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    Turkish port's expansion plans

    2008-12-28T12:24:00Z

    Marport East (previously Kumport), has ordered another eight E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Kalmar to support its five-year expansion plan, which also includes land reclamation and bridge connections.

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    The Italian job

    2008-12-28T12:24:00Z

    Kalmar has acquired an 80% share of two Italian service companies, CVS Technoports and CVS Service from the CVS Ferrari Group, who will retain 20%. The companies will work under the name Officine Cargotec Ferrari and will focus on developing the service offering towards container and material handling customers in ...

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    Spain ramps up port investment

    2008-12-27T12:24:00Z

    Spain''s Development Ministry is to invest ¢ 1.537bn ($1.94bn) in the national ports network, covering construction of 2,900 metres of linear berth and 91 hectares of new operating area.

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    CentrePort 'forgotten' in regional planning

    2008-12-27T12:24:00Z

    Newly-appointed CentrePort Wellington chairperson Warren Larson believes the Capital City''s port is being overlooked in regional transport planning initiatives.

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    Paita concession timeline

    2008-12-26T12:24:00Z

    .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana }Investors interested in the concession for  Peru''s Paita port,  have until February 13, 2009 to present documents in the prequalification process,  ProInversió n which promotes private investment there, has said. The 30-year Paita concession consists of the design, ...

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    Tractors to stand idle as market plummets

    2008-12-26T12:24:00Z

    While current orderbooks will keep suppliers busy with deliveries until about August next year, the irony is that ports may be wondering what to do with their new machines when containership operators begin to lay up their vessels and the flow of containership traffic retracts.

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    El Prat cost doubles

    2008-12-25T12:24:00Z

    The collapse of 600 metres of newly built quayside at the Port of Barcelona''s Prat development area on the January 1, 2007 has reportedly doubled the cost of the work of constructing the new container terminal there to nearly ¢ 200m ($252.6m).

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    Baltic Container Terminal gets set for expansion

    2008-12-25T12:24:00Z

    The construction of a 200-metre quay extension, due to start next year, will increase capacity at the Baltic Container Terminal in Riga from 600,000 to 1m teu.

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    Singapore

    2008-12-25T12:24:00Z

    The Port of Singapore is said to be interested in an association with Peru''s Enap, the national port administration body, according to the Andean country''s Minister of Transport Veronica Zavala.

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    'Straight from the box' container recognition

    2008-12-25T12:24:00Z

    A new container recognition gantry, which can be pre-assembled, tuned and tested before delivery, could save time at installation, accoridng to the manufacturers.

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    Nigeria drops port charges by 30%

    2008-12-24T12:24:00Z

    The president of Nigeria has approved a 30% reduction in charges, fees and fines imposed by the regulatory agencies on cargo cleared at national ports.

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    PS Opinion Piece

    2008-12-24T12:24:00Z

    I saw a summary the other day of the container line service cutbacks that had taken place in the Far East-North Europe, Far East-Mediterranean, Far East-USEC and Transatlantic trades. In the Far East-North Europe trade there were seven major cutbacks, in the Far East Mediterranean eight, Far East/USEC two and ...

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    Phasing in a freight station

    2008-12-24T12:24:00Z

    Eredene Group has invested in a new container freight station (CFS) close to the rapidly expanding Indian port of Ennore.

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    Tracking the tractor

    2008-12-24T12:24:00Z

    Changes in requirements and emissions legislation have spurred tractor development, as Patrik Wheater finds out

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    Report

    2008-12-22T12:24:00Z

    Not all kinds of unloader are suitable for all the phases of the unloading process, according to a Technical University of Munich presentation delivered in September.

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    Off road trials for gas machines

    2008-12-22T12:24:00Z

    Gas-powered, versatile container hustler machines that are at home both on and off-road, are being tested by Total Terminals at Ports America facilities in Long Beach, California.

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    Rotterdam in Malaysian venture

    2008-12-21T12:24:00Z

    Rotterdam Port Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysia''s Palm Oil Industrial Cluster to develop the Port of Lahad Datu on the island of Borneo. The eventual port could cover an area of 5,500 hectares.

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    DP World in Algerian venture

    2008-12-21T12:24:00Z

    DP World (50%) and Entreprise Portuaire d''Alger-EPAL ed Entreprise Portuaire de Djen Djen (50%) have put together a joint-venture to manage a container terminal in the Algerian Port of Djen Djen. In the first stage development, a 200-metre quay will be built to serve a back area of 150,000 square ...

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    3i invests in India

    2008-12-20T12:24:00Z

    The international investment group 3i is to buy a 24% equity stake in the Krishnapatnam Port Company for $200m. This company is to develop and operate a new port on India''s east coast.

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    Jebel Ali slashes congestion times

    2008-12-20T12:24:00Z

    Delays at DP World''s flagship Jebel Ali facility in Dubai have been cut from as long as a week to less than a day following the introduction of higher storage charges.