World News – Page 361
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More investment for Manila
Philippines terminal operator Asian Terminal Inc is to invest $14.9m on additional development at its Manila South Harbour facility. This will be spent on modern handling equipment and the addition of 1,000 square metres of operating area.
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JadeWeser on track
Detthold Aden, managing director of the BLG Group, has stated that, despite the credit crunch, construction of JadeWeserPort remains on schedule.
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NewsBig and green Savannah
Four new super post-panamax cranes have arrived at the Port of Savannah, Georgia, on board Dockwise''s Tern, a specially constructed heavy-lift vessel.
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NewsClouds and silver linings
The dramatic slowdown in the last quarter of 2008 wasn''t enough to prevent record full-year results for the giant Benelux ports - but 2009 looks like being a different story. Felicity Landon reports
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Tauranga rejects partial offer
The Port of Auckland has called off its acquisition of the Port of Tauranga''s container trade, following the Port of Tauranga board''s rejection of their proposal for this part of their business, while not writing off the possibility of a full merger.
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PSA reaffirms Voltri commitment
PSA remains committed to Italy''s Voltri terminal despite a tumultuous year in 2008 with strikes and legal battles upsetting the status quo.
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New Peruvian transhipment hub mooted
With just one container transhipment hub on the Pacific coast of Latin America - Panama''s Balboa - the Romero group has put forward a proposal for a major new regional hub at Ancó n, in Peru.
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NZ ups box inspection costs
Almost one in 10 containers inspected for bio-security contamination in New Zealand currently fail the test. An additional $50 an hour inspection charge is to be levied to finance more rigorous checks, according to port sources.
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Malaysian operators to continue investing
Malaysian ports have scheduled investment of $1.61bn over the next few years. Of that, PTP has set aside $812m, while Port Klang operators are to spend $373m.
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NewsNova Scotia ditches Halifax gateway plan
Nova Scotia has dropped a proposed joint Port of Halifax and Canadian National Railway (CN) gateway project on the back of high costs.
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NewsVolume wobbles in Brazil
Traffic reports for various ports and terminals in Brazil reveal a mixed bag.
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Gwadar to lose out to Chabahar
PSA has failed to implement its plan to have Pakistan''s Gwadar port fully operational by 2008, which has prompted a port authority official to suggest that the Iranian port of Chabahar may overtake Gwadar in becoming the hub port for the landlocked Central Asian states. For its part, PSA says ...
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Auckland shortens cargo windows
"Softening cargo volumes" have seen Ports of Auckland reduce road deliveries and delivery times at its Bledisloe and Fergusson container terminals.
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NewsProject threatens ancient fish
A new port development in Mwambani Bay, Tanzania, threatens to damage a species of prehistoric fish, according to an assessment by a local environmental group.
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APM keen on Itajaí expansion?
APM Terminals, which operates the Teconvi box facility at the Brazilian port of Itajaí , has indicated that it is interested in bidding for the area of the port where operations are currently undertaken by the municipality. However, this would give Teconvi a monopoly over container handling, which might count ...
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Northport to slow investment?
Reports suggest that Port Klang terminal operator Northport is considering delaying the upgrade of one of its harbour areas, because of current financial worries. This decision is not necessarily supported by the port authority, which believes that operators should be investing for the longer term.
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NewsRedundancies at Southampton docks
There are to be 60 redundancies at Southampton docks, with even more of the contracted workforce going in response to the "severe decline in UK containerised volumes," says the terminal operator, DP World.
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Declining work for Spanish dock workers
Dramatic drops in traffic at Valencia at the end of 2008 have continued into 2009, leaving some 400 dockworkers with practically no work to do.
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ICTSI's Ecuador inauguration
ICTSI''s Ecuador unit has inaugurated three new quay cranes and eight rubber-tyred gantries at its Guayaquil facility. Hailed by the operator as the "most modern containerised cargo handling equipment in the country", the cranes are the first of their kind to be used in Ecuadorian port operations.
