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  • Port Strategy: Valparaiso boss is upbeat about port's future
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    Valparaiso interview

    2008-10-03T12:24:00Z

    A Chile-China partnership gives Valparaiso boss reason to be cheerful, as Michael Mackey finds out

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    Helsinki’s wastewater challenge

    2008-10-02T16:25:00Z

    Earlier this year, the Port of Helsinki requested cruise ship companies to leave wastewater on land with the aim of protecting the Baltic Sea.

  • Port Strategy: top level reshuffle sees ports' boss get the boot in Kenya
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    Kenya relieves ports chief

    2008-10-02T12:24:00Z

    Kenya Ports Authority managing director Abdallah Mwaruwa has been relieved of his command by the country''s prime minister.

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    London Gateway signing

    2008-10-02T12:24:00Z

    A joint venture of Laing O''Rourke and Dredging International has signed a contract to transformed the 1,850 acre London Gateway site into the world''s most advanced container port and Europe''s largest logistics park.

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    Six new Shenzhen ports

    2008-10-02T12:24:00Z

    The Chinese city of Shenzhen has received backing from the National Development and Reform Commission to build six new ports. These will include facilities at Liantang, Longhua and Dachan Gulf Harbour, and a port to connect the airports of Shenzhen and Hong Kong via an undersea tunnel.

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    Big one for Africa

    2008-10-02T12:24:00Z

    Liebherr has delivered the largest mobile harbour crane in Africa to Intel Nigeria.

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    “Sustainability clause” central to DP World/Brisbane lease

    2008-10-01T16:19:00Z

    DP World recently reaffirmed its commitment to the Port of Brisbane, when it signed an Agreement to Lease for a new 40-year lease at the Port of Brisbane, announcing it is looking at investing $A250 million in the port over time in response ...

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    Chittagong concession

    2008-10-01T12:24:00Z

    A 30-year concession to operate the recently built New Mooring Container Terminal at Chittagong Port is to be offered to the private sector.

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    Three' in one security from CEM

    2008-10-01T12:24:00Z

    CEM Systems has released a security reader which meets the requirements for three stage identity authentication - card, PIN, and biometric verification - in one device.

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    Enjoy the holiday

    2008-10-01T12:24:00Z

    When it comes to the UK Marine Bill''s provisions, Louise Gowman''s advice to ports is: "Enjoy the holiday while it lasts!"

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    Barry Parker USA Opinion

    2008-10-01T12:24:00Z

    Port Strategy articles on financial subjects, including a few I have written, invariably include some mention of public-private partnerships, which have enabled ports around the world to modernise and cope with increases in trade flows. Each mention of PPP is a tacit acknowledgement that the private sector (with proper oversight) ...

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    Madagascar mining

    2008-09-30T12:24:00Z

    A small port being built in the south of Madagascar by a subsidiary of mining group Rio Tinto will be operated by UK port consultancy Portia and Australia''s Strang Logistics, which joined forces to bid for the concession. The two partners are in detailed negotiations, having been awarded the contract. 

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    Auckland ranking lift

    2008-09-30T12:24:00Z

    Container Management magazine has lifted Ports of Auckland eight places to 104th in the world for the total volume of teu handled during the 2007 calendar year.

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    More green for India

    2008-09-30T12:24:00Z

    Kalmar is to supply 11 of its ''green'' E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to Gateway Terminals India (GTI) at Nhava Sheva.. This latest order - due to commence next January - follows on from a contract to supply GTI with 29 E-One RTGs delivered in 2006.

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    Kuwait draught is a concern

    2008-09-29T12:24:00Z

    Kuwait Ports Authority has advised the government that access channels to existing port facilities be extensively dredged, since currently these offer a draft of no more than 8.5 metres. Neither Shuwaikh nor Shuaiba ports can accommodate very large containerships.

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    Buenos Aires concessions to be lengthened

    2008-09-29T12:24:00Z

    Argentina''s General Ports Administration has confirmed that, with government support, it is prepared to extend concession periods of port terminals in the so-called Puerto Nuevo district of Buenos Aires.

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    Japanese to build Vietnamese terminals

    2008-09-29T12:24:00Z

    The Cai Mep container terminal and the Thi Vai general cargo terminal at the Vietnamese port of Cai Mep-Thi Vai are to be built by two Japanese joint ventures. Of the total $718m cost of the port, $328.5m will be financed by the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation, with the ...

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    Marine Bill

    2008-09-29T12:24:00Z

    The UK''s Marine Bill promises ports a streamlined planning process - surely something to be welcomed in an industry used to fighting its way through a planning quagmire. So what''s the catch? Felicity Landon reports

  • Port Strategy: the serenity of Buenaventura Bay will be disrupted by the start of box terminal works
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    Another terminal for Buenaventura Bay

    2008-09-28T12:24:00Z

    Construction has begun on a new dedicated container terminal in Buenaventura Bay, close to the existing facilities in Colombia.

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    CMA CGM in Tianjin development

    2008-09-28T12:24:00Z

    CMA CGM subsidiary Terminal Link is to undertake a 50-year joint venture with Tianjin Port Development Holdings (TPDH) and Grand Asia International Shipping to manage a new container terminal at the port of Tianjin. The three-berth facility will be situated in Binhai New Area. Projected investment is $215m, of which ...