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Bolivan bids to manage Arica rejected
A request by the government of Bolivia to be allowed to manage the Chilean port of Arica has been rejected by the government in Santiago.
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NewsMaking the switch
Flexibility beyond the traditional container stacking role has shaken up the reachstacker market. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsMaking communications count
GSM-equipped reachstackers are becoming more common as operators look to improve communications and diagnostics of units.
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NewsGet with the programme
The interface between automated vehicles and non-automated vehicles is often the weak link in the chain, finds Stevie Knight
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Liner companies under the microscope
The catalyst for the shipping line raids is likely the Commission''s suspicion of some form of agreement between companies over capacity and/or rates since the Block Exemption Regulation ended.
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Oakajee project rethink
Mitsubishi Corporation and Murchison Metals Ltd are being forced to rethink plans for their $6.11bn Oakajee iron ore infrastructure development project in Western Australia until more financing can be secured.
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Grindrod issues Maputo shares
Grindrod Ltd is to issue new shares to the value of $262m as a means of financing expansion of the coal terminal at the port of Maputo in Mozambique.
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Dockers to strike at Valparaiso
Dockworkers at the port of Valparaiso have announced a strike after having failed to reach an agreement with port operator EPV in respect of the Terminal 2 and the Mall Plaza Barón development. Port unions want implementation of these two projects speeded up.
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Manaus tender scheduled for February
Brazil''s federal government has announcement that it will issue a tender for the port of Manaus by February 2012.
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Competing concerns
The shipping industry is coming under increasing legal scrutiny, advises HFW''s Simon Burden
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NewsCentral Yangtze aims high
Infrastructure investment is to be speeded up in order to turn Wuhan’s Yangluo terminal, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, into a major shipping centre by 2015.
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Ust Luga to gain from the big freeze
The Ust Luga deepwater port is readying itself to take on winter volumes that it predicts will be rerouted from the sometimes ice impacted and congested St Petersburg.
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NewsWest African breakthrough for Kalmar
An order from the French Bollore group means Cargotec’s cranes are now starting to move into the emerging African ports market, through Bollore’s wholly-owned Unicaf subsidiary.
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Salvador’s growth aims to cut costs
Tecon Salvador SA has gained financing from Cordiant Capital to refurbish and double the terminal’s container handling capacity as well as cutting the costs for Brazil’s rising exports industry.
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Konecranes' temporary layoffs
Konecranes has said it is starting negotiations regarding possible temporary layoffs in Finland in response to what it calls a “weakened demand” for its machine-tool services.
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NewsYuzhny’s ship comes in
After a long wait, Yuzhny’s Transinvestservice (TIS) is to see its first container vessel; what’s more it’s a direct call from Latin America, and it’s a fair bet is that plenty more will follow.
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NewsLight masts star in radio role
Taking an innovative stance on fast deployment and cost savings, one US container facility is making light fittings double up as radio masts.
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NewsComplete cross-border co-operation
Copenhagen and Malmo must represent the ultimate cooperation between ports – they made history ten years ago when they merged to form one company in two countries, Copenhagen Malmö Port.
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NewsTeaming up
Strategic partnerships, joint marketing alliances, MoUs … cooperation between ports can mean a lot of different things. Felicity Landon explains
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NewsThe bigger picture
US labour issues have once again stolen the headlines on the West Coast, with a timing bordering on perfection.
