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NewsHPH abandons Indian plans
A "confusing" operating climate in India has not deterred Hutchison Port Holdings from considering future investment options in the country, the company has confirmed.
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Crossing the lines
The message coming out of the liner shipping markets is one we have heard before - "it is time to tighten your belts in anticipation of lean times ahead". This action involves cutting back on available capacity in key services, implementing slow steaming where possible and cutting back on expansion ...
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Tauranga dispute settled
A brief collective employment dispute between the Port of Tauranga and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union has now been resolved. Successful mediation avoided the industrial action previously announced by the union. Details of the deal, which is understood to be for two-years, have been kept confidential.
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NewsAuckland moots Tauranga offer
Ports of Auckland has announced plans to make an offer for Port of Tauranga''s container business and has appointed investment bank Cameron Partners as financial adviser.
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NewsHamburg Liebherr family grows
A second LHM 500 Liebherr mobile harbour crane has been put into operation at the Port of Hamburg for Wallmann & Co.
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NewsCounting the cost
The rising costs of raw materials are putting even more emphasis on the need for long-lasting, high-performance cables. Felicity Landon reports on the latest trends
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NewsEnvironmental issues
Port operators need to take environmental conditions into account when choosing cables for their terminals, says Don Nester of igus.
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NewsTough times ahead for Stateside grain shippers?
The US slowdown in container imports has a knock-on effect on grain exports, leaving ports feeling the pinch from bulk as well as boxes. Stuart Pearcey reports
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NewsNew grain terminal speeds up Panamax turnaround times
Panamax vessels loading grain at the newly-opened grain terminal at the Russian port of Novorossiysk will be able to do it much faster than had previously been possible.
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Grain shorts
Ukraine''s leading sunflower oil producer Kernel Holdings has bought a large bulk grain export terminal in the Black Sea port of Iliychivsk in the Ukraine. It''s the Ukraine''s second largest grain terminal, with a loading capacity of up to 4.5m tonnes of grain annually and it can store 200,000 tonnes. ...
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NewsPower Conversion
The conversion of rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from diesel to electric power, or to switchable diesel/electric power, is an emerging trend in container ports around the world - and one that has prompted extensive field testing by Conductix-Wampfler.
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Tuapse stevedores strike to recover $2.9m
Following a ruling by a local judge that workers at Tuapse Trading Seaport were being incorrectly paid for nightshift working, stevedores voted with their feet and brought operations to halt for much of the month of August.
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NewsGeorgia Ports move on identity cards
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has confirmed it will require all workers at the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to hold Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) from as early as December 2008.
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NewsBatumi upgrade
Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT) has added two new Gottwald mobile harbour cranes (model HMK 260E) to its operations.
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Paraguay favours roads
Paraguay says it is evaluating investment in its river port infrastructure. However its main focus will be on upgrading road infrastructure to improve access to and from the ports.
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'Open source' signifies greater collaboration
Netherlands-based HITT is poised to release open-source software aimed at simplifying the processing of port data.
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Oman doubles Duqm funds
The government of Oman has doubled investment for the Duqm Port and Dry Dock project to $1.81bn to boost the overall capacity and size, therefore making it suitable for very large bulk tankers to be accommodated.
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APM registers 27% revenue growth
APM Terminals has reported good first half-year results, realising a net growth of $185m compared with $51m on last year.
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NewsMiddle East projects boom
According to research company Proleads, there are around 50 port development projects in the Middle East valued at in excess of $33bn, with budgets ranging from $10m to $5.5bn.
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NewsHPUK starts work on Felixstowe South expansion
A quayside ceremony featuring three perfectly synchronised earth movers marked the start of construction work on the Port of Felixstowe''s new deepwater container berths.
