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NewsVietnamese terminals cut regional costs
Container terminal operators in Vietnam are charging an average of just $32 to handle a 20 foot container, which compares with $55 in Thailand, $76 in China and $117 in Singapore.
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NewsFMC investigates ‘handicapped’ US ports
The US Federal Maritime Commission is to launch an enquiry to investigate if US ports are unfairly losing business to West coast Canadian ports.
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NewsLondon Gateway powers up for 2013 opening
On track for a 2013 opening, DP World’s London Gateway has promised 700 new construction jobs and 300 new port jobs in the coming months in its quest to create Europe’s largest logistics park.
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NewsTreading a fine line on co-operation
“Co-operation” is today a sensitive word in the European port business. Against a background of European anti-trust officials raiding several of the world’s largest shipping lines to investigate possible collusion, port and terminal companies now have to tread very carefully on co-operation.
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More Peruvian ports make privatisation list
ProInversión is to privatise the Peruvian ports of General San Martín and San Juan de Marcona in 2012.
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NewsThe unexplored arena of remote facilities
Many of the more congested ports, especially those in city centres, are looking at remote facilities where boxes can be processed – and automated guided vehicles could, possibly, provide an interesting transport option.
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Hapag Lloyd quits JNP for Mundra
Hapag Lloyd has announced that as of mid-October it is to switch its Indian West Coast services from Jawarharlal Nehru Port to privately-managed Mundra port.
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Italians mull port privatisation
The Italian government is said to be considering a possible privatisation of the country''s ports to reduce its debt.
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Dominican Republic concession move
The Presidential Commission for Port Modernisation and Security in the Dominican Republic has said that it is considering reforms to existing port legislation.
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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.
