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    Hong Kong needs 10th container terminal

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A Hong Kong government study forecasts that the territory will require a brand new container terminal by 2015, but also that handling costs must be capped to remain competitive with competing facilities at the neighbouring Chinese port of Shenzhen. Hong Kong is already losing market share to its rival, which ...

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    PSA Singapore Terminals

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    PSA Singapore Terminals handled 20.6TEUs) last year, up 2.5mTEUs on 2003, a 14.1% jump. In addition to strong organic growth in volumes from existing customers, the PSA harvested a bumper crop of 36 new services in 2004 - more than double the 15 services it took on the year before. ...

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    Shanghai now world's busiest port

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Shanghai overtook Rotterdam to become the world''s busiest port in 2004. Growth this year of 20% brought total throughput to 370 million tonnes, compared to the 350 million tonnes handled by Rotterdam, which is itself a record. Box traffic rose by 25% to14.5mTEUs, while that at Rotterdam was on course ...

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    Chennai unhappy with Ennore box terminal development

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Ennore Port has issued a Request for Qualifications from terminal operators interested in building a US$160m container terminal at what is India''s first corporate port.

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    ISRAELI DOCKERS LOSE VETO OVER LABOUR

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Difficulties in reaching the tsunami stricken areas can be overcome with the use of the multimodal facilities available in Johor which is close to Sumatra. The port says the multimodal synergy between Senai and PTP will enable effective redistribution of essential relief items by sea or air.The Be'er Sheva Labour ...

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    DPI signs MOUs with Gulf neighbours

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Dubai Ports International (DPI), has signed Memoranda of Understanding with the port authorities of Abu Dhabi and Fujairah. These agreements could later lead to possible management contracts or concessions for port operations at these two UAE ports.

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    FCAB BUYS INTO ATI

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The winner of the tender has until late December to complete the study.The 39,200 square metre Vopak facility mainly handles chemical products, petrochemicals and vegetable oil. A subsidiary of the Antofagasta to Bolivia Railway Company (FCAB) has bought a 30% stake in Antofagasta Terminal Internacional (ATI), which two years ago ...

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    WAL-MART CHOOSES MANZANILLO

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The winner of the tender has until late December to complete the study.The 39,200 square metre Vopak facility mainly handles chemical products, petrochemicals and vegetable oil. The Mexican port of Manzanillo which handled half a million containers in 2005, has now become a distribution hub for Wal-Mart. The US giant ...

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    Long Beach helps small businesses?

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Long Beach is launching a major business outreach programme that will provide millions of dollars in contract opportunities to thousands of Southern California small businesses.

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    ..and stranded Filipino seafarers

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners voted to contribute US$5,000 to the International Seafarers Center''s Stranded Seafarers Fund to help 16 stranded Filipino seamen. Their vessel, the bulk carrier KATERINA, was seized in September in a health and safety investigation while calling at the California United Terminals facility in Long ...

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    Santos needs $1bn to ease bottlenecks

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    According to Brazil''s Votorantim Financeira bank, upgrading the port of Santos to a position where there are no longer any major bottlenecks would cost in the region of US$1 billion.

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    BUENAVENTURA TO INVEST $37.5M

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Implementing similar upgrades at all national ports would cost US$20 billion. Work required at Santos includes extending container stacking yards, constructing perimeter roads, recommencing dredging work, expanding the total area of the port and the conclusion of work associated with the Vehicle Export Terminal.The Colombian port of Buenaventura has announced ...

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    PUERTO RICANS TO DESIGN LAS AMERICAS PORT

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Puerto Rican company Vasquez y Asociados has been awarded the contract to design the initial phase of the island''s Las Americas port project which has been costed at US$700m.

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    TSUNAMI SPARES PORTS

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The shocking death toll resulting from the Indian Ocean tsunami has stunned the world by its sheer scale. Yet despite the damage wreaked on homes and hotels, the port and shipping industries, which initially looked as if they would take the brunt of it, remained surprisingly unscathed by the disaster. ...

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    PRINCIPAL CONTAINER PORT PROJECTS

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    LOCATION PROJECT STATUS THAMES Tilbury Container ABP/Forth Ports (FP)/P& O Ports'' TCS recently installed second berth, new gantry cranes and railhead totalling £ 50m.

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    STRATEGY WHAT STRATEGY?

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK needs a properly thought through network of container terminals around its coast. Burgeoning trade and the need for fast, just-in-time delivery; road congestion and rising road transport costs (the Working Time Directive alone will add 20% to the cost of road haulage it is estimated); the need to ...

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    PORT BOSSES EXPRESS URGENCY

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    There is an urgent need for more deepsea container port capacity in the UK. Port operators have expressed their fear that without substantial expansion the UK''s major ports will run out of capacity within six years. According to Drewry Shipping, 99% of the UK''s imports (in volume terms) enter by ...

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    HOW ROTTERDAM DOES IT

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Over 50% of Rotterdam''s incoming liquid cargoes consist of tropical oils such as palm and coconut oil. These, along with as soybean, rape and sunflower oil are partly transhipped directly onto inland vessels and partly stored by Vopak Vlaardingen, Koole Pernis, Maastank and Maassilo.

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    JIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR PORTS

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The globalisation of trade brought with it a transformation in the way the supply chain operates, writes Ben Hackett.

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    Cause and Effect, Control and Responsibility

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Cause and effect is a common method of organizing and discussing ideas so let''s take a look at some cases relevant to this issue of PS. Mankind has always favoured coastal dwelling. The sea provided a rich harvest; and trade and communications were made easier. The sea has brought danger ...