World News – Page 389

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    Nelson noise bill

    2008-07-17T21:26:00Z

    A new Nelson City Council ruling is expected to force Port Nelson to offer to buy outright or install acoustic insulation to a maximum of about 50% of the value of 11 nearby houses and face additional financial commitments at up to 256 other properties.

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    Budget nod for Queensland ports

    2008-07-17T21:26:00Z

    Queensland ports bodies will get A$798.4m (US$769m) in the 2008/09 state transport budget.

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    Farfán back in the courts

    2008-07-16T21:26:00Z

    The proposed new Panamanian Port of Farfán is once again the subject of a new legal challenge.

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    Africa

    2008-07-16T21:26:00Z

    A new study commissioned by the World Bank digs deep into the problems and prospects for sub-Saharan African ports. Mike Mundy investigates

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    Saudi traffic up

    2008-07-15T21:26:00Z

    Overall, in the first quarter, ports in Saudi Arabia handled a combined 36.1m tonnes, 9.94% up on the previous year.

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    Ennore compiles shortlist

    2008-07-15T21:26:00Z

    Ennore Port Trust is to put together a shortlist of six bidders from the 22 that originally made offers for the concession to build the $305m 1.5m teu container terminal at the Port.

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    June Oz News Snippets from Dave Mac

    2008-07-15T21:26:00Z

    The Western Australian Government has approved A$194.1m (US$187m) for capital works in Fremantle. This includes deepening the Inner Harbour and approach channels, and strengthening the North Quay berths. The aim is to cater for container vessels with a draught of 14 metres.

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    Kalmar tractors for St Petersburg

    2008-07-14T21:26:00Z

    The Russian National Container Company has ordered 19 TR618i (Icon series) tractors from Kalmar for two terminals in St Petersburg. The units are scheduled to be delivered by September 2008.

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    Tallinn port strategy unveiled

    2008-07-14T21:26:00Z

    Estonia''s Port of Tallinn has finalised a new strategy covering the period up to 2015, which focuses primarily on containers, for which it has capacity of up to 1.2m teu per annum. The port will also concentrate on new car traffic, which currently accounts for 300,000 units annually.

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    Prince lures potash

    2008-07-14T21:26:00Z

    Prince Rupert port has won favour with potash specialist Canpotex as the site for a new West Coast potash terminal.

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    Tanjung Priok needs congestion relief

    2008-07-14T21:26:00Z

    The Indonesian Exporters Association says that Indonesia needs additional import-export facilities to relieve congestion at Tanjung Priok port. Sites at Bekasi and Karawang have been suggested as possible locations for the new ports.

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    Dibden Bay "safeguarded" for the future

    2008-07-13T21:26:00Z

    Dibden Bay will be "safeguarded" for future use within Southampton''s port masterplanning exercise, it has been revealed.

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    Rising imports swamp Vietnamese

    2008-07-13T21:26:00Z

    The deputy Vietnamese prime minister has ordered the Ministry of Transport to expedite the clearance of imports and exports that are building up at ports serving Ho Chi Minh City.

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    Dorset withdraws objections to Portland plans

    2008-07-12T21:26:00Z

    Dorset County Council has withdrawn its objections to a major expansion at the south coast port of Portland, after the port agreed to contribute to the cost of local road improvements.

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    Panama targets canal traffic

    2008-07-12T21:26:00Z

    Panama Port Authority is aiming to boost its logistics provision to enable national ports to operate as international hubs.

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    Indo-Malaysian group gets Vizhinjam

    2008-07-12T21:26:00Z

    The Malaysian company Penbinan Redzai, along with Indian partners Lanco Infratech and Lanco Kondapalli Power, has been awarded a 33-year concession to build a container terminal at the Indian Port of Vizhinjam.

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    DP World falls short of Chennai performance targets

    2008-07-12T21:26:00Z

    Chennai container terminal operator DP World has agreed to pay $22m in compensation for not having covered minimum container throughput figures for non-transhipment traffic between December 2006 and November 2007.

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    Bathside Bay 'not until mid next decade'

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    The construction of a new UK container terminal at Bathside Bay, Harwich is unlikely to start until at least the middle of the next decade, a seminar on port congestion has been told.

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    TCB expansion tender issued

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    Barcelona Port Authority has issued a tender for the extension of the South Quay, which will be incorporated into the concession of Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB).

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    Duisburg multimodal terminal

    2008-07-11T21:26:00Z

    Duisburg is to be the home of a new 35,000 sq m trimodal container terminal, part funded by South Africa''s Imperial Group. Due to open in spring 2009, the terminal will be part of a new transportation link between the Upper Rhine ports and Duisburg, handling cargo which is not ...