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    Northland land sale

    2007-11-11T13:37:00Z

    A 177-hectare block of land adjacent to the Marsden Point port complex has been put on the market to attract complementary businesses. Northland Port Corporation also plans to lease back 60 hectares of the land for 35 years.

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    Liebherr handover

    2007-11-10T13:37:00Z

    Port equipment manufacturer Liebherr has handed over a new mobile harbour crane to the Port of Tanjung Perak, the second largest port in Indonesia.

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    Liverpool pioneers green canal shuttle

    2007-11-10T13:37:00Z

    UK supermarket chain Tesco has made use of the England''s extensive canal network to transport supplies from the Port of Liverpool to Manchester.

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    Re-structuring of maritime bodies in Ecuador

    2007-11-10T12:46:00Z

    Ecuador''s General Directorate of the Merchant Marine (Digmer) has been renamed the National Aquatic Spaces Organisation (Dirnea). 

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    DP World active in Malaysia

    2007-11-10T12:46:00Z

    DP World and the MMC Berhad Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop 9.125m sq m of land in South Johor, Malaysia. This will be used to develop a $5bn maritime centre.

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    Port-Net II on the cards

    2007-11-09T13:37:00Z

    Participants in European ports initiative Port-Net have called for a "more practical" second programme as the first draws to a close.

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    Humber ports top UK ranking

    2007-11-09T13:37:00Z

    The UK's Humber Ports can lay claim to the greatest share of UK world tonnage, beating all other UK ports complexes, according to the government's UK Maritime Statistics 2006.

  • Port Strategy: Portugal's Sines is benefiting from swelling Chinese imports
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    Chinese lines eye Sines

    2007-11-09T12:46:00Z

    Increased Chinese imports are making operations at Portugal's only deep-water port of Sines ever more viable, claims concessionaire PSA.

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    CMH active in Zhanjiang

    2007-11-09T12:46:00Z

    Hong Kong-based China Merchants Holdings (CMH) has reached an agreement with the municipality of Zhanjiang to transform Zhanjiang Port Group into a private company, Zhanjiang Port (Group) Co Ltd, with a capital of $479m. CMH is paying $215m for a 45% stake in the joint-venture.

  • Port Strategy: Dip in Auckland profit attributed to Maersk concessions
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    NZ news snippets

    2007-11-08T16:59:00Z

    Port of Tauranga has called for Auckland Regional Holdings (ARH) to disclose the independent report it commissioned on the Auckland-Tauranga port merger proposal.

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    Libra introduces off-dock loading

    2007-11-08T12:46:00Z

    Libra Terminal Rio, which operates two container terminals in the Port of Rio de Janeiro, has added coffee handling to its skills. The cargo is loaded in containers at the company''s off-dock Redex bonded facility, which began operations in October handling manufactured goods, pig iron and palletised ornamental stone.

  • Port Strategy: Hyster sees port "decision makers" placing more emphasis on driver's truck preference in FLT purchases
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    Forklifts article

    2007-11-07T16:59:00Z

    Forklift trucks for empty container handling are proving their prowess on the quay, as Felicity Landon discovers

  • Port Strategy: Pure, very large transhipment hubs could become more common in the future
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    PS Page

    2007-11-07T16:59:00Z

    The world of transhipment and feedering has proved to be one of the growth pillars of the container industry over the last decade and nowhere is it better analysed than in a new report from Dynamar entitled Transhipment & Feedering, Trades, Operators, Ships.

  • Port Strategy: Melbourne moves closer to dredging approval
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    Melbourne Deepening

    2007-11-07T16:33:00Z

    Victoria''s planning minister has endorsed the urgently-needed deepening of Melbourne''s Port Phillip Bay channel to 14 metres. However, approvals from other ministers are still required and a raft of environmental safeguards will have to be met, overseen by an independent monitor.

  • Port Strategy: Clydeport paper contract has prompted Hyster FLT order
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    Clydeport investment

    2007-11-07T12:46:00Z

    Clydeport has invested in a fleet of Hyster Fortens H5.5FT-A, 5,500 kg capacity diesel-powered lift truck supplied by Barloworld.

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    Emissions focus

    2007-11-07T12:46:00Z

    The reduction of emissions is a key driver in designing new heavy duty and empty container handling forklifts, says Ray Zuschlag of Hyster Company.

  • Port Strategy: The sheet pile being placed prior to the vibrohammer being used to drive to the design depth
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    Sheet piling

    2007-11-07T12:46:00Z

    Wider, thinner, more strength for less steel - Felicity Landon reports on the evolution of sheet piling in the ports sector

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    Sheet piling side

    2007-11-07T12:46:00Z

    ESC broke the mould by supplying clients with the exact lengths that they required rather than just standard six metre and 12 metre. General manager Bruce Colson says this ensures there is no wastage, so there are savings for the client.

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    Sheet piling side 2

    2007-11-07T12:46:00Z

    A notable sheet piling project under way in the UK right now is within the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)''s project to turn the 8.35 km of waterways that intersect the Olympic Park into "green corridors".

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    Sheet piling 4

    2007-11-07T12:46:00Z

    Nuttall on Yarmouth watch