World News – Page 189

  • Softer market prompts construction delay. Credit: DP World
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    DP World slows down Jebel Ali expansion

    2016-08-25T10:39:00Z

    DP World will slow down expansion of its Jebel Ali port due to “softer market conditions” amid a bleak global trade outlook.

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    Sri Lanka, China agree to mega port city

    2016-08-25T10:39:00Z

    Sri Lanka''s Urban Development Authority, the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development and the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) have signed a tripartite agreement to re-brand the Colombo Port City as the Colombo International Financial City, and proceed with the construction of the mega multibillion dollar port city project as ...

  • Annual container traffic increased 7% in early 2015 at the Port of Long Beach Photo: Port of Long Beach
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    Congestion mars Long Beach green goals

    2016-08-24T12:35:00Z

    Lingering effects from ships at anchor early last year have impacted the air quality at the Port of Long Beach.

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    Deadline looms for US port funding

    2016-08-23T16:28:00Z

    US port projects are running out of time to gain the federal money they need as Congress adjourned for summer recess without authorising any new investments in the area.

  • Port strategy: Auckland is focusing on technological improvements, keeping costs low and extending reach into the supply chain
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    Auckland weathers the market storm

    2016-08-23T14:47:00Z

    Ports of Auckland hasn’t been named the best port in Oceania by its customers for nothing – it is weathering the market storm well despite difficult economic conditions.

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    Weak market dents Vancouver's optimism

    2016-08-23T14:41:00Z

    The Port of Vancouver has blamed a softer global economy, the weakened Canadian dollar and a shift of some containerised cargo back to US ports for lighter-than-usual traffic through the port.

  • Slow down: Ports such as Shanghai are being particularly affected by slowing container throughput
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    Chinese ports feel the pinch

    2016-08-17T11:48:00Z

    The news that Maersk Line is to end services to and from ten Chinese ports from September in a cost cutting exercise could be construed as an unhappy symptom of China''s growth slow down.

  • Moving boxes: The Hyperloop tube will link DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port to a new inland container depot in Dubai
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    A revolutionary new way of moving boxes

    2016-08-16T13:32:00Z

    DP World has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US-based Hyperloop One to explore the value of using innovative Hyperloop systems to move cargo around between its ports.

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    Guaymas to play complementary role to Long Beach

    2016-08-11T19:14:00Z

    In Mexico, the Sonora state government is promoting the Port of Guaymas as a complementary port to that of Long Beach, in California.

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    Algeciras to build third box terminal

    2016-08-11T19:14:00Z

    In Spain, Algeciras Bay Port Authority has issued a tender for the construction and operation of its third container terminal. Interested parties have until November 30 to present bids.

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    Colombia needs to confront its logistics bottlenecks

    2016-08-11T19:14:00Z

    In Colombia, the government and private sector have put together a logistics committee to tackle bottlenecks.

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    Penang port attracts investor

    2016-08-11T19:14:00Z

    Nearly half of Penang Port is to be bought by utilities and infrastructure group, MMC Corp, the company said in a filing with the Malaysian stock exchange.

  • Yilport Holding has secured the rights to Puerto Bolívar Port
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    Yilport seals Puerto Bolívar deal

    2016-08-10T14:58:00Z

    Yildirim Group’s subsidiary Yilport Holding has secured the rights to Puerto Bolívar Port in Ecuador.

  • The new Combi Terminal means multipurpose vessels do not need to call at separate terminals or berths
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    Jurong cements multipurpose aspirations

    2016-08-08T11:33:00Z

    Jurong Port has officially commenced operations of its Combi Terminal, which is tailored to the requirements of multipurpose vessels.

  • ICTSI's request for more space at Webb Dock attracts criticism
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    DP World dismisses Melbourne claims

    2016-08-04T10:37:00Z

    Calls by International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) for more space at Melbourne’s Webb Dock have met with opposition from one of the stevedore’s main rivals.

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    Melbourne truck efficiency targeted

    2016-08-04T10:37:00Z

    Victoria Ports Minister Luke Donnellan has backed the use of high-productivity trucks to boost the movement of freight to and from the Port of Melbourne.

  • Ports of Auckland and Napier Port make a deal
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    Auckland and Napier buddy up

    2016-08-03T16:02:00Z

    A strategic alliance has been made between the Ports of Auckland Limited and Napier Port to provide operational, economic, sustainability and community benefits.

  • Kwai Tsing Container Terminals
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    Movers and shakers

    2016-08-03T09:54:00Z

    East Asian ports are at the vanguard of container ship development.

  • Rising star: Malta Freeport Terminals has broken through the 3m teu barrier
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    Centre stage

    2016-08-03T09:54:00Z

    Could it be ‘all change’ for some of the Mediterranean’s key ports? Felicity Landon reports

  • TIGER funding: The Port of Albany has been given a grant to improve cargo handling Photo: Wikimedia/UpstateNYer CC BY-SA 3.0
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    Six US ports snare TIGER funding

    2016-08-02T15:59:00Z

    The news that six US ports have snared Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) funding this year has been welcomed, but there is the notion that the funding should go towards a broader range of port projects.