World News – Page 380
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Ennore selects six bidders
Six bidders have been shortlisted by Ennore Port Ltd to develop a container terminal costed at $308m.
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Otago dispute settled
A new two-year collective employment agreement has been reached between Port Otago and the Combined Unions.
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Russian port commitment
Russia is to spend ¢ 7.6bn ($11.3bn) on developing ports in the North West, of which ¢ 2.1bn ($3.1bn) will come from the Federal Budget. Ust-Luga should be handling up to 130m tonnes by 2015, Primorsk in the region of 25m tonnes, Vyborg 3m tonnes and Vystock 12m tonnes. Kaliningrad ...
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Vietnam growth
First half growth at Vietnamese ports, which amounted to 22%, was double that registered in 2007.
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Newcastle blockade
Environmental protesters temporarily blockaded rail access for coal trains to the Australian port of Newcastle in August. In the first five months of this year, throughput has increased by 1.5m tonnes to 38.67m tonnes as demand from China increases.
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Workers offer alternatives at Cagliari
Cagliari container terminal concessionaire CICT has recently had talks with trade unions regarding working practices, especially covering ad hoc vessel calls, during what has become a period of crisis for the terminal.
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Djibouti tariff criticised
Unilateral imposition of a new tariff system from August 15 has prompted the Ethiopian government to criticise Djibouti port''s tariff plan as being both unfair and difficult to accept.
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Genova seeks legel assistance
The port authority of Genova has asked the government for help to resolve the legal impasse that is threatening to stall operations in the port.
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Transnet port spin-off quashed
The South African government has abandoned plans involving the transfer of port operations from Transnet to a separate entity.
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HPH wins Salonika
Thessaloniki Port Authority has approved the decision made by its valuation committee to award a concession to Hutchison Port Holdings to operate the container terminal at the port of Salonika.
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Cape Town to get Kalmar RTGs
South Africa''s largest stevedore company, Transnet, has committed to an order of 32 E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Kalmar. The 1-over-5 high and 1+6 wide units - scheduled for delivery starting in June 2009 with the final cranes arriving by November 2010 - have been earmarked for the expansion of ...
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Congestion follows Auckland consolidation
Two-hour truck turnarounds have been reported during peak service periods at Ports of Auckland following the recent consolidation of container operations on to the Fergusson Terminal.
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Double bubble at Brazilian ports
LLX Logí stica (LLXL3), logistics arm of Brazil''s EBX group, plans to double the capacity of Sudeste port to 50m tonnes and Aç u port to 100m tonnes by 2012, LLX chief executive Ricardo Antunes has said.
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Mazoram waterway pact
The foreign minister of Burma''s visit to New Delhi in January this year paved the way for the long awaited signing of a $100m project on the river Kaladan that will provide a transit route to India''s north-eastern states.
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NewsRoro terminals spread across India
India's ports are looking to build dedicated terminals for ships that ferry cars and roll-on roll-off vessels to cater to the increasing demand for export of cars, as Wing Kah-goh discovers
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Wing Kah-goh finds investment conditions on the ground in south Asia still hard to fathom
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Black Sea strength for APM
APM has begun development of a container terminal at the Ukrainian Port of Illichivsk.
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Dighi Port concession
Dighi Port Ltd has entered into an agreement with the Maharashtra Maritime Board, State Government of Maharashtra, to run a 50-year development and operations concession at the port near Mumbai.
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Damascus terminal 'ready for brisk business'
Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Ottari of Syria has officially inaugurated the Tartous International Container Terminal (TICT), Syria''s newest international trading gateway nearest to the country''s capital Damascus. The terminal is "ready for brisk business", according to Budhadev Majumdar, TICT general manager.
