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KPT re-thinks causeway plan
Karachi Port Trust is rethinking its plan to link the proposed Pakistan Deepwater Container Port by a six kilometre long causeway following an initial cost assessment.
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K-Line hybrid cranes mark Japan first
K-Line group company, the Daito Corporation, has ordered three hybrid cranes for Ohi Terminal in Tokyo and Honmoku Terminal in Yokohama.
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Busan transhipment coup
In a major coup for the Korean port, Busan has lured Mediterranean Shipping Company''s transhipment business from China''s Ningbo Port.
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NewsFuture-proof
Bremen/Bremerhaven secures feedership role for the future as JadeWeserPort project gets go-ahead. Tom Todd reports
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Changing tide of German opinion
Few now appear to doubt the future strategic importance of what will be Germany’ s only deep-water container terminal: the idea, once scoffed at, appears to have literally grown on Germans.
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Lübeck's share sights
City hopes to boost future port prospects with a majority share sell off to an experienced port operator, as Tom Todd reports
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Sassnitz-Mukran eager to fill unused capacity
Germany’ s easternmost deep-water port,Sassnitz- Mukran, expects planned new rail-ferry links this year with Russia will help solve its problem of unused capacity and hopes more cruiseships will fill the rest.
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NewsDouble-edged strategy
Kiel’ s focus on the two Cs of cruise and cargo should keep it on a steady course, as Tom Todd reports
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Multi-sector plan encourages Rostock cargo growth
Although best known for booming ferry and ro-ro traffic, east Germany’ s biggest port, Rostock, continues to surprise, with eggs in many baskets as part of a strategy of universal, multisector development.
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NewsLegislation overload
Port operators are used to being bombarded with new rules and regulations – and environmental “ issues” generally lead the field. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsCutting out CARBs
New emissions regulations off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach hope to enforce a dramatic improvement in air quality.Felicity Landon reports
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SYRIA SIGNS FOR LIEBHERR
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has ordered two new Liebherr LHM 400 mobile harbour cranes for its new Tartous container terminal concession in Syria.
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KONE NETS UKRAINE ORDERS
Odessa''s HPC Ukraina has ordered four rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) Konecranes cranes for Odessa Sea Trade Port, a subsidiary of HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH.
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KALMAR RENTAL COUP
Sweden''s largest timber products company has agreed a multi-year rental contract with Kalmar for 31 specially developed forklift trucks.
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LARNE VTS UPGRADE
The UK''s Port of Larne is to upgrade its vessel tracking system (VTS), currently consisting of two radar sites, closed-circuit TV and recording system,VHF recording and three VTS operator workplaces.
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Piraeus Port loses box traffic
Piraeus Port Authority posted revenue growth of 2.9% in 2006, when it generated ¢ 144.1m ($195m). However, the increase would have been more had the port not been hit by several strikes during the last few months of the year.
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Humber sets legal first with wildlife project
A landmark legal agreement between industry and conservationists has led to the creation of more than 60 hectares of wildlife habitat at a cost of £ 3.5m.
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NewsChina Shipping swaps Spanish services
China Shipping has moved its prestigious AEX-1 service, which links the Far East with northern Europe, from Marítima Valenciana in Valencia to TCB in Barcelona.
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NewsJadeWeserPort crosses planning hurdle
Construction of Germany''s new ¢ 950m ($1.3bn) super-containerport at Wilhelmshaven is set to begin in earnest this summer after planning permission was approved.
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LISBON DELAYS THIRD BOX TERMINAL
The president of the port of Lisbon''s administrative authority,Manuel Frasquilho, has indicated that it will not be necessary to expand Terminal da Trafaria to accommodate major flows of container traffic in the short-term.Work to create a new container terminal will not therefore be necessary until 2015.
