World News – Page 297

  • The container terminal is being built by Brasil Terminal Portuário (BTP), a joint venture involving Terminal Investment Limited and APM Terminals
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    Santos goes supersize

    2011-03-31T16:36:00Z

    Santos has secured funding of $679m to develop new container and liquid bulk terminals, significantly increasing the port’s present capacity.

  • The port at Marfa will benefit from the upgrade plans
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    Potent plans for Abu Dhabi

    2011-03-31T16:36:00Z

    A number of new port developments are planned in the Western (Al Gharbia) region of Abu Dhabi, adding to the emirate’s aggressive port expansion plans.

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    Dragados-SPL rebrands as Noatum Ports

    2011-03-31T10:00:00Z

    Dragados-SPL - the Spanish port terminal operator with equity stakes in container operations in Bilbao, Valencia, Malaga and Las Palmas, and in general cargo terminals in Santander, Castellón and Sagunto - has been renamed Noatum Ports.

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    The sell-off quandary

    2011-03-31T10:00:00Z

    Experts in Kenya are divided as to whether the port of Mombasa should be privatised or not.

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    EU infrastructure project win

    2011-03-30T10:00:00Z

    The European Union is to finance 51 infrastructure projects costing a combined €170m ($241m) as part of its Trans-European Transport Network. In Italy, the River Information Services in the Northern Italian Waterway System will be financed, as will the Adriatic Gateway project.

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    DP World second West Bengal project

    2011-03-30T10:00:00Z

    DP World has been linked with a new container port development at Kulpi in West Bengal, with negotiations said to be at an advanced state. The project, claims DP World, would be viable given an ongoing shortage of capacity in India.

  • ICTSI's financials have been buoyed by the success of its Manila terminal. Credit: Matikas 0805
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    South American spurt for ICTSI

    2011-03-29T10:00:00Z

    International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) reported 2010 results of $527.1M from its port operations, an increase of 25% over last year.

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    NZ port productivity slammed

    2011-03-29T10:00:00Z

    New Zealand Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr has strongly criticised the productivity of the local port sector.

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    Las Palmas first in Spain with stevedoring reforms

    2011-03-28T10:00:00Z

    The port of Las Palmas has become the first in Spain to convert its port labour company, Sestiba, into a port stevedoring management company with limited liability (Sagep).

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    Sagunto investment crisis

    2011-03-28T10:00:00Z

    The current economic crisis has meant that €300m ($425.4m) of investment in the Spanish Mediterranean port of Sagunto has yet to go ahead. This was committed to the southern expansion of the port, where three new terminals are planned: one for dry bulk and two for general cargo.

  • Iraq's mega-port plans have attracted much international attention
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    New Basra super port mooted

    2011-03-28T10:00:00Z

    Iraq''s Transport Minister has announced that a tender will be issued by the end of this year for a multi-billion-dollar port south of the city of Basra.

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    Buenos Aires concessions to be re-visited

    2011-03-27T10:00:00Z

    Argentina''s General Ports Administration (AGP), which oversees operators at the port of Buenos Aires, is to undertake an integral analysis of concessions following recent requests for them to be renewed.

  • Tariff reforms hit Spanish ports. Credit - Teclasorg
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    Flexible tariff reforms will cost Spanish ports money

    2011-03-27T10:00:00Z

    Spanish ports estimate making an average loss of 12% in their revenue in the current year as a result of applying a revised tariff model set out in new framework legislation.

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    Chinese Muuga wobbles

    2011-03-27T10:00:00Z

    Erik Laidvee, the chairman of Muuga box terminal operator Transiidikeskus AS, has claimed that it is now unlikely that the Chinese port of Ningbo will cooperate with the port of Tallinn on its Muuga joint-venture terminal project. At present, just Transiidikeskus and the Russian firm Rail Grant are bidding for ...

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    Sihanoukville to list

    2011-03-26T10:00:00Z

    SBI Phnom Penh Securities Co, Ltd. has been appointed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia to lead manage an initial public offering of Cambodia''s state-owned Sihanoukville Autonomous Port ("PAS"), the company said in a press release.

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    Talcahuano tender released

    2011-03-26T10:00:00Z

    The tender covering the rebuilding of the quake-hit Chilean port of Talcahuano has been issued. The port was almost totally destroyed by last year''s earthquake, rendering it inoperable.

  • Port Strategy: Coal remains South Africa's rising star. Credit: André Kritzinger
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    A staple diet of bulk

    2011-03-25T10:00:00Z

    Containers apart, one sector of South African operations that does reasonably well is bulk, though even this has its ups and downs.

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    Itaguaí releases dry bulk tender

    2011-03-25T10:00:00Z

    A tender has been issued for a new dry bulk terminal at the Brazilian port of Itaguaí, which is being managed by the Rio de Janeiro port company.

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    Sines win from North African disruption

    2011-03-25T10:00:00Z

    The Portuguese port of Sines could benefit from the current instability at ports across the Middle East, claims the president of CIP. If access to the Suez Canal becomes increasingly difficult, it may result in ships being sent around Africa, therefore making Sines more attractive to shipping lines, especially those ...

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    Patrick doubles booking fees

    2011-03-25T10:00:00Z

    Fees charged for the vehicle booking system operated by Patrick Stevedore at Port Botany doubled at the end of March.