World News – Page 245
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NewsGrup TCB invests in Barcelona
Container terminal group, Grup TCB, has selected Orbita Ingenieria to automate the truck gates at its Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB) at the Port of Barcelona in a bid to boost capacity by almost 25%.
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NewsPortek acquires Latvian operator
Portek International, terminal operator and port equipment engineering solutions provider, has acquired 80% of the share capital of Latvias’s Rigas Universalais Terminals SIA (RUT) in order to expand its portfolio.
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NewsHong Kong staff to be laid off
Following the strikes at Hongkong International Terminals’ (HIT) Kwai Tsing Port, Global Stevedoring Service Company Limited (Global), which hires the crane drivers, has announced that it will lay off its staff and will not renew its service contract after its expiration on 30 June 2013.
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Santos creaks under the strain
The president of the São Paulo Customs Brokers'' Union (Sindasp), Valdir Santos, has suggested that one of the best ways of reducing congestion at the port of Santos would be to divert inbound trucks to the port of Paranaguá.
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News‘Illegal’ strike brings chaos to Chilean ports
A three-week strike resulting from demands by stevedores at the northern Chilean port of Angamos for a 30-minute lunch break and a place to set up a cafeteria ended recently.
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NewsDP World sues Australian unions
Industrial action taken at Sydney’s Port Botany in December last year has led to legal action being initiated by stevedore DP World against the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and two of its senior officials.
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Terminal operators to clamp down on organised crime
A drive to prevent the infiltration of organised crime into Australia’s ports and distribution networks has been proposed by the country’s Home Affairs minister Jason Clare.
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Truck congestion tackled at Lyttelton
An electronic vehicle-booking system is expected to be developed at Lyttelton Port of Christchurch within the next few months to address a growing truck congestion issue.
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Auckland revises expansion plans
Ports of Auckland has released two scaled-back options for future expansion in order to balance handling projected cargo growth with appeasing community interests.
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NewsA phoenix from the ashes
The devastating February 2011 earthquake in New Zealand’s Christchurch gave rise to Lyttelton Port’s reclamation project, at Te Awaparahi Bay.
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NewsUSMX and ILA ratify new contract
Members of the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have voted to ratify a new six year Master Contract with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) after more than a year of negotiating.
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NewsStrike delays Hong Kong
As strikes continue at Hongkong International Terminals’ (HIT) Kwai Tsing Port, “the efficiency of the port has reduced to around 50-60%, delaying many ships for more than 10 days”, Chan Chiu-wai, organising Coordinator at Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) told ‘Port Strategy’.
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NewsBotany and Kembla privatised
The Australian state owned ports of Botany and Kembla have been privatised in a deal worth AUS$5.07bn, says the government of New South Wales (NSW).
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NewsScenario planning: Korean hostilities
In a scenario where military hostilities between North Korea and South Korea breakout and Seoul is shelled, “Incheon port would likely suffer collateral damage”, says IHS Fairplay’s senior analyst, Gary Li.
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NewsRoyal HaskoningDHV tunnel contract
International consultancy, engineering and project management firm, Royal HaskoningDHV, has won a contract worth around €5m to construct a 500m immersed tunnel for Brazil’s Port of Santos.
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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.
