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BATAM PORT PLANS TALKED UP BY CO-ORDINATING MINISTER FOR MARITIME AFFAITRS
The government of Indonesia is revisiting the idea of developing a port facility on the island of Batam. This location is around 30km south of Singapore, close to international shipping routes, and has been under consideration for the past 30 years without any major development taking place.
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NewsSZCZECIN-SWINOUJSCIE PORT EXPANSION PROCEEDS BUT…
The development of a new largescale terminal in Świnoujście, Poland, near the German border, is gaining momentum with key elements of the necessary infrastructure coming to fruition.
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….WITH ISSUES RAISED
It is taking place, however, against the background of Poland’s main ports, Gdynia and Gdansk, implementing major expansion programmes with a number of analysts questioning the need for major new container capacity in Świnoujście.
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J M Baxi Acquisition
J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Ltd, a unit of the Mumbai-based J M Baxi Group, has gained complete – 100 per cent - control of the Visakha Container Terminal
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NewsValencia Results
The Port of Valencia, Spain reports loaded containers for export falling by 12.72 per cent in the period January – April 2022
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Chittagong Cranes
In early May Chittagong Port, Bangladesh took delivery of two Chinese-built ship-to-shore container gantries (SSG) and three rubber tyred gantries (RTGs).
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Rotterdam Deal
The Port of Rotterdam is strengthening its ongoing partnership with the Port of Duisburg by collaborating on more initiatives relating to digitalisation and energy transition.
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NewsASCs FOR ANTWERP AS EUROPE AUTOMATION INTEREST GROWS
Component parts of new automatic stacking cranes (ASCs) have started arriving at DP World’s Antwerp Gateway Terminal (AGT) in the Port of Antwerp.
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KOPER UPS CRANE CAPACITY
Luka Koper d.d., operator of container terminal facilities at the Port of Koper, Slovenia, has placed a new order with Konecranes for three electric rubber-tyred gantries (RTG). The order will increase the RTG fleet at the port to 30 units when the new items are delivered in February 2023.
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Kiel Piles on Power
The Port of Kiel is to receive two onshore power plants after port operator Seehafen Kiel awarded a contract to technology company, Siemens AG.
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Congo RTGs
Congo Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports, has put two new rubber tyred gantries into operation at its container terminal located at Pointe-Noire, Congo.
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UK Power First
Plans have been announced for the first floating organic flow battery for decarbonised port energy storage and shore power for cruise ships in the UK.
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NewsDOWNGRADES AND UPGRADES
Market consultancy Drewry sees container shipping freight rates continuing to climb but a new set of problems intruding. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsGOING GREAT GUNS
Container ports on the US Gulf Coast are outperforming national growth and their peers on the eastern and western seaboards. AJ Keyes assesses the plans and strategies of ports in the region
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NewsNEW SUPPLY CHAIN PLAYBOOK
The existing container ports on the US Gulf Coast, and further afield in the US, look set to be challenged by a new facility with potential to change the status quo. A J Keyes reports
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NewsFLORIDA’S MILLIONAIRES CLUB
Florida is home to three large container ports that each handle over one million TEU annually. AJ Keyes assesses how these ports are keeping pace with demand
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NewsICTSI RIO RENAISSANCE
Pursuing new cargo streams and investing in inland cargo logistics is breathing new life into ICTSI Rio despite a challenging marketplace. Rob Ward reports
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Verticalisation Driving Diversification
ICTSI Rio 1 is one of several terminals in Brazil diversifying in the face of what is dubbed locally as verticalization – liner companies extending their activities along the supply chain.
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NewsMSC PROPELS MULTI-RIO
Rio de Janeiro terminal operator MultiRio is reaping the benefits of its “special relationship” with MSC but recovery in the ro-ro sector has stalled. Rob Ward reports
