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NewsCENTRE OF THE WORLD
Shanghai is fast becoming the centre of the world, as far as the container shipping industry and the port companies which serve it are concerned. And the port''s current work-in-progress, the leviathan Yangshan project, promises only to reinforce that. Gavin van Marle reports.
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Laem Chabang tenders
Thailand''s deepwater port of Laem Chabang is to get six new terminals in a tender believed to be worth $400m.
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P&ONL facilitates Rotterdam's mating game
Every fortnight vessels of P& O Nedlloyd''s container fleet take fresh seawater from the Atlantic to Rotterdam in their ballast tanks. While the ship is worked at the terminal, a small tanker comes alongside and the water is pumped aboard from the bigger ship''s tanks. The tanker sails to Rotterdam''s ...
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NewsPort boss calls for end to unreasonable rejections
Economic policy has to give greater recognition to the role played by Welsh ports and deal fairly and efficiently with proposals to develop them if the contribution they make to national and local economies is to continue, the chief executive of Wales'' largest port has warned.
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NewsAAPA
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has awarded the Port of Houston Authority for its development of a trash-skimming programme along the Buffalo Bayou. The Houston project, initially developed by Houston''s Buffalo Bayou Partnership, was one of 152 entries submitted by 37 ports worldwide for consideration for the AAPA ...
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LoranTrack claims first to achieve seamless in-transit visibility
Lorantec Systems says it has proved its unmatched claim to enable tracking of Anything, Virtually Anywhere, Anytime by continuously tracking a container shipped by Matson Navigation from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency''s Defense Distribution Centre in Tracy, California to Honolulu port.
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Klang introduces CSI surcharge
"The feat marks the first time that a container has been successfully tracked intransit without any 'blackouts' associated with limited satellite or cellular network coverage, line-of-sight obstructions or reliance upon costly ground-based infrastructure, " boasts ceo Vaibhav Malawade. The container was even tracked consistently when positioned in the centre of ...
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Port and ship installations the next target
"The feat marks the first time that a container has been successfully tracked intransit without any 'blackouts' associated with limited satellite or cellular network coverage, line-of-sight obstructions or reliance upon costly ground-based infrastructure, " boasts ceo Vaibhav Malawade. The container was even tracked consistently when positioned in the centre of ...
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Dual-Gas Stowcheck seeks and it finds
Continuing its work with organisations that need to check for people attempting to illegally cross borders, Gas Data has won the tender to provide gas detection instruments to the UK''s Home Office.
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NewsNon-intrusive inspection solution
Intertek Foreign Trade Standards (FTS) and PMSi (Port Maritime Security International) have announced a strategic alliance to offer a complete ''non-intrusive inspection'' solution applicable throughout the logistics supply chain.
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NewsNew scanner from Smiths Detection
Smiths Detection has announced a new screening system for large air and sea freight. The HI-SCAN 250250 detects contraband and threats in shipments. It is designed for the inspection of large size pallets, crates, air and sea freight containers, cars and vans.
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ISPS training courses
A set of 11 videotapes or DVD''s, along with accompanying facilitator and student guides, has been designed by Moxie Media in the US to empower vessel operators, ports and facilities to present maritime employees, at their workplace, with the mandatory training instruction required by both the IMO and US Coast ...
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TT Club verifies "STC" protection allowed under AMS rules
The TT Club has secured an important clarification for its members from the US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) service regarding the continued ability to utilize the term " said to contain" (STC) on bills of lading.
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Sines Container Terminal Receives First Vessel
Operations at Sines Container Terminal XXI (Terminal XXI), a collaborative effort between Sines Port Authority and PSA Corp, commenced on 31 May with the arrival of MSC CRISTIANA. PSA Corp says it is working actively to attract more carriers to hub in Sines.
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Rotterdam's fruit throughput up
Phase I of Terminal XXI offers 320 metres of berth with 16-metre draught, two post-Panamax quay cranes and three RTGs providing it with an annual handling capacity of 250,000TEUs.Halfway through the fruit season throughput of fruit and vegetables in Rotterdam is 20% up. At end April, Seabrex, Rotterdam's largest fruit ...
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NewsNew ICD Emirates' fourth port
Sharjah' s new ICD ( PS May 2004 ) has been designed to handle containers moving from Khorfakkan to the West Coast Terminal at Sharjah. According to operators Gulftainer, the ICD is effectively the Emirate' s fourth port located just outside Sharjah city on the border with Dubai. Manager Peter ...
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UAE cements maritime ties with Iraq
There has been a boom in sea trade between the United Arab Emirates and Iraq in the post-Saddam era, mostly using traditional dhows plying between Dubai Creek and ports such as Umm Qasr and Abul Folous. Around 300 dhows carry cargoes such as tyres, clothes, rice, pulses, edible oils, electronics, ...
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NewsMajor capacity shortfall in the east
Drewry Shipping Consultants believes that East Asian ports will lack 14m TEUs in capacity by 2007 unless more investment in facilities is made a priority. In that year demand will be 143.3m TEUs compared with capacity of 129.5m TEUs, assuming an annual projected growth rate of 8%-9%, with China seemingly ...
