World News – Page 373
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Russia goes deeper
A new deep water port is to be built at Karelian Belomorsk in Russia, 376 kilometres from Petrozavodsk.
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CVRD to invest in Oman
CVRD is to invest $1bn in Oman in the construction of an iron ore pelletisation plant and distribution centre at the Port of Sohar, which is also collaborating financially on the project. Annual throughput will be 7.5m tonnes of pellets.
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Chittagong to go private
Pacific International Line in collaboration with Container Terminal Services are favourites to be awarded the concession to operate Chittagong Container Terminal. Other bidders are Everest Enterprise Ltd and incumbent terminal operator SAIF Powertec.
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Colombia woos private investors
Private investors are being the opportunity to commit cash to three new port projects in Colombia.
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NewsBirth of the super-port
Hong Kong and Shanghai have barely stopped for breath over the last 50 years, as Wing Kah-goh explains
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NewsAn eastern man of port power
Turning 80 this July, Li Ka-shing has done more to revolutionise container terminals than just about anyone else. He has also been at the forefront of the fortunes of both Hong Kong and Shanghai ports.
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Hemmed in and battling congestion, Australian ports are in a state of flux, as Dave MacIntyre and Iain MacIntyre report.
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NewsCompetition: friend or foe?
Heated inter-port competition is making the headlines in New Zealand, which has led to large capital investment programmes which, some observers believe, will fail to realise competitive returns unless there is a rationalisation between ports in the future.
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Revitalising coastal shipping
New Zealand''s port industry is set to gain the fruits of a coastal shipping growth.
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El Salvador port privatisation overhaul
The Autonomous Port Executive Commission of El Salvador is seeking private sector investors to take over management of its ports.
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Kembla facelift mooted
Port Kembla could get seven new berths as part of a makeover of its outer harbour, under a master state ports plan for New South Wales.
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NewsGiant dredgers for Dubai
A joint venture between Boskalis Westminster Middle East and Dredging International will see both companies mobilise some of the biggest trailing suction hopper dredgers in the world for the construction and expansion of Port Rashid, Dubai.
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Nigeria private cash boost
According to Michael Hansen, managing director of APM Terminals in Nigeria, the local economy has benefited to the tune of $400m following privatisation of many of the country''s ports.
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NewsPhilippine initiatives for ICTSI
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has supported its presence in the Philippines, through two initiatives.
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NewsGreymouth port lifeline
Port Westland has been granted a one-year contract to manage the rundown port of Greymouth by the Grey District Council.
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Growth for Lagos
APM has more than doubled the quayside capacity of its Apapa Container Terminal, the largest container facility in Nigeria, with the installation of four more gantry cranes.
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Brazil favours port investment
Brazil is to extend until 2010 its so-called Reporto tax incentive to enable ports and terminals to purchase equipment, as well as modernising and expanding infrastructure.
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Logs take care of empties
Continuing high bulk vessel charter rates are seeing New Zealand forestry product exporters increasingly investigating containerising their consignments.
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Spanish port for Dubai link
Tarragona, near Barcelona, is to be the first of DP World''s Spanish ports. DP World has acquired a 60% shareholding in Contarsa Sociedad de Estiba which holds the exclusive concession for the container terminal.
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Post-panamax at Helsinki
Finland''s newest container facility, Vuosaari Port in Helsinki, will soon be able to hande post-panamax ships carrying up to 18 containers abreast with recently delivered Kalmar ship-to-shore cranes.
