World News – Page 398
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Victoria's opening
Victoria''s newest terminal operation, Port of Gippsland, is expected to be open for business this month. Gippsland Maritime Logistics will run the terminal as a common-user offshore support facility.
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Spanish stevedores seize labour company control
Stevedoring companies have taken equity control of 19 of the 36 Port Labour companies in Spain, which will become Economic Interest Port Groups (APIEs).
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NewsTangier terminal is on the rise
APM Terminals Tangier is ramping-up operations at the new container port and transhipment hub at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea.
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St Petersburg jurisdiction change
Jurisdiction of the port of St Petersburg may well be transferred to the local authority in the near future on the back of new legislation planned for the autumn. St Petersburg is also expected to become the first in Russia to be a designated a Special Economic Zone.
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Farfán tender withdrawn
The Panama Maritime Authority has voided the tender issued in respect of the new $500m Farfá n mega-port on its Pacific coast. The project will now be taken forward by a consortium consisting of Cosco Pacific and MTC Holdings following direct negotiations with the Panama government.
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PSA's $60m for Kandla
PSA will issue preference shares to raise $60m to invest in ABG Kandla Container Terminal Ltd. These will be convertible into equity shares after October 2011, but will not exceed 49% of paid-up equity share capital.
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New Luanda harbour
Work is to start at Dande Bay this year on construction of a new harbour to serve the Angolan capital of Luanda. This will have double the capacity of Luanda''s existing port, offering 32 berths.
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Karimun in Riau Islands province, Indonesia, will commence construction of a container terminal this year in a bid to promote its status as a special economic zone.
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Transit port for landlocked Laos to be built in central Vietnam
A transit port reserved for Laos commodities will be built this year at the Vung Ang Port in the central Vietnamese province of Ha Tinh.
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ASEAN defined
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional community of ten nations in Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) that aims to accelerate economic growth and social progress.
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NewsContainer terminal meets the mark
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd''s award of its first Container Terminal Quality Indicator (CTQI) standard is an important step towards meeting the challenge of comparing global box terminals.
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NewsLondon Gateway clears final hurdle
DP World''s monster London Gateway port project has received the final seal of approval from the UK Government, making its dream of creating the country''s most advanced container port a reality.
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NewsLiverpool crane crashing marks a sign of the times
Dramatic photos taken as the Port of Liverpool disposed of two redundant quayside cranes mark striking images of port progression in the 21st Century.
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NewsRostima update
Workforce management specialist Rostima is gearing up for two large scale roll-outs of its products in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.
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NewsGrowing as a region
Trade within the continent will spur growth at southeast Asia''s terminals in the coming years, suggests Wing Kah-goh from Singapore
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NewsISPS code doubts at Paranaguá
Questions are being raised as to whether the Brazilian port of Paranaguá is abiding by security measures contained within the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.
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Hauliers fined in Barcelona
Road haulage organisations Transcont and ALTC have been issued with fines of ¢ 7.3m ($11.6m) and ¢ 7.6m ($12.1m) respectively by Spain''s competition authority for restrictive practices involving operations in the container terminals at the port of Barcelona.
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France to privatise ports
Seven of France''s nine public ports - Bordeaux, Dunkirk, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire and Rouen - are to be privatised, with investment made available by the state to boost throughput from 3.6m teu/year to 10m teu/year by 2015.
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Sjursøya Phase Two delayed till 2014
Completion of phase two of the Port of Oslo''s container terminal at Sjursø ya has been put on hold and is unlikely to open before 2014.
