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XICT ADDS QUAYSIDE LIFT
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
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
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.
