World News – Page 389
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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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NewsTough nut to crack
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.
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Environmental coal yard for Port Pipavav
An environmental coal yard claiming to be "the only one of its kind" in the Indian sub-continent has been commissioned by Port Pipavav, Gujarat.
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Russian market for Spanish engineer
Spanish company Fabrisem SL has broken into the Russian/CIS market with a contract for 17 trailers for National Container Company. Twelve trailers will be delivered to First Container Terminal in St Petersburg with the other five being delivered to the off-dock container terminal in Shushary, 20 km away.
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NewsThird terminal for Algeciras Bay
Hanjin Shipping subsidiary Total Terminal International Algeciras is going to build and run what is set to be the third container terminal at the Port of Algeciras Bay.
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Mixed funds for Valparaiso
Valparaiso Port Company has stated that the new jetty that it is going to develop will be taken forward using a mixed capital process. It has appointed BBVA Banco de Inversiones SA to structure a possible model that will prove attractive to investors. National as well as international investors are ...
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NewsAsciano slams decision to add new operators in Australia
Australian ports operator Asciano has criticised the New South Wales and Queensland governments, saying it was risky and expensive to introduce a third terminal operator to Sydney''s Port Botany and Brisbane Fisherman Islands.
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NewsChile sets out future agenda
Chile''s government is to invest in maritime infrastructure to improve connectivity in the country''s far south.
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Metro returns to its roots
Metro Ports has returned to the Pier 80 terminal of the Port of San Francisco to operate the omni-cargo terminal.
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Odessa stake for CMA
A 50% stake in Odessa container terminal in the Brooklyn Kiev Port, Ukraine, has been sold to Terminal Link, part of the CMA CGM group. The terminal will open late 2008 and have a throughput capacity of 200,000 teu.
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Gap Sook Lee steps down
Gap Sook Lee, president of Busan Port Authority (BPA), has resigned from his position. Mr Lee conveyed his appreciation to the employees of BPA for their work toward the development of Busan Port and asked them to continue their efforts to make Busan the hub port of Northeast Asia.
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Records for Port of Cork
Turnover at the Ireland''s Port of Cork has reached a record ¢ 24.9m ($38.6m) boosted by landmark throughput figures.
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Joint venture for APM and Pharung Shipyard Co
APM Terminals and Vinashin''s Pharung Shipyard Company have entered into a joint venture to develop a new container terminal in Vietnam''s Dinh Vu industrial zone.
