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VENEZUELA AND CUBA IN PORT JV
Venezuela''s Ministry of Infrastructure has been instructed to set up a joint company with Cuba, which will be known as Bolivariana de Puertos (BPSA), to modernise, rehabilitate, equip and build ports in both countries. Equity will be divided 51%:49% in favour of Venezuela.
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PANAMA ADDS QUAYS
The government of Panama is to build a series of 12 quays in the province of Colón.
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PORTS AMERICA GOES LIVE
On March 17, DP World completed the sale of its former P& O Ports US assets to the AIG Global Investment Group, which will henceforth market them as Ports America.
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NY/NJ SETS RECORD
Cargo throughput at the Port of New York and New Jersey hit record levels in 2006. The rise has prompted the port authority to commit to a $2bn investment programme over the next 10 years.
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Biometrics question safety at US ports
A Federal programme aimed at improving maritime security in the US may well result in up to one million port personnel having to undergo additional background checks and obtain biometric identification cards.
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NewsICTSI granted Guayaquil concession
ICTSI has been granted a 20-year concession to manage the Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil. Its initial priority will be to reinforce existing quaysides at a cost of around $168m, taking two years to implement. Total investment across the 20 years of the concession will be around $800m.
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US short-sea shipping call
Short-sea shipping is the only answer to the US capacity crunch, according to Charles Raymond, chairman, president and chief executive of Horizon Lines. In his view,rising container imports are placing extreme pressure on an already strained transportation infrastructure.
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NewsFaster, safer, more secure
Manufacturers of auto-mooring equipment for ports and harbours see only benefits for users,as David Foxwell explains
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Salalah tests put MoorMaster through its paces
Patrick Rosenwald, technical director of Cavotec Specimas, believes that the benefits of the MoorMaster automated mooring system are best illustrated by the results of testing done at the Port of Salalah in Oman in the summer of 2005.
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NewsChennai two terms confirmed
Chennai Port Trust has released the terms of the recently-awarded PSA-Sical 30-year concession to operate the second container terminal in the port.
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OSD calls for greener designs
Offshore vessel designer, Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), says going green is no longer just an expensive option, and it is no longer just about containing noxious emissions and oil spills. A global focus on carbon dioxide emission reduction means that going green is both a challenge and a business opportunity ...
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NewsBuena vista
Argentina''s leading port is sitting pretty on strong volumes, but will capacity come on stream quick enough to cater for increased demand? Rob Ward investigates
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NewsProductivity Portuguese-style
Could Leixões be Europe''s most industrious box terminal? Alex Hughes finds that the Portuguese port is pushing productivity to impressive levels
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NewsFinessing the front end
Bottleneck or smooth security and processing system? Felicity Landon looks at the latest developments in container terminal gate systems
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The power of optical character recognition
Optical character recognition (OCR) is a "tremendously powerful technology which nicely complements an efficient gate operating system", says Tideworks''Harvey Bauer.
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Navis takes the middle road
As gate automation becomes an increasingly complex mix of technologies and systems, the challenge is how to integrate all of these efficiently and cost effectively.
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NewsCapacity drain
It is an interesting phenomenon of the 21st Century that the international container handling market has seen available containerport capacity dry up in so-called mature markets. It happened on the US West Coast and the UK in 2004, and arguably it is happening again now in northern Europe.
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The not-so-simple port alternative
So you want to be a ship-to-ship stevedore? Where do you start? What do you need for kit? Any suggestions on risk management?
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Empty congestion: what in the World is going on?
Let me start with an apology. I just cannot get away from the subject of port congestion. The most recent problems have been caused by weather, labour relations (or rather the lack of them) and empty containers. There are also voices blaming the constant growth in containers coming from Asia.
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Troubles and tussles on Spain's Mediterranean coast
There are problems at the new Prat Dock container terminal under construction in Barcelona where Hutchison has secured terminal operating rights. Around 500m of the new quay line, that will eventually extend for 1,500m, has suffered a major structural problem putting into doubt the ability of the port authority to ...
