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Panama megaport plans move on
The US$1bn ''megaport'' in Panama is already proving a source of controversy at the planning stage. Of the ten leading container terminal operators who met in Panama at the end of November to hear the details of the ambitious plan, almost all balked at the huge cost. However, the prime ...
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LAZARO CARDENAS
However, the concession route has not been adopted for the upgrading of facilities and Quay 5, at least not for the moment.The Denmark-based Centre for Port Dimensioning has given the go-ahead for the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas to receive vessels of at least 12,500TEUs, despite the fact that none ...
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VERACRUZ
However, the concession route has not been adopted for the upgrading of facilities and Quay 5, at least not for the moment.Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has bought a 78.5% stake in the Veracruz stevedoring company Terminales de Cargas Especializadas (TCE). ADM is already Mexico's second leading importer of agricultural ...
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TACOMA
However, the concession route has not been adopted for the upgrading of facilities and Quay 5, at least not for the moment.The Tacoma Commission can now press on with its plan to widen the Blair Waterway after the approval of a US$12.5m settlement with Weyerhaeuser which leases the land from ...
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NewsMontevideo could oust BA
The current level of container traffic at Buenos Aires which handles practically 90% of Argentina''s box traffic, is commensurate with the box boom year of 1998. However, analysts are warning that the high cost of doing business there could ultimately result in Buenos Aires being downgraded to a feeder port.
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NewsGuam box terminal privatisation coming in on final approach
Guam is soon to make a decision about the privatisation of its container terminal facilities.
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NewsArgentina invests to handle giants
Argentina''s leading terminals have been forced to invest in post-Panamax gantry cranes by carriers whose larger ships are putting pressure on South America''s east coast to meet their needs.
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NewsBenchmarking to get ahead
How does a port or terminal go about determining how good it is? Does it benchmark - against its nearest rival, a world league table, or what?
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Technology's helping hand
There are a large number of companies currently supplying equipment for automated gate systems.
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NewsTechnology delivers speedy ROI
In this report Alex Hughes considers the role played by technology in bringing economies and efficiencies to the gate and hastening a return on investment.
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NewsWest Coast revolution
Following last month''s look at gate systems in the Philippines, France and Brazil, Alex Hughes now reports on a labour and technology revolution in the US.
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Integrate software to increase throughput
It is estimated that Felixstowe has almost doubled its throughput, without the need for additional equipment, since introducing its Tug Scheduling System (TSS). TSS is a bespoke system which provides real time scheduling, monitoring and control of tractor/trailers in the container terminal.
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That short but critical distance
For maximum productivity, container handling must be synchronised from the quay to the yard. Benedict Young investigates.
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NewsDurban deliberates
Durban''s new Pier 1 is set to deliver major new capacity and switch to an RTG system in the process but the jury is still out on the role of the private sector.
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NewsHigh costs and heavy weather
The opening of Shanghai''s new Yangshan port may well solve some draught and congestion problems, but it raises some important cost and operational issues as well. James Macpherson reports.
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NewsWhat's happening where
The major European contractors Royal Boskalis Westminster, Van Oord, Jan de Nul and DEME, are estimated to share 60% of the global dredging market whilst contractors based in Asia and the US, namely Penta Ocean, Hyundai, Samsung and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, together with various regional and local players, ...
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Hot potato
In the dredging business the impact of environmental and social factors can never be overlooked and there is no better example of these interests clashing with commercial and economic considerations than Port Phillip Bay, the conduit to the port of Melbourne.
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NewsPolitics never far away
As container ships get bigger, as LNG projects proliferate, as ports compete for traffic, inevitably the call to deepen approach channels, harbours and berths grows louder. And in some cases, so do the howls of protest. Nick Elliott reports.
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NewsThe reclaim game
The rationale for capital and maintenance dredging is one thing but land reclamation is driven by an entirely separate set of criteria. Many ports still have little idea of the economics involved and so don''t even consider reclamation.
