World News – Page 390
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Delays dog Colonet tender
Despite the fact that the Mexican government announced in mid-2007 that it would issue a tender in the first quarter of 2008 in respect of the concession for the port of Colonet, no date has so far been publicised.
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NewsAlgerian one page article
It not all about boxes in Algeria ... yet. Barry Cross reports on the plans to boost container volumes
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Gdynia slims down to boost competitiveness
Poland''s Port of Gdynia is restructuring to dispose of non-core units, including a number of terminals.
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Five Peruvian terminals to be privatised
The Peruvian Transport Ministry has announced that the regional ports of Pisco, Paita and Ilo, as well as the river ports at Pucallpa and Iquitos, will be put out of concession in 2008. Investment of around $100m will be required across all five.
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Vietnamese JVs for APM and PSA
Saigon Port is awaiting authorisation to enter into joint ventures with PSA International and APM Terminals. The former will involve a four-berth container terminal with a capacity of 1.5m teu, while the latter involves two berths capable of handling 950,000 teu, costing $187m. The project with APM Terminals should be ...
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Vado Ligure residents reject container terminal
The new container terminal development at the Italian port of Vado Ligure appears to now be in doubt.
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Callao "inefficient port" slur
Port rankings produced by the World Economic Forum have placed Peru at the very bottom when it comes to infrastructure.
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Suriname and France consider port partnership
French and Surinamese authorities look set to establish a jointly-operated port in Suriname.
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Shanghai still number one
Shanghai has remained the world''s leading port for the third successive year. In 2007, it handled 560m tonnes, up 4.2% over the previous year. Container throughput, at 26.1 5m teu, represented an increase of 20.4%.
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Chinese land Saudi contract
China''s Harbour Contracting Engineering Company in partnership with local company the Rafid Group has been awarded a $586.7m contract to undertake infrastructure work at Saudi Arabia''s proposed Ras Al-Zour port. To be completed by 2010 this development will serve local fertiliser and aluminium smelting complexes.
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Lyttelton figures buoyed by container growth
New Zealand''s Lyttelton Port Co has recorded a near 10% growth in revenue over the first six months of its 2007/08 financial year.
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NewsTPS in major investment initiative
Terminal Pací fico Sur Valparaí so (TPS) is to overhaul its fleet of equipment this year with the purchase of three reachstackers and six terminal tractors at a cost of $2m, and four rubber-tyred gantry cranes for a similar amount.
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Tacoma ties partners into future development plans
US west coast port Tacoma has signed a memorandum of intent with the Puyallup Tribe, Marine View Ventures and SSA Marine to enhance prospects for a new terminal development on the Blair-Hylebos Peninsula.
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Piraeus box handling offer
Piraeus Port Authority has agreed to put out to concession for 30 years Berths 2 and 3, which are dedicated to container handling operations. These have backup land of 690,000 sq m. Berth 1 will remain under Port authority operation.
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ADB bankrolls PNG port
Papua New Guinea''s most important port, Lae Port, is to receive a $100m loan from the Asian Development Bank to expand installations. A tidal basin will be created, as will a new multipurpose berth.
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Operation Stack gets an overhaul
A traffic management plan in place on roads leading to the UK''s Port of Felixstowe to combat port-induced congestion has been revised.
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NOL terminal spin-off
Shipping line Neptune Orient Lines is to create a separate business for its container terminal unit known as APL Terminals.
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Malta Freeport expands
CMA CGM is to invest ¢ 130m ($188.6m) in expanding the Malta Freeport container terminal, which the group first acquired in 2004. This will boost throughput from 1.9m teu to 3m teu.
