container terminal costed at $308m.
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NewsMaritime crane transport article
Are there too many port cranes and not enough transport options? Opinion is divided as Alex Hughes finds out
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Nose to tail solutions
Portek is one of very few companies offering turnkey solutions, organising the entire logistics chain in the movement of maritime handling equipment. Specialist maritime transporting companies also do this, although invariably feel more comfortable leaving it up to others to implement.
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NewsCredit in the crunch
Getting credit for cargo handling equipment in the current financial climate need not be too much of a problem with manufacturers offering a number of finance deals, reports Patrik Wheater
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Otago dispute settled
A new two-year collective employment agreement has been reached between Port Otago and the Combined Unions.
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Russian port commitment
Russia is to spend ¢ 7.6bn ($11.3bn) on developing ports in the North West, of which ¢ 2.1bn ($3.1bn) will come from the Federal Budget. Ust-Luga should be handling up to 130m tonnes by 2015, Primorsk in the region of 25m tonnes, Vyborg 3m tonnes and Vystock 12m tonnes. Kaliningrad ...
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Vietnam growth
First half growth at Vietnamese ports, which amounted to 22%, was double that registered in 2007.
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Newcastle blockade
Environmental protesters temporarily blockaded rail access for coal trains to the Australian port of Newcastle in August. In the first five months of this year, throughput has increased by 1.5m tonnes to 38.67m tonnes as demand from China increases.
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Djibouti tariff criticised
Unilateral imposition of a new tariff system from August 15 has prompted the Ethiopian government to criticise Djibouti port''s tariff plan as being both unfair and difficult to accept.
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Workers offer alternatives at Cagliari
Cagliari container terminal concessionaire CICT has recently had talks with trade unions regarding working practices, especially covering ad hoc vessel calls, during what has become a period of crisis for the terminal.
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Transnet port spin-off quashed
The South African government has abandoned plans involving the transfer of port operations from Transnet to a separate entity.
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Genova seeks legel assistance
The port authority of Genova has asked the government for help to resolve the legal impasse that is threatening to stall operations in the port.
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HPH wins Salonika
Thessaloniki Port Authority has approved the decision made by its valuation committee to award a concession to Hutchison Port Holdings to operate the container terminal at the port of Salonika.
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Cape Town to get Kalmar RTGs
South Africa''s largest stevedore company, Transnet, has committed to an order of 32 E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Kalmar. The 1-over-5 high and 1+6 wide units - scheduled for delivery starting in June 2009 with the final cranes arriving by November 2010 - have been earmarked for the expansion of ...
