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Chinese bankroll Nouakchott
The Chinese state is to provide $287m in investment to triple capacity at the port of Nouakchott in Mauritania. This will fund construction of a new, 900-metre long quay.
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New Chinese river port
The Chinese River port of Chongqing is building a new 10-berth container terminal which will occupy an area of eight square kilometres. Its location is some 18 kilometres from the city centre.
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NewsHutchison moves in to Amsterdam
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have signed a share-swapping agreement through which HPH will become the majority shareholder of Amsterdam-based Ceres Container Terminals Europe B.V. (CTE) in the Netherlands.
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Cork revisits box terminal project
The Port of Cork is to make a decision in October regarding the location of a $283.7m container terminal.
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NewsOvercoming the logistics
Faced with a handling challenge at Herne Container Terminal in Germany, port equipment manufacturer Hyster came up with an innovative solution.
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Ten new Brazilian terminals
Brazil''s National Port Authority (Antaq) gave permission for 10 new privately-managed port terminals to be built in 2008.
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Port Investments get a setback
The great global recession, which continues to threaten to turn into a new great depression, is beginning to have an impact on port investments.
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NewsBids - again - for Columbo
Sri Lanka Ports Authority has issued a long-awaited call for bids for a container terminal in a new deep draught port being built next to the existing Colombo harbour.
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NewsChina surveys the river
The first ever market survey to be taken across the entire length of the Yangtze river, covering both the trunkline and major tributaries, aims to find out exactly where demand exists for equipment and technology.
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NewsShekou’s Green Terminal
Environmental protection is an important part of the Shekou Container Terminal’s master plan and it has been tentatively upgrading its traditional RTGs since 2006.
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Antwerp staff don jumpers
Antwerp Port Authority turned the office thermostat down two degrees and encouraged staff to put on a jumper last month as part of Belgium''s annual Thick Sweater Day campaign.
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Jebel Ali T2 to open
Jebel Ali port opened Terminal Two at the end of February, adding an additional 5m teu capacity, and upping the port''s overall capacity to 14m teu. In 2012, DP World will also open a new port at Taweelah.
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APL and Salalah team up
Shipping line APL and Oman''s Port of Salalah have joined forces to operate a new two-berth container terminal.
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NewsAfrica pics
Bollore has been making heavy investment in West African ports as part of its long-term aim of developing a pan-African logistics network.
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NewsFeeder service to Teesport
PD Ports has just started running a twice weekly feeder service from Felixstowe to Teesport, in order to develop its shortsea and coastal traffic through the northern port.
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TICT transhipment coup
Tartous International Container Terminal has been granted permission to handle transhipment traffic, a first in Syria.
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APM abandons Kingston
APM Terminals has withdrawn from the contract which allowed it to manage Kingston Container Terminal. The company took over the reins in 2001, but has decided not to renew the contract to make it easier for the government to privatise the port.
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PCA under pressure to halt rate increases
In 2008, the Panama Canal Authority registered record revenue of more than $2bn, but this was based on fewer deep draught vessels using the facility and a 1% fall in cargo traffic over 2007.
