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    DALIAN IN BED WITH MODERN TERMINALS

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Dalian Port Company and Modern Terminals Ltd are to build a deepwater container terminal at the Port of Dalian. This will be located at Dayaowan North Harbour.

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    XICT ADDS QUAYSIDE LIFT

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Xiamen International Container Terminals has taken delivery of two post-panamax quayside gantry cranes and six mobile harbour cranes, bringing to 38 the overall number of cranes owned by the facility. XICT is also to bring online a further 443 metres of quay, which will have alongside draught of 17.5 metres.

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    Chittagong go-slow cripples operations

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Workers belonging to Chittagong port authority implemented a policy of nonco- operation following the takeover of management of the container terminal by private company Saif Powertec.

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    KPT re-thinks causeway plan

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    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

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    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

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    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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    Banking but not as we no it

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    International government equity houses offer an alternative to traditional port financing routes, as Barry Parker explains

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    ADB cash to boost region's prowess

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    In line with aims to develop a regional container hub for transhipments to the burgeoning Indian ports, Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently announced its plans to fund the expansion of the port at Colombo, Sri Lanka, with a 25-year loan to the Government of Sri Lanka for $300m. 

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    PORT MARLBOROUGH ESTABLISHES PROPERTY SUBSIDIARY

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    A new subsidiary company, Port Properties, has been created by Port Marlborough to manage its NZ$50m ($36.8m)- valued property assets.The move is a reflection of the volume and scale of the property development activities likely to be undertaken at the port over the next few years and will also enable ...

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    BUSY TIME FOR GISBORNE PORT

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Eastland Port is expecting to report considerable increases in the volume of forestry and squash exported this financial year. Log throughput is expected to rise about 50% to 600,000 JAS tonnes and squash to double to 30,000 tonnes, with "additional kiwifruit volumes" also mooted.

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    MELBOURNE CHANNEL

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    The Victorian Government has released a supplementary environment effects report into the proposed channel-deepening project for the Port of Melbourne. The report includes data from more than 40 technical studies and a trial dredge.

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    PORT HEDLAND EXPANSION

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Expansion plans approved by BHP will see Port Hedland reclaim the title of Australia''s largest port by 2010. The fourth stage of BHP''s A$2.3bn ($1.9bn) Rapid Growth Project will boost the port''s iron ore capacity to 155m tonnes per year.The expansion involves upgrades from the mines to the port, including ...

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    Tauranga withdraws from merger talks

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Port of Tauranga has formally withdrawn from merger discussions with Ports of Auckland, despite stating that a merger would generate "significant financial benefits" to customers and shareholders alike.

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    Fremantle halts new terminal plans

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    The Western Australian port of Fremantle has put a halt in the shortterm to any further consideration of a third container terminal in the Inner Harbour. Mediterranean Shipping Company had proposed to redevelop Berths 11 and 12 on North Quay as a container terminal. But for the moment the port ...

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    Auckland truckies breathe sigh of relief

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    A range of congestion-addressing measures recently employed by the Ports of Auckland have reduced truck queues to less than half an hour at both Axis Fergusson and Axis Bledisloe container terminals.

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    HPH Brisbane winner

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    An operating duopoly on Australia''s east coast is set to be upended by the arrival of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH).

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    Double demand on Marlborough

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    the port operation itself and quite of lot of undeveloped land and resources,” he said. “ Another encouraging sign is the logging, which had not been performing that well, but is improving at the moment. 

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    Auckland overcomes congestion blight

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Removal of a large backlog of empty containers and continued personnel recruitment have significantly improved congestion at the Ports of Auckland.

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    Building Frenzy

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    A record orderbook and increasing pressure to produce more green tugs proves there’ s a future for these waterborne powerhouses, as Jack Gaston explains

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    Taking crewing to the minimum

    2007-05-01T16:26:00Z

    Manning levels aboard port tugs is a contentious issue and depend very largely on national and local maritime regulations. A crew of two in a 25m, 70 tonnes bollard pull tug is acceptable in some countries but may be constrained by operating procedures or local port rules. However well designed ...