World News – Page 201
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NewsAPMT brings in Qingdao at Vado
APM Terminals has brought in experts from the Qingdao Port Group to create a new joint venture for the APM Terminals Vado port project in Italy.
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IPO for Phnom Penh Port
Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Autonomous Port is to list on the local stock market, the company underwriting the issue, Yuanta Securities, have said via their website.
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Buenos Aires' TRP concession in doubt
The head of Argentina''s tax authority (AFIP), Ricardo Echegaray, has asked the courts to withdraw the concession awarded to Terminales Río de la Plata for container berths 1, 2 and 3 at the Port of Buenos Aires.
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New paradigms for port efficiency
Port authorities need to be collaborating and partnering with other port authorities in the supply chains of the future, said Long Beach’s Dr Noel Hacegaba.
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Barreiro necessary to allow Lisbon reinvention
Manuela Patrício, director of Port Terminals and Logistics at Lisbon Port Authority, has defended the decision to build a new container terminal at Barreiro on the southern bank of the Tagus river in Lisbon.
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Former minister speaks of ‘light touch regulation’
Light-touch regulation for a market-oriented sector was the message for the UK ports industry from former transport minister Sir Simon Burns, at the opening of the Port of Felixstowe’s latest extension.
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Tianjin port boss sacked
Reuters reports today that the boss of Tianjin Port in China has been sacked three months since huge chemical blasts occurred at the port killing more than 160 people.
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NewsAPMT cements China multi-purpose ambitions
APM Terminals has entered a joint venture with Qingdao’s Donjiakou Port to produce a new multipurpose terminal with two deep water berths.
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NewsNSW publishes Kembla and Botany roadmap
NSW Ports has launched a 30 year master plan, Navigating the Future, for the Port of Botany and Port of Kembla.
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NewsHeel digging
Battle lines are being drawn on the expanded Panama Canal effect, finds Martin Rushmere
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NewsCovering the bases
OSC''s Ian Chadney examines the changing face of the North African container business
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NewsAmbition or extravagance?
A recent clutch of Middle East projects build on the region''s flare for larger-than-life, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsSCCT deals with crane allusion
A ship-to-shore crane at Port Said in Egypt has been left on the potential verge of collapse after it was struck by a 368m long containership.
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US ports benefit from TIGER grants
Five US ports are set to benefit from the 2015 round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grants which should help them to make a number of intermodal improvements to improve efficiency.
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Record growth for Houston
The Port of Houston Authority will discuss its record year of growth at its annual State of the Port address.
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NewsPipavav’s profits fall
Pipavav Port, in Gujarat, India, has reported a decline in standalone net profit for the second quarter of the fiscal year due to low sales and higher expenses.
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NewsBig ideas at Canaveral
Port Canaveral in the US has lots of large development projects on the drawing board and according to a recent port authority meeting, it will raise the capital for them using credit.
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NewsExploratory mission to Iran
A delegation from the Port of Antwerp paid a visit to Iran on an exploratory mission to develop relations between Iran and the port community.
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NewsLong beach truckers strike again
Truck drivers at the Port of Long Beach (POLB) and the Port of Los Angeles have gone on strike for the eighth time in two years.
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NewsPrivatisation bid deadline pushed back
The bid deadline for the privatisation of Piraeus Port has been pushed back until December with an early election being blamed for the delay.
