World News – Page 345

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    Antwerp responds to Dutch delay

    2009-09-02T12:24:00Z

    Dutch authorities have again put back the programme of works on the 12 shallow points in the Western Scheldt by suspending the routing decree and one of the implementation permits for deepening the navigation channel.

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    Port Qasim taking major private investment

    2009-09-02T12:24:00Z

    Up to $1.22bn of foreign investment is expected to be made in the various development projects put forward by Port Qasim Authority covering the next five years.

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    PPA expanding with French cash

    2009-09-02T12:24:00Z

    Philippines Port Authority (PPA) is to receive a loan of ¢ 170m ($239m) from the French government by the end of August. This will help fund six new port projects. Originally, finance was to have come from Spain, although a deal with the Spanish government eventually fell through.

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    Long service honoured at Tyne

    2009-09-01T12:24:00Z

    Thirteen port employees took part in an evening of celebrations at the Port of Tyne headquarters, UK, to honour their combined 360 years of service.

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    Haifa's new box terminal completed

    2009-09-01T12:24:00Z

    Israel Ports Company has completed its $250m Carmel container terminal and has turned over operations to the Haifa Port Company.

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    City trucks get green boost

    2009-09-01T12:24:00Z

    A clean air strategy in the ports of New York and New Jersey is being helped by an influx of environmental grants, worth over $30m, that will help to replace pre-1994 trucks serving the port.

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    ENAPU and DP World to develop Callao

    2009-09-01T12:24:00Z

    Modernisation of the North Quay at the Peruvian port of Callao will be taken forward by DP World and the National Ports Authority (Enapu) under a $600m investment programme.

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    Competing Bids at Virginia Port Authority

    2009-08-31T12:24:00Z

    The battle over Virginia Port Authority-owned facilities heated up at the end of July.

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    Bolloré wins Cotonou bid

    2009-08-31T12:24:00Z

    Bolloré Africa Logistics has won a 25-year concession for the container terminal at the port of Cotonou (Benin). The operator aims to increase container traffic in Cotonou from the current 312,000 teu in 2008 to 1m teu by 2030.

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    New Murmansk relief port

    2009-08-31T12:24:00Z

    A new port is to be developed on the Kola peninsular in the Murmansk region of Russia by 2010. This is needed because the existing Murmansk port is operating beyond its engineered capacity.

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    Hard times predicted for box market

    2009-08-31T12:24:00Z

    2009 is to be the most challenging year ever, says Drewry Shipping Consultants in its annual review of container terminal operations.

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    Labour rates must improve at Valencia

    2009-08-30T12:24:00Z

    Terminal operators in the port of Valencia are warning that recent high levels of transhipment traffic, which now account for 50% of total box traffic in the port, could be under threat if labour costs are not reduced in the next few months.

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    Veracruz cuts tariffs to attract traffic

    2009-08-30T12:24:00Z

    Veracruz Port Authority has offered a 15% cut in tariffs for container traffic as a reflection of prevailing economic conditions, available until December 31, 2009.

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    Land planning law a boon to Australian ports

    2009-08-30T12:24:00Z

    Australian ports have urged state and federal governments to streamline planning laws governing port land.

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    First half operating loss for HITT

    2009-08-29T12:24:00Z

    As a result of restructuring costs and delays in planned orders, HITT traffic management and navigation systems company expects figures to confirm an operational loss of around ¢ 1m ($1.3m) for the first half of 2009. However, HITT''s management is more optimistic with regard to the second half of the ...

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    Chile

    2009-08-29T12:24:00Z

    Chile''s San Antonio port administrator Empresa Portuaria San Antonio (EPSA) will launch a tender in November to concession a $30m bulk handling terminal, chairman Patricio Arrau has said.

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    Southampton crane incident

    2009-08-28T12:24:00Z

    Following July''s crane incident at DP World Southampton which happened when the boom of a crane collapsed, trapping and seriously injuring the crane driver, Jay Squibb, the company says that Mr Squibb is "making positive steps toward recovery".

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    Oz News Snippets from Dave Mac

    2009-08-28T12:24:00Z

    DP World has followed the signing of an agreement to remain at Sydney''s Port Botany for another 15 years by committing to a programme of new investment.

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    Otago port restructure rejected

    2009-08-28T12:24:00Z

    A Port Otago restructuring proposal has been strongly rejected by the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union. MUNZ national president Phil Adams says the proposal would reduce conditions of employment and health and safety or lead to redundancies. An existing agreement expires in ...

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    Stevedores take pay cut at Las Palmas

    2009-08-27T12:24:00Z

    Dockworkers at the port of Las Palmas have agreed to take a 20% reduction in salary in return for an agreement that will ensure no redundancies are made. This will last for up to five years. 170 workers were due to be shed given a reduction in traffic this year.