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Plans for an A$1bn (US$896m) ocean terminal at Townsville have moved closer with the release of an environmental impact statement. The development includes construction of a terminal with international-standard cruiseship facilities, and residential and marina precincts. Construction could begin this year and be complete in 2010.
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Kaohsiung commitment
Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) has extended its lease on its Container Terminal No 4 facility (Piers 115 and 116) in the Port of Kaohsiung for a further 10 years to February 2018.
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NewsTransnet invests for the future
South Africa''s port controller Transnet has been pumping investment into a wide range of projects. Port Elizabeth, which can nowadays handle up to 500,000 teu annually, will soon be able to count on additional capacity at the neighbouring port of Ngqura, which serves the surrounding Coega industrial complex.
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NewsWhat price Maersk?
APM Terminals'' virtual monopoly of west African concessions - Apapa and Onne (Nigeria), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Luanda (Angola) and Tema (Ghana) - has only been recently broken following the decision by Senegal to award DP World the container concession for Dakar.
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NewsBARRY PARKER New initiatives in North American port funding
Politicians are coming at the US congestion crisis from a number of angles. But will there be a workable solution offered asks Barry Parker
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Kalmar Eastern coop
Port equipment specialist Kalmar has confirmed an order from PSA Singapore Terminals for in excess of 200 terminal tractors to be delivered this year.
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Guaymas build avoiding road
Mexico''s Guaymas Port Authority in cooperation with its municipality is to invest $1.1m on building a new road that will divert heavy goods traffic from the port away from the city centre.
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Euromax on autopilot
Netherlands-based software provider TBA has successfully concluded the first phase of testing of Euromax terminal''s automated cargo handling equipment fleet. After the trial, TBA''s automated fleet management system TEAMS was able to remotely control the movement of the Euromax fleet of twenty-eight Automated Guided Vehicles.
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Trinidad's iron grip
Trinidad''s state-owned National Energy Corporation NEC has started construction of a $105m terminal to handle an estimated 4m tonnes of iron ore and 3m tonnes of hot bricketted iron (HBI) and other downstream products each year once it opens at the end of 2009.
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Indonesia urged to up marine investment
The Indonesian Maritime Council has advised the government that its maritime sector could contribute $150bn to the country''s annual income if it is correctly developed. However, it has advised that this can only be achieved if there is a change of focus from land to sea.
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Tideworks take on BCT
Poland''s Baltic Container Terminal has upgraded its terminal operating system to improve efficiency. The new Tideworks System replaces BCT''s old system, which was installed in the late 1990s.
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NewsCMP on a roll
Lars Karlsson, managing director of Copenhagen Malmö Port, believes "the sky''s the limit" at his port, but acknowledges that capacity constraints remain a hurdle.
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Peruvian dockworkers plea
Dockworkers in Peru have asked the government to ramp up investment in the port industry by using profits generated by state port companies to finance modernisation. Callao alone requires investment of $247m, while other regional ports are seeking $64m.
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NewsVenus at Auckland Port
A computerised second-hand vehicle entry user system (VENUS) introduced by Ports of Auckland has alleviated the paper chain and enabled multiple parties to readily share their electronic data.
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NewsDPW boosts Indian investment
DP World anticipates investing a further $500m over the next few years in its assets in India. This will take total investment by the company in that country to $2bn.
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Vinalines invests in terminals
State-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) is to spend $300m on building a new port at Ba Ngoi in 2008. In total, it plans to develop two container ports and one multi-purpose port in the country capable of handling larger vessels.
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add Russia/En Europe 2
In the Ukraine the largest and deepest bulk terminal is TIS (TransInvestService Ltd), on the Black Sea 40km south of Odessa. Already equipped with dedicated terminals for ore, coal, grain and fertilisers, the port authority is hard at work creating a container terminal with a capacity of 1.5m teu, which ...
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NewsRussia/En Europe
Russia is waking up to the massive trade potential beyond its closest European neighbours. Stuart Pearcey reports
