World News – Page 398

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    Paita privatisation 'no'

    2008-04-07T21:26:00Z

    Local members of Parliament in Peru have called on the government to invest urgently in the port of Paita, which has a key export function. Local authorities have also put together a committee to oppose privatisation of the facility.

  • Port Strategy: Busan ties in Korean partner to boost traffic
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    Korean and Chinese ports to cooperate

    2008-04-06T21:26:00Z

    Busan Port Authority (BPA) in Korea has established cooperative ties through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dafeng Port, located in China''s Jiangsu Province.

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    Peruvian privatisation plan unveiled

    2008-04-05T21:26:00Z

    Peru''s Transport and Communications Minister, Veró nica Zavala, has announced that the ports of Pisco, Pucallpa, Iquitos and Paita will be offered for concessions between July and September this year. The government will provide matching investment in both Pucallpa and Iquitos, she said. 

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    Weight of heavy investment

    2008-04-05T21:26:00Z

    APM Terminals has so far invested $136m in expansion and modernisation of the container terminal at the Nigerian port of Apapa. 

  • Port Strategy: Trade union backlash hits Italian port
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    Crisis deepens at Genova

    2008-04-05T21:26:00Z

    Trade unions representing road haulage companies in Genova, Italy, are taking out a class action against PSA International, claiming damages in excess of ¢ 5m ($7.7m) because of the decision to temporarily stop the movement of export containers from Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE). 

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    PSA turns down Farfán

    2008-04-04T21:26:00Z

    PSA, which is building the new Panamanian port of Rodman, has written to the government to advise that it will not be bidding in the tender for a second port to be built at Farfá n. 

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    Savannah touts sustainibility

    2008-04-04T21:26:00Z

    Georgia Ports Authority has announced that an upgrade to one of its container berths at the Port of Savannah is now complete, with installation of electrified refrigerated cargo racks, and transfer of GPA''s 17 ship-to-shore cranes to electric power.

  • Port Strategy: Israeli port progress is held up by red tape
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    Carmel port construction choas

    2008-04-02T21:26:00Z

    Dredging work on Israel''s Carmel port that was halted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection has not delayed development plans of the port, according to Israel Port Company.

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    Noble Denton success

    2008-04-02T21:26:00Z

    Noble Denton Group, the global offshore and marine consulting firm, has joined an elite group of British businesses to secure a place in this year''s UK Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 list.

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    BMT forges ports presence

    2008-04-02T21:26:00Z

    UK-headquartered marine and energy technology solutions group BMT is stepping up its presence in the ports sector, chief executive Peter French made clear as he unveiled financial results including 3% growth in operating profits in 2007 to £ 4.3m, and a 12% rise in turnover.

  • Port Strategy: America's east coast port celebrates healthy volumes
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    PANYNJ shatters throughput records

    2008-04-02T21:26:00Z

    The Port of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) broke past throughput records in 2007 with 4% cargo growth, an improvement on other major US ports which declined or grew less than 1% in the same period, according to PANYNJ statistics.

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    South America pics

    2008-04-02T21:26:00Z

    Opinions are mixed in Brazil over government plans to privatise the port authorities of all but the leading ports in the South American country, as Rob Ward finds out

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    Mombassa ends Dar transit cargo

    2008-04-02T21:26:00Z

    Mombassa Port has temporarily stopped handling transhipment cargo bound for Dar es Salaam in an attempt to reduce congestion at the Kenyan port.

  • Port Strategy: APM comes under fire in Nigeria
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    APM under the cosh in Apapa

    2008-04-02T21:26:00Z

    The APM Terminals facility at Apapa in Nigeria has been accused of various shortcomings by the Lagos-based legal firm Vin Osakwe & Co, which has sent a petition to the federal government in complaint. 

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    South America

    2008-04-02T21:26:00Z

    The early arrival of Hamburg Sud''s ''Rio'' has South American ports in a giddy dance. Rob Ward reports

  • Port Strategy: Mooted LPC sale gets locals' backs up
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    Coalition against Lyttelton sell-off

    2008-04-02T21:26:00Z

    Christchurch City Holdings (CCHL) acquisition of 75% of Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has alarmed the local Keep Our Port Public (KOPP) coalition.

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    NZ bunker security

    2008-03-28T21:26:00Z

    Ports of Auckland and Sea-Tow parent SeaBiz have launched the SeaFuels joint venture to ensure the ongoing security of fuel supply to Auckland-calling cruise ships and Pacific Islands trading vessels.

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    Gladstone change

    2008-03-28T21:26:00Z

    Central Queensland Ports Authority (CQPA), which controls the ports of Gladstone and Alma, has changed its name to Gladstone Ports Corporation. The change is part of a plan to become a public company.

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    Auckland Nemo loss

    2008-03-28T21:26:00Z

    Ports of Auckland has lost its CMA CGM New Europe Mascarene Oceania (NEMO) round-the-world service call to the Port of Tauranga.

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    Extra Oz News Fillers from Dave Mac

    2008-03-28T21:26:00Z

    Babcock and Brown Infrastructure''s Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal phase one upgrade is complete. The terminal''s capacity has increased from 59m tonnes to 68m tonnes per annum at a cost of $556m.