World News – Page 370

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    Costa Rican unions oppose ports privatisation

    2009-01-22T12:24:00Z

    Trade union leaders in Costa Rica continue to oppose Limón-Moín''s privatisation plans claiming that it would not be in the interest of workers because the port complex is currently profitable.

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    Strike greets DP World handover at Aden

    2009-01-21T12:24:00Z

    DP World has now officially taken over management of box handling at the Port of Aden under a joint venture with the Yemen Gulf of Aden Port Corporation.

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    Aussy operation extends automated fleet

    2009-01-21T12:24:00Z

    Patrick Stevedores has ordered another set of fully automated straddle carriers, bringing the total at the Fisherman Islands terminal in Brisbane to 27 - all of which are being looked after on a Kalmar maintenance contract that has been in place since the operation was in its testing phase.

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    Patrick raises landside game

    2009-01-21T12:24:00Z

    Following a series of criticisms of the stevedoring industry, Australia''s Patrick Terminals claims that it now considers landside operations equally important to its oceanside obligations.

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    Hybrids amongst the flock

    2009-01-20T12:24:00Z

    DP World''s UK terminal in Southampton has opted for two hybrid versions in an order for 15 Kalmar straddle carriers.

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    Mobile box terminal opens

    2009-01-20T12:24:00Z

    Mobile Container Terminal, a joint venture between APM Terminals and the Terminal Link subsidiary of the CMA CGM group, has started operations at the US port of Mobile. Its current capacity of 350,000 teu/year will rise to 800,000 teu/year as new infrastructure is added.

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    DP World unfazed by economic downturn

    2009-01-19T12:24:00Z

    DP World says that the economic downturn will not have any impact on completion of the new international transhipment terminal at Kochi in India.

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    Another Rubb for Maher

    2009-01-19T12:24:00Z

    Maher Terminals has erected yet another fabric structure - its 14th - this time for salt and sand storage at the Port Elizabeth facility in New Jersey.

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    BBI sells off more port business

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    Troubled Australian bank Babcock & Brown  is continuing to sell off port businesses in an attempt to fill the holes in its books.

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    Drewry paints bleak picture

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    The latest report from Drewry Shipping Consultants points out what some may feel is the obvious - that 2009 will be the toughest test yet for the container industry and there is a real possibility of others following Chinese company SYMS and the Lonrho-backed SAILs.

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    Algeciras unions strike deal with Maersk

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    After 30 months of negotiation, trade unions at the Port of Algeciras have finally agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement.

  • Port Strategy: strike cripples Peru's main port
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    strike Peru

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    Workers went on strike for a day this week at Peru''s largest shipping terminal as part of their campaign for better pay and benefits.

  • Port Strategy: incoming chief executive Charles Fenton is pleased with the renewals result
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    TT Club confident after renewals battle

    2009-01-16T12:24:00Z

    Mutual insurer TT Club has retained the vast majority of its prime ports and terminals portfolio, following hard fought start-of-the-year renewal negotiations.

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    Email alerts from Thamesport

    2009-01-15T12:24:00Z

    London Thamesport has introduced an e-mail alert system to update hauliers and port users on operational conditions.

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    Public funding for JadeWeser approved

    2009-01-15T12:24:00Z

    The European Union has approved $765m of public funding for the $1.2bn new deepwater port of Wilhelmshaven in Germany. The money will come from the federal states of Bremen and Lower Saxony. The first 1,000 metres of quay offering 18 metres alongside draught will open in the second half of ...

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    Boskalis ditches Smit bid

    2009-01-15T12:24:00Z

    The Dutch group Royal Boskalis has abandoned plans to acquire Smit International. Boskalis was unable to agree on a structure for the takeover and, given a deterioration in market conditions, decided to pull out of any possible deal.

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    Bolloré Congo concession

    2009-01-15T12:24:00Z

    Bolloré Africa Logistics has expanded its terminal network in Africa by securing a 27-year concession to manage a container facility at the Port of Pointe Noire in the Democratic Republic of Congo in tandem with local partner Socotrans. The company already operates port facilities in Abidjan, Tema, Lagos, Douala, and ...

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    APM shows its credentials

    2009-01-14T12:24:00Z

    APM Terminal''s integration of the new US Transportation Workers'' Identification Credential (TWIC) with its existing security system, could have implications beyond the US borders.

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    Rio Grande to deepen access channel

    2009-01-14T12:24:00Z

    Brazil''s Special Secretariat of Ports (SEP) has published a tender in respect of the deepening of the access channel at the Port of Rio Grande. Investment will be $84m, of which $63m will come from the federal government and $21m from the state government.

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    Boost for Gdansk

    2009-01-13T12:24:00Z

    The Polish deepwater container terminal DCT Gdansk has boosted its handling capabilities with the commissioning of three new Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).