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    ASIA-PACIFIC COOPERATION

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Port officials from Asia-Pacific stressed the importance of cooperation at a pivotal International Association of Ports and Harbours'' meeting in Vietnam in February. Representatives met to discuss port development and management and plans to develop sea links between Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

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    HPH seals Vietnam deal

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Expected to be fully operational in 2011, the terminal will have a quay length of 730 metres, with depth alongside of 14 metres and a total yard area of 33 hectares.

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    Automatic kick for Manila

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    International Container Terminal Services Inc''s (ICTSI) flagship terminal is gunning for full automation at its central gate with the introduction of truck portals with imaging cameras and automated driver transaction kiosks.

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    HPH seals Vietnam deal

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Kong Kong''s Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is to jointly construct, develop and operate a new container terminal in Vietnam under a 50-year concession.

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    TT terrorism coverage

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    In a bid to address one of the biggest threats to maritime trade and one widely feared by terminal operators, the TT Club now offers cover for nuclear and bio-chemical terrorism. This the Club describes as an "industry-leading initiative that recognises and responds to demands from the industry that it ...

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    The cover challenge

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Swelling container trade and the consequent growth in terminals poses the greatest challenge to insurers today, as Mark Stanway finds out

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    Seven chase Brisbane concession

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    A total of seven applications have been received from terminal operators eager to occupy new terminal space at Brisbane''s expanding port, Fisherman Islands.

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    DPW FINDS AUSTRALIAN PARTNER

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    DP World is to partner Kaplan Equity in bidding for various port projects in Australia.This will be done through its two subsidiaries P& O Automotive & General Stevedoring and P& O Trans Australia. Kaplan Equity will take financial stakes in both these companies, with DP World retaining 25% of the ...

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    NAPIER REVISES EXPANSION PLANS

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Port of Napier has responded to local resident opposition and lessened the environmental impact of a development plan. Stage one of the expansion, which should begin next year, will entail replacing its current "finger piers" with a multipurpose berth capable of servicing two container vessels simultaneously.

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    NEWCASTLE PRODUCER REVOLT

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Coal producers are demanding a reintroduction of a rationing system at Newcastle Port to combat continued congestion. The queue of ships waiting to berth at Australia''s largest coal export port has stayed stubbornly around 50. According to local press reports, large miners like Coal & Allied and Xstrata, have lobbied ...

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    Sydneysiders back retention of working port

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    A strong public support base is forming to campaign to keep Sydney''s Port Jackson as a working harbour. 

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    Tauranga ups ante in merger talks

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Port of Tauranga chairperson John Parker has cast doubt over the proposed merger with Ports of Auckland, following a comment the two ports will this month need to discuss "whether or not, and how" the merger progresses.

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    Customs extends x-raying hours

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Increasing demand has seen the New Zealand Customs Service expand its sea container x-raying service at Ports of Auckland from a five-day to a six-day-aweek operation.

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    Changing course

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Denmark''s piloting sector has opened its doors.Will this overhaul further improve an already well-performing industry or become a massive cross to bear? Alex Hughes finds out

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    Lessons to be learnt

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Australia''s experience of liberalisation of its pilotage industry has been less than positive.Alex Hughes examines what went wrong

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    Costly Hong Kong

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    There has been much speculation on the highly unusual activity of a group of business and academic persons who, under C C Tung as convener, have been charged with making Hong Kong more competitive in the marine and logistics fields. The idea is to combine this work with that of ...

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    Dual-purpose security solution

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    A new combined radar and closedcircuit TV security system has been launched by British company Navtech Radar,which is targeting ports, airports, large industrial sites and other highvalue installations with the product.

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    Krystallon: 'scrubbing vital in ports'

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    Seawater scrubbing technology could have an important part to play in the future as ports come under increasing pressure to reduce air pollution, says manufacturer Krystallon. The company, a joint venture between BP Marine and Kittiwake, developed and installed the first Krystallon seawater scrubber on board a commercial vessel a ...

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    Rubb drives automobile storage

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    International facility developer Trans- Development Group recently contracted Rubb Buildings for a relocatable structure to process automotives in Dundalk,US.

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    Future-proofing

    2007-03-01T16:26:00Z

    The trick is to design a low cost terminal with an early start-up,which is ready for future expansion, as Felicity Landon finds out