World News – Page 228
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NewsDispute hangs over Abidjan concession
According to French daily press, an unsuccessful bidder in the recent round of bidding for the second container terminal in Abidjan is contesting the concession granted to the consortium comprising of APM Terminals, Bollore and Bouyges.
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NewsGrup TCB invests in Guatemalan terminal
Global freight company, Grup TCB, is to invest US$250m in the new TCQ terminal at Puerto Quetzal Port, located on the Pacific coast of Guatemala, which it will operate for the next 25 years.
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NewsTerex vehicles for Long Beach
US equipment company, Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received an order for 72 battery powered Terex Gottwald Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) from Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL).
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NewsNorth American ports capex or capsize?
North American ports which don’t invest to upgrade their facilities ready for the upcoming Panama Canal expansion in 2015 “risk capsizing their economies”, says K C Conway, author of Colliers International’s third North American Port Analysis’ report.
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OHL wins Valparaiso Terminal 2 concession
The Spanish construction group OHL has put forward the most competitive bid in the tender to build and operate Terminal 2 at the Chilean port of Valparaiso.
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NewsPort of Cork development plans
Ireland’s Port of Cork has outlined its plans for potential development in Ringaskiddy in a bid to develop commercially and “cater for future growth”, says Denis Healy, manager of engineering services at the port.
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NewsChinese terminal operators expand
As China’s throughput volume declines and economic growth slows, container terminal operators, COSCO Pacific and China Merchants Holding International (CMHI), are expanding to overseas markets.
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NewsHong Kong dispute continues
The Hong Kong Shippers’ Council has advised members to arrange alternative shipping routes as demonstrations at Hongkong International Terminals’ (HIT) Kwai Tsing port entered into the seventh day on Thursday.
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NewsMarseille Fos promotes rail services
Simplified customs procedures have led to improved containerised rail services at the French cargo port, Marseille Fos, says the port''s director of development, Arnaud Renjard.
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NewsTrouble in Hong Kong
Port workers are back demonstrating over pay today at Hongkong International Terminals Ltd (HIT), part of the Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust), after a court ruling barred them from entering the city’s terminals yesterday.
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NewsAPMT Maasvlakte II receives ARMGs
APM Terminals’ new Maasvlakte II facility at the Port of Rotterdam has received the first two of a total of 26 automated rail mounted gantry cranes (ARMGs), following the completion of civil construction.
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NewsJN Port visit – finale to a great conference
The successful GreenPort South Asia Conference 2013, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, was followed by a popular port visit to Jawaharlal Nehru Port on 22 March 2013.
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NewsBrazil needs private capital
The Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CAN) has launched a campaign to encourage private capital which it says is fundamental to modernising Brazil’s ports and improving exports.
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NewsTime for change
Emilio Bustos and Maurice Jansen discuss the benefits of taking Spanish port governance to the next level
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NewsVirginia votes restructure not privatisation
The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) board has approved a restructure this week for both the VPA and Virginia International Terminals (VIT) which will also overhaul the port’s long-term strategy - but it won’t include privatisation.
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The forwarder's view
Port Strategy sought out a leading forwarder to explain how changes in cargo flows in China are impacting port logistics strategies. Christoph Matthes, Ocean Freight product manager for North China at DB Schenker, kindly obliged.
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NewsAPMT fixes sights on Abidjan
APM Terminals and a consortium consisting of Bolloré Africa Logistics and Bouyges says it has been named as the preferred bidder to manage a second container terminal at the Port of Abidjan.
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NewsA 'mixed bag' of Chinese fortunes
Henrik Pedersen, chief executive of APM Terminals’ Asia Pacific region which operates seven joint venture terminals in China from Dalian in the north to Guangzhou in the south, says the performance of the company’s Chinese terminals last year had been a “mixed bag” due to lower than expected GDP growth, ...
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NewsVirginia privatisation d-day looms
The Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners has not rendered its decision on the proposals to privatise operations at The Port of Virginia, despite a recent report that began circulating on March 21.
