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NewsJoining the dots
February’s opening of Vietnam’s largest ever container terminal has at last crystallised the country’s true potential in the box handling market.
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NewsAlternative Maritime Power for cruise lines in Los Angeles
The Port of Los Angeles last month became the first port worldwide to provide Alternative Maritime Power to cruise lines.
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Cadiz to have new box terminal
Cádiz port authority has issued a tender for the first phase construction of new container terminal. The reference price is €90m ($123m) and work must be completed within 46 months. It is not known if the existing container operator, Concasa, whose own concession expires in 2013, will bid or not.
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Maputo to increase capacity
Maputo Port Development Company has announced it is to invest $750m to increase its cargo handling capacity. By 2043, it hopes this will be 45m tonnes per annum, compared with the current level of 8.7m tonnes. When the company first assumed operational control in 2003, Maputo was handling just 5m ...
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Massive Indian investment in ports
India has announced a combined $110bn package to develop its ports and shipbuilding industry by 2020.
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NewsNew ECOPORTS Website presented at Venice GreenPort Conference
ESPO officially launched the new EcoPorts portal (www.ecoports.com) last week at the GreenPort Conference in Venice. The portal marks the integration of EcoPorts within the structure of ESPO.
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NewsUK 'energy capital' prepared and proud
Milford Haven brands itself as the ‘energy capital of the UK’, handling 25% of the nation’s petrol and diesel provisions.
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Short time working at Malaga
Malaga''s port labour company, SEMA, is to introduce short time working, which will affect 72 of its 180 stevedores. This is the result of a decision by Maersk to substantially reduce the amount of containers it handles in the port.
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Nigerian port labour force decimated
Christopher Borha, the general manager of Nigerian Ports Authority responsible for corporate services and strategic planning, says that when Nigeria embarked upon its port concession program in 2006, it lost 10,000 either highly skilled or unskilled dockworkers. In all, the workforce was cut from 14,000 to just 4,000 today. In ...
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Hamburg revises port dues system
The port of Hamburg has announced that, from the summer onwards, it is to revamp the way it calculates fees, to reflect the amount of traffic any one shipping line handles in the port.
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No bond issue for ADPC
Abu Dhabi Ports Company has ditched its planned bonds issue later this year after failing to raise the necessary $7.2bn for its Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone development from private lenders.
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Liebherr nets DPW Egypt contract
Liebherr has won a contract to supply the first set of rubber-tyred gantry cranes to DP World’s Sokhna terminal in Egypt. The RTGs are 16 wheel configuration, stack one over five containers high and span six containers plus a truck lane.
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Boxrunner answer to moving problem
Konecranes has launched a new straddle carrier to improve the link between container unloading and yard stacking operations.
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NewsCustoms requirement burden
Yet more demands for electronic data submission within the EU, this time on the customs side under the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS), are driving change within the ports and shipping industries.
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Inland terminals get rating system
The Port of Gothenburg has produced a system for rating its inland terminals to help its customers know exactly what to expect from them.
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Law professors back Liscont
Three professors of law in Portugal believe that it would be unconstitutional if the concession extension given to Lisbon container terminal operator Liscont were declared null and void.
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Trincomalee development to go ahead
Sri Lanka Ports Authority is to invite private sector investors to help develop the eastern port of Trincomalee, which has extensive areas of surrounding land. A request for proposals is due to be issued in March. The port already encompasses a cement plant and the flour mill.
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NewsVenice's challenge in becoming a carbon neutral port
The Port of Venice has hosted, for the first time, Energy for Green Ports & Green Port Logistics, two international events that have addressed issues related to the environmental sustainability of port operations, the management of ships'' emissions and the development of corridors and intermodal networks with particular attention to ...
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Kalmar breaks ground in Cartagena
Cargotec has received a significant order from long-time Colombian customer Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Cartagena for two Kalmar ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and 24 Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. The agreement is worth approximately €40m ($54.1m). These will be the first Kalmar STS cranes and Kalmar Zero Emission E-One2 RTGs operating ...
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NewsAny eventuality
Felicity Landon asks whether it’s possible to be prepared for every eventuality when drawing up emergency plans
