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CHIAPAS PORT SEEKS MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL CONCESSIONAIRE
Mexico''s Puerto Madera, also known as Port Chiapas, has issued a tender covering the privatisation of operations at its multi-purpose terminal for a period of five years, although including an option for an extension of a further five years. The terminal has a 151 metre long quay, with alongside draught ...
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NewsBrazilian government to prioritise 11 national ports
The Brazilian government has announced that it will give priority to modernising the 11 largest ports in the country which between them account for 95% of all national exports.
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INTERNATIONAL DREDGING COMPANIES ATTRACTED BY BA
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.Five companies have acquired the bidding rules to undertake dredging work at the Argentinean ports of Mar del Plata, Quequen and Bahia Blanca in the province of Buenos Aires. The contract, ...
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CONCESSIONAIRE TAKES OVER IN ARICA
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.The Arica Port Consortium will invest $25m during the first five years of its operating concession at the northern Chilean port. This will be spent on warehousing facilities for dry bulk, ...
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YANG MING AND TACOMA TO TIE THE KNOT
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.Yang Ming and Port of Tacoma have signed an MOU acknowledging negotiations to work toward a terminal lease agreement at the Port's Terminal 7-D by the close of 2004. Located on ...
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NewsBA Terminal 6 to be re-tendered
The troubled Terminal 6 at Buenos Aires is to be once again put out to tender, according the General Ports Administration (AGP), the state controlled organisation which overseas national ports.
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NewsLOCATION CONTAINERISATION AUTOMATION
The question of whether the reefer container will take over from traditional cold storage systems is still open to debate. Alex Hughes asks three terminals around the world for their thoughts on this and the investment in equipment and technology needed to keep their facilities in business.
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NewsONE CAREFUL OWNER FULL SERVICE HISTORY. . .
The trade in secondhand (or pre-owned) cargo handling equipment is booming. From forklifts and terminal tractors to ship-to-shore gantries and entire bulk terminal projects, demand is outstripping supply as Nick Elliott finds.
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CUSTOMERS WANT LEASING OPTION
Dirk Groth says in the past the trend was to buy secondhand equipment but customers are now asking for the option of leasing which can be expensive, depending on country and/or the client, as banks and leasing companies have their own differing risk assessments for this country or that borrower. ...
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DON'T MENTION THE R WORD
reports on the possibility of rationalisation in Singapore''s ports sector - both at home and abroad. The Republic''s new pm has recognised that competition is played out on the world stage, and the stakes are high.
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NewsENSURING SECURITY WHILST INCREASING EFFICIENCY
Despite a lack of agreed standards, there''s a wide range of technologies available to increase security while enhancing efficiencies in container terminals, writes Benedict Young.
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WMD: This Applies To You
Clerks in the letters of credit departments of leading trade finance banks have just begun to notice that during 2004, the usual cargo insurance clauses have begun appearing with a so-called RACE exclusion, that is to say that claims arising out of Radiological Emissions, Chemical, Biochemical or Electromagnetic Causes are ...
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LET'S TALK
In the BBC Radio 4''s Something Understood programme, Sir Mark Tully examines some of the larger questions of life by taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through the thoughts, ideas and works of the great thinkers, theologians, poets and composers. It brings in examples from Eastern philosophy as well ...
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NewsCARRIER-STEVEDORE PARTNERSHIPS MARK INDUSTRY GROWTH
Drewry Shipping Consultants has released its latest port sector report, " Annual Review of Global Container Terminal Operators 2004" . The most significant effect on the league of global operators, according to Drewry, has been the increase in carrier-stevedore partnership arrangements.
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NewsCONSULTATION LOOMS SO WHERE ARE WE HEADING?
Nick Elliott reports on the divergence of views that has emerged over the European Commission''s Motorways of the Sea initiative.
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The next target..
" After 9/11 we were getting intelligence briefings saying the next attack may well not be an airline - it may be a vessel. So you have the potential for a vessel carrying a large amount of explosives to be physically sailed up a river and blown up." David Wilson-Le-Moine ...
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NewsICTSI opens dangerous cargo facility at MICT
ICTSI has opened a control facility for dangerous cargo at its Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) to reinforce compliance with the ISPS Code and the US Container Security Initiative (CSI).
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AUSTRALIANS UP SECURITY SPEND
The Australian government will spend a further US$71.08m on expanding its existing CCTV network at national ports. At present, some 32 ports have CCTV coverage.
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PMSI WINS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR FREETOWN SCANNER
PMSi, is to install and operate a scanner at the port of Freetown, Sierra Leone to scan all containers entering and exiting the country''s main port. PMSi has a ten-year concession agreement for the scanner on a BOT basis.
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NewsOperation Safe Commerce gets thumbs-up
US Senator Patty Murray has declared the test phase of Operation Safe Commerce (OSC) a " resounding" success.
