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Tauranga attracts grain
South Australia''s ABB Grain recently commenced a new export wheat trade from Port Lincoln to the Port of Tauranga with a 16,000-tonne shipment onboard the Hong Kong-registered Sheng Mu.
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NewsTaking the load off
With the advancements in ship cargo handling technology, the pneumatic unloader should offer significant advantages over its mechanical cousin. But does it? Patrik Wheater investigates
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Port hands over headaches
Developing a 40 year relationship, Kalmar has been awarded a three-year service contract to supply empty container handling capacity to the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden.
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Toe into green water for Tilbury
With pressure on ports to both reduce emissions and fuel consumption, ''greener'' units like Kalmar''s hybrid straddle carrier are gaining attention.
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Port Said to undertake serious development
Port Said on the Suez Canal could receive investment of $5.42bn to expand existing facilities. By 2015, the Port will be handling more than 50m containers.
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NewsSpecial handling for Bristol
After turning to a specialised handling company for its reachstacker operations, privately-owned Bristol Port is now looking at savings of up to £ 90,000 per annum.
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NewsHelsinki brings it together
Despite its teething problems on opening, the Helsinki port of Vuosaari finally got into its stride last week.
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NewsPD news story
Plummeting freight rates from the Far East into Northern Europe have put the spotlight on the costs of inland haulage and encouraged shippers to consider new routes, according to Martyn Pellew, PD Ports group marketing director.
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NewsLos Angeles reigns in
Only a month after announcing construction contracts of around $383.7m which would create thousands of jobs in the region, the Port of Los Angeles has decided to pull back current spending by nearly $21m as it juggles its commitments in the face of falling volumes.
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Mar del Plata 'in chaos'
The leader of the SUPA trade union at Argentina''s Port of Mar del Plata has claimed that labour activities at the port are in chaos.
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Lessons From The Recession
Who would have guessed in mid 2007 that carriers would be laying up ships, ship owners agreeing to charter rates that are as good as rock bottom and container freight rates at peppercorn levels? Sure, there are economists, this one included, who had warned that things might well slow down, ...
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NewsTractor pooling for better utilisation
A new Tractor Pooling feature which reduces the time tractors ''hang around'' a vessel while waiting for the one in front to finish, has been released by Tideworks as part of its Traffic Control container dispatch system.
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News'Maritime' phone for port operatives
A new waterproof, ''rugged'' mobile phone has been developed for people who work in the maritime industries.
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NewsSupplier solutions
Leading suppliers of port storage solutions are continuing to rack up orders for their ''non-conventional'' systems which can be used as temporary, semi-permanent or permanent warehouses for a range of cargoes.
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Private sector ups investment in Bilbao
By 2011, the private sector will have invested ¢ 330m ($416.8m) in the Port of Bilbao. Of that, ¢ 222m ($280.4m) will be for four bio-diesel plants and one manufacturing ethanol.
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Five in the frame for Tuticorin
Tuticorin Port Trust has shortlisted five companies for its second container terminal. These are: PSA-Sical (which operates the existing terminal), Oceanic Transport, Chettinad Logistics, Afcons Infrastructure and Larsen & Toubro. Investment of $62.65m will be required during the 30-year lease period.
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Good return for Lyttelton
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has returned a comparable 7.3% rise in net after-tax profit to NZ$10.3m (US$5.7m) and 9.2% increase in revenue to NZ$83.4m (US$45.9m) for the 2007-2008 financial year.
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Reading the nuclear 'footprint'
A method for detecting nuclear shielding in hidden containers without interrupting the flow through the port has come about through the teaming up of two specialists in the field.
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NewsTemporary port storage
Temporary on-dock storage might not always be the cost effective option it first appears, as Mike King explains
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When it comes to the crunch
When it comes to the crunch, do "green" issues, and hence sea transport, still remain important?
