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Maasvlakte 2 gets the nod
The State, the municipality of Rotterdam and Port of Rotterdam have concluded an agreement on financing for the construction of Maasvlakte 2, the plan to expand the port of Rotterdam. The construction of Maasvlakte 2 will cost ?2.575 billion. According to the agreement, the State will take a 33.3% interest ...
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BEIRUT MULLS BIDS
ICTSI, CMA CGM and International Maritime Associates of the US have been shortlisted for the 10-year contract to operate Beirut''s $150m container terminal, three years after Dubai Ports Authority pulled out. The Lebanese government is expected to reach a decision this autumn.
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LA PLATA FARMED OUT
La Plata may well be offered as a single 30-year concession to a prospective management company. The facility, located 75km south east of Buenos Aires, currently has annual traffic of 6m tons but needs investment of $25m in services and equipment provision as well as $15m in upgraded infrastructure.
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COSCO SET FOR EUROPEAN INVESTMENT
Port of Rotterdam ceo Willem Scholten: "This an extremely important agreement. The expansion will give businesses the opportunity to grow in Rotterdam. Maasvlakte 2 will be an excellent location. Right on the sea, and with good hinterland connections.COSCO Pacific is said to be negotiating to take a 2025% shareholding in ...
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CSXWT increases stake in Pusan
CSXWT has purchased an additional 0.5% equity in Pusan Newport Company, the concession consortium for the development of the Pusan New Port project in Busan. The transaction brings CSXWT''s shareholding in the project to 25%. Samsung Corporation also holds 25% in the consortium. In addition, CSXWT holds exclusive right to ...
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Stock listing for Qingdao
Qingdao Port Group has been granted permission to undertake a stock exchange listing to raise capital to expand capacity. The flotation will take place either on Shanghai''s A-share Market or abroad. Qingdao is already China''s third largest container port and the 14th largest overall in the world, but could enter ...
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Teesport floatation will spur expansion plans
It will be port business as usual in Hartlepool if the newly independent PD Ports gets the approval it now wants for its proposed £ 500m property project development around Victoria Harbour.
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Transhipment terminal for Shannon
Plans for a € 350m investment to transform the River Shannon Estuary into one of Europe''s largest cargo hubs have been announced by state-owned Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC), an investment that, it is claimed, represents the largest ever boost to infrastructure in the western half of Ireland.
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Xiamen Haicang dredging completed
A key component is the construction of a new deepwater container transhipment terminal at Ballylongford, County Kerry, at an estimated cost of €250m, a terminal which is expected to capitalise on the acute congestion at existing European container ports such as Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremerhaven.The newly broadened and deepened navigation ...
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DALIAN SIGNS UP PARTNERS
A key component is the construction of a new deepwater container transhipment terminal at Ballylongford, County Kerry, at an estimated cost of €250m, a terminal which is expected to capitalise on the acute congestion at existing European container ports such as Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremerhaven.Cosco Pacific has signed a strategic ...
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Big plans move forward at Santos
Santos port authority, Codesp, is lobbying for the 50-berth Barnabe-Bagres project to go ahead, possibly in the form of a public-private partnership. The price tag is estimated at $654m of which just $40m is currently allocated by the state although the national parliament could provide more money as part of ...
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Antwerp STS orders for Kalmar
Kalmar has received an order for six (plus three options) super post-Panamax STS container cranes from a consortium led by P& O Ports Antwerp for the new Antwerp Gateway terminal at the Deurganckdok on the Schelde left bank. With an outreach of 55 metres, the high-speed cranes will be capable ...
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Milford Haven's new pilot system
Milford Haven has become the first port in the UK to invest in a portable satellite-based system to help pilots guide ships along the waterway to their berths with pinpoint accuracy. The £ 60,000 E-Sea Fix, supplied by Atlantas Marine Ltd, is a selfcontained, portable piloting and docking system which ...
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Konecranes chalk up RTG orders
The Port of Houston Authority has placed a repeat order for seven Konecrane RTGs worth over $10m with delivery due in April 2005. " They will help us provide even faster turnaround for container vessels visiting the Barbour' s Cut terminal, " says Houston' s executive director Tom Kornegay. The ...
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MHI SUPPLIES GANTRIES AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED RTGS
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded a $35.5m contract to supply 12 remotely controlled RTGs and three super post-Panamax quayside gantry cranes to Tobishima Container Berth at Nagoya.
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EMBARCADERO'S EUROPEAN STRATEGY
"Konecranes RTGs have proven their success in terms of environmental considerations combined with high performance capacity and fast delivery. These have been real strengths in winning recent orders", says Tuomas Saastamoinen, sales manager, container handling at Konecranes. "Providing local support for the RTGs through our harbour crane service experts from ...
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Liverpool Water
Liverpool Water demonstrated its multi-purpose harbourcleansing, pollution control, shallow-water credging craft at the Seawork 2004 exhibition recently.
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MTL partners with TSB
Hong Kong''s MTL is the latest terminal operator to team up with a software provider - South Korea''s Total Soft Bank (TSB) in this case - to develop terminal management systems. Besides fulfilling its own terminals'' needs, the joint venture known as Modern Terminals Operations System (MOTOS), will also market ...
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Kalmar's latest strads have eye to customer's bottom line
Kalmar' s newly launched 7th generation straddle carriers are compatible with the company' s remote maintenance interface (RMI) system making it possible to monitor their condition from afar. This allows Kalmar to support customers not only directly through their local service network but also world-wide from its offices and factories ...