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Tough year for New Zealand port revenue
A slowdown of the local economy has seen average recent financial returns slide from New Zealand''s three largest cargo-trading ports.
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PORT REVIEW STIRS UP INDUSTRY
Rumours Maersk Line will reduce its New Zealand port calls from nine to five, including a "primary port" in each island, has got the entire local shipping industry on tenterhooks.
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FREMANTLE BOX BOOST
The Western Australian port of Fremantle is to undertake a three-phase container terminal development.The initial phase will cost an estimated ¢ 1bn and allow up to 2m teu to be handled at the port, doubling the existing capacity.Work is scheduled for completion in 2015.
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NO TRUCK WITH RAIL DEAL
An estimated 3,000 annual truck movements are expected to be taken from North Island roads following an agreement between Heinz Watties,Toll NZ and the Port of Napier.The contract involves the recommissioning of a rail siding at the producer''s Tomoana site and the introduction of dedicated fixed-rake wagons to move the ...
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Deserters target Lyttleton
More illegal ship deserters are entering Lyttelton Port of Christchurch than the rest of New Zealand''s ports put together. An estimated 105 ship deserters entered the country in the past financial year, of which 55 absconded through Lyttelton.
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NewsLiebherr gets in ahead of schedule
Liebherr Container Cranes delivers its second post-panamax container crane more than three months ahead of schedule to Lyttelton Port Company,New Zealand.
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NewsNew container berths up for grabs at Brisbane
The Port of Brisbane is on the hunt for an operator to take on the management of two new container ports that will increase Brisbane''s container handling capacity by 25%.
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NewsSydney government opens door for third stevedore
The traditional duopoly in Australia''s container terminals is to be broken after the New South Wales government announced that neither P& O Ports/DP World nor Toll/Patrick will get the concession to operate the planned third terminal at Port Botany.
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Bahía Blanca box terminal to go ahead
Bahía Blanca port has issued a tender for a 20-year concession of a new container terminal, which will also have to be able to handle both dry and liquid bulk. The terminal will cover an area of 95,300 sq m and have alongside draught of 13.72 metres.
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NewsRTG order for Cartagena
The Colombian port of Cartagena says it has placed an order for eight RTGs costing $10.4m, as part of a $300m upgrade programme which will last three years and boost capacity to 1.2m teu.
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TIPS CRANE BUY
The joint-venture TIPS container terminal operated in Laem Chabang by NYK Line and MOL is to buy two post-panamax quayside gantry cranes from ZPMC to operate vessels of up to 6,000 teu capacity.
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MADRYN NEEDS INVESTMENT
State funding to the tune of $28m is needed for the Argentinean port of Madryn if it is to operate without problems in the future.The majority of the money is needed to repair Almirante Storni quay, which is used for the import and export of aluminium and fish.
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TECHINT REFURB
Techint Technologies has refurbished a 35m boom reclaimer used for handling bauxite in Brazil by Alunorte Alumina.
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COLOMBIANS CONTROL CALDERA
Colombian investors have been awarded a 20-year concession to operate the Costa Rican Pacific port of Caldera. Sociedad Portuaria de Caldera will invest a total of $35m in the first three years of operation to upgrade existing infrastructure and buy new equipment.The concession, the first of its type in Costa ...
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ADDITIONAL STACKING AREA IN SANTOS
Tecondi container terminal in the Brazilian port of Santos has announced a plan to expand Stacking Yard 1 at a cost of ¢ 21m.This will involve lengthening the quay to 320 metres, thereby boosting capacity to 235,000 teu/year, and infilling an area of the sea for stacking of 1,800 teu.The ...
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New deepsea port for Ecuador
The International Port Alliance (Alinport) is promoting the creation of a new deep seaport at Posorja in Ecuador that will be able to accommodate at least panamax size container vessels. Ships of 3,000 teu or larger cannot currently access the country''s leading port of Guayquil, because its access channel is ...
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NewsEl Rama opens new port
Nicaragua National Ports Authority has opened the new port of El Rama, located 400 km from the capital Managua, between Bluefields Bay and the Escondido River.
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HPH gives $1m bond to Manta
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has handed over $1m to Manta Port Authority guaranteeing the seriousness of its offer to invest heavily in the development of the port. HPH intends to invest $468m in upgrading facilities over a period of 30 years, with the port authority providing an additional $55m.
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Green light for GPA
Georgia Ports Authority''s Board of Directors has approved a series of construction and new equipment contracts that will significantly increase container handling capacity at the Port of Savannah.
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COLONET PORT TENDER
A tender has been issued in Mexico by the Ministry of Transport and Communications for a concession to manage the port of Colonet Bay, Ensenada.
