World News – Page 427
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NewsMerseyside secures training funding
Mersey Maritime has been awarded £ 1.75m ($3.4m) in funding to promote and enhance maritime training on the Merseyside, UK.
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... AND SECURITY SEAL
Savi Networks'' real-time tracking service is to be installed at the Port of Rotterdam.The company''s Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) infrastructure automatically tracks the location and security status of cargo containers around the world. SaviTrak services are already fully operational at many of the world''s major ports in Asia, the Americas ...
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NewsCement deal binds Tilbury with Cemex
Forth Ports and Cemex have signed an agreement which will involve the building materials company investing £ 27m ($53m) in a cement grinding and blending facility at the Port of Tilbury.
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NIGERIA PLANS NEW DEEPWATER PORT
Nigeria is to build a major deepwater port in the Niger Delta.The project is to be taken forward in four phases, the first of which will commence in March for an eventual completion in 2015.
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APM TO INVEST IN APAPA
Finance is being jointly provided by the national government and Dersko Marine Limited as part of a public-private partnership.
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BOSKALIS WINS LNG CONTRACT
Dredging company Royal Boskalis has secured a contract for the construction of an export terminal for liquefied natural gas in Soyo, Angola.The contract, worth $390m, involves creating new land at sea as well as dredging an access channel.
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MADAGASCAR BOOSTS HANDLING POWER
ICTSI subsidiary,Madagascar International Container Terminal Services,has commissioned a new Gottwald heavy duty mobile crane at its Toamasina container terminal to increase handling power and berth coverage.
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KONE NETS AFRICAN ORDERS
Konecranes has confirmed reachstacker orders from three African port operators. Six units will be supplied to the Namibian Port Authorities, three to Kenya Ports Authority and four to Ghana''s Meridian Ports Services. The total value of the three orders is approximately $7.1m.
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Third Jeddah box terminal confirmed
The Saudi Trade & Export Development Company (Tusdeer) and Seaport Terminal of Malaysia, which helped established the successful transhipment port of Tanjung Pelepas, have signed a joint venture agreement to develop a third container terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP).The Malaysian company will hold a 20% stake in the project. ...
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NewsNew grain and fertiliser terminal at Djibouti
A new grain and fertiliser terminal was inaugurated at Djibouti at the end of 2006 following the award by Compagnie Djiboutienne de Gestion du Terminal Vraquier of a contract to Vigan SA in Belgium as prime contractor for the delivery of the equipment for the terminal.
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NewsOICT inaugurates Sohar expansion
At the end of January, Oman International Container Terminal inaugurated Phase 1 of its Terminal B expansion at the port of Sohar.
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Seven chase Brisbane concession
A total of seven applications have been received from terminal operators eager to occupy new terminal space at Brisbane''s expanding port, Fisherman Islands.
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DPW FINDS AUSTRALIAN PARTNER
DP World is to partner Kaplan Equity in bidding for various port projects in Australia.This will be done through its two subsidiaries P& O Automotive & General Stevedoring and P& O Trans Australia. Kaplan Equity will take financial stakes in both these companies, with DP World retaining 25% of the ...
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NAPIER REVISES EXPANSION PLANS
Port of Napier has responded to local resident opposition and lessened the environmental impact of a development plan. Stage one of the expansion, which should begin next year, will entail replacing its current "finger piers" with a multipurpose berth capable of servicing two container vessels simultaneously.
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NEWCASTLE PRODUCER REVOLT
Coal producers are demanding a reintroduction of a rationing system at Newcastle Port to combat continued congestion. The queue of ships waiting to berth at Australia''s largest coal export port has stayed stubbornly around 50. According to local press reports, large miners like Coal & Allied and Xstrata, have lobbied ...
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Sydneysiders back retention of working port
A strong public support base is forming to campaign to keep Sydney''s Port Jackson as a working harbour.
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Tauranga ups ante in merger talks
Port of Tauranga chairperson John Parker has cast doubt over the proposed merger with Ports of Auckland, following a comment the two ports will this month need to discuss "whether or not, and how" the merger progresses.
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NewsCustoms extends x-raying hours
Increasing demand has seen the New Zealand Customs Service expand its sea container x-raying service at Ports of Auckland from a five-day to a six-day-aweek operation.
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PRIVATISATION SPEEDS UP
Authorities in the ports of Guayquil and Puerto Bolívar have until June 30, 2007 to transfer existing terminal operations to private-sector companies.
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BARRANQUILLA TO INVEST
The Colombian port of Barranquilla needs to invest $60m in improving facilities in order to handle 10m tonnes of cargo in 2007.However, concessionaire SPRB has only six years left to run on its contract with the government and is therefore seeking an extension to justify such a large outlay. A ...
