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Med to get improved access to EU
The EU and 12 Mediterranean states are expected to agree soon on the transportation of commodities without duties.
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NewsHope for liner sector
Drewry Shipping predicts the liner shipping industry is about to enter a period of sustainable growth. The Annual Container Market Review and Forecast 2003/04 provides historic development and five-year projections on supply, demand and pricing matters in the container liner shipping industry.
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NewsAden: DON'T WRITE IT OFF
Paul Grant reports from Aden that despite the consequences flowing from two devastating maritime terrorist attacks, and now the withdrawal of PSA Corp from its Aden Container Terminal joint venture, the port is fighting back.
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Two BOT projects for North Africa
In 2002 Africa is estimated to have accounted for just 3% of world container port throughput, equivalent to 8.1mTEUs out of a near 273mTEUs globally.
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NewsSTRUGGLING TO EMERGE FROM THE SANDS OF TIME
North Africa''s ports need to be unleashed from the constraints imposed by politics and bureaucracy, reports Gordon Feller
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NewsRaising the Bottom Line
Steve Cameron reports on progress towards modern management practices in India and an interesting study tour he''s conducting of UK ports by Indian port managers
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NewsMAPUTO AND BEYOND: Skanska enters the fray
Skanska BOT believes it can bring a unique blend of investor and construction expertise to major port sector infrastructure projects - container terminals and others.
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News..while Patrick goes all the way
Meanwhile Patrick Stevedores of Brisbane has placed an order for 14 Kalmar ESC straddle carriers to be equipped for unmanned operations.
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New fertilizer terminal for Muuga
UK based AS-C Materials Handling has won a contract for the system design of all mechanical, structural, electrical and control elements at a new fertilizer terminal at Muuga, Estonia. AS-C has also supplied all control components for the facility as well as upgrading and integrating the control system for the ...
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NewsKalmar strads for Hesse-Noord Natie..
Belgium' s Hesse-Noord Natie has ordered nine Kalmar EDRIVE ESC straddle carriers for operation in its River Schelde terminals, Quay 869 and Quay 913. This latest order calls for five ESCs with normal spreaders and four with extendable twinlift spreaders equipped with a 50-ton capacity.
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NewsGottwald's fruits of success
HHLA Frucht-und Kuhlzentrum which runs Hamburg' s fruit terminal, has ordered two leading-edge HMK 90 E Mobile Harbour Cranes from Gottwald to enable faster discharging of banana and other fruit cargoes on pallets. The HMK 90 E is a 30-tonne crane with dieselelectric drive. Gottwald says the crane is ideally ...
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NewsAntwerp rationalises terminal space
Antwerp Port Authority (APA) has transferred a terminal concession it originally awarded to PSA subsidiary Hesse Noord Natie (HNN) to rival stevedore P& O Ports. Henceforth, HNN will manage all three container terminals on the left bank of the Deurganck Dock development, leaving P& O Ports with two concessions on ...
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Unions protest Nigerian privatisation plans
Nigerian dock workers'' unions have issued an ultimatum to the government to withdraw plans to privatise port operations and management or face a series of strikes by stevedores. They claim that earlier attempts at injecting private sector know-how resulted in monumental losses to both the National Ports Authority (NPA) and ...
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PM urges lines
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called upon international shipping lines to choose container terminals in Malaysia over those in neighbouring Singapore.
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China planning new LNG terminals
China is considering developing three new LNG terminals, one at Qingdao and two near Shanghai. Energy planners expect gas demand in the eastern coastal provinces to hit 37bn cbm/year by 2015, an average annual growth rate of 12.5%. Sinopec, one of China''s largest oil companies, is leading development effort in ...
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New terminal paves way for junction role
The first cargo hall on a planned new € 30 million terminal aimed at consolidating Lubeck''s leading role in Baltic paper products handling has been inaugurated in the suburb of Schlutup. The 9,618 sq m Hall 33 has cost the Lubecker Hafen-gesellschaft E6.2m to develop and is part of the ...
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Logistics park for Qingdao
Hong Kong-listed China Merchants Holdings and the government of Qingdao are to jointly develop a $500m, international logistics park in Qingdao. The project includes the development of seven container and multi-purpose berths as an integrated terminal and logistics facility that extends port services into the supply chain.
