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INDIAN MINOR PORTS BOOST
As part of India''s National Maritime Development Programme,¢ 89m is to be invested in a number of projects at minor ports. India has 12 major ports and 185 minor ports, although only a few of these latter facilities are open year-around.Nevertheless, this group handles 25% of all traffic, amounting to ...
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TUTICORIN SECOND BOX FACILITY
Tuticorin has been given permission to convert its number eight berth into a second container terminal on a build-operate-transfer basis. Five companies, including PSA-Sical and DP World, are in the running for the ¢ 25.93m project.
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GULFTAINER IN PAKISTANI JV
Sharjah-based Gulftainer has agreed a joint-venture with the Pak Shaheen Group of Karachi to bid for logistics and transport contracts in Pakistan.
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Crane chaos in Chittagong
Four new gantry cranes operated by Chittagong Container Terminals are being underutilised because of the non-corporation of stevedores and also because of the lack of coordinated back-up services.
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Indonesia initiates new infrastructure projects
The government of Indonesia is seeking to raise almost ¢ 600m to build what will become the country''s largest port in Banten province. Eight international investors and eight located locally have submitted letters of interest for a contract involving a joint-venture with the port.
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NewsBusan to open new berths
Three new berths are expected to open at the South Korean port of Busan this month. Doubling existing capacity to 2.4m teu, these berths will be operated by Pusan Newport Company, in which DP World is a major shareholder.
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Penang invests in port growth
Penang Port in Malaysia is to invest $277.78m over the next five years in infrastructure upgrades.
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DP World steps back from Pakistan
DP World has rather surprisingly withdrawn from the bidding process at Pakistan''s Gwadar port. Publicly, it claims this was done for commercial reasons, although there were serious concerns in India about the company''s presence in neighbouring Pakistan given that DP World also manages several terminals in India.
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NewsSri Lanka kicks off record expansion plan
An official inauguration has launched Sri Lanka''s largest infrastructure project to date, with plans to construct four container terminal berths in the coming years.
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Busan ditches container tax
Busan has scrapped an unpopular container tax, six years after it originally expired. Busan Metropolitan City imposed the $21.56/teu container tax in 1992 in order to fund road construction at the port.
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Gujarat identifies new port sites
The government of the Indian state of Gujarat has identified Cambay,Mahuva and Sutrapada as new port development sites, as throughput at existing local ports grew by 11.2% to 108m tonnes in 2005-06.
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PSA seals Chennai box contract
PSA Sical has been sent a letter of intent by Chennai Port Trust in respect of the concession to run a second container terminal.
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TERCAT SEEKS NEW GANTRY CRANES
Barcelona box terminal operator Tercat, which has been awarded the concession to operate the port''s third container handling facility, has invited bids for the supply of six new quayside gantry cranes. Known to have already presented an offer, worth a rumoured $36m, is Paceco España. In total, Tercat will ...
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TMB IN EXPANSION MOOD
Terminales Marítimas de Bilbao (TMB) plans to add a further 25,000 square metres to its existing concession. This announcement comes just 18 months after terminal management had to ask the port authority to relieve it of 33,278 square metres of concession area given a shortage of traffic. The new ...
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UK ports back in vogue
A sea change in ownership and huge amounts of investment mean that the future has never looked brighter for the UK ports industry, Forth Ports chief executive Charles Hammond has told maritime experts.
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NewsEuromax welcomes crane arrival
Rotterdam''s Euromax terminal welcomed the first of sixteen cranes last month The sixteen cranes, together with another three barge/feeder cranes and twelve 23-wide quay cranes, will perform the ship-to-shore operations at the terminal in the port''s Maasvlakte area. Scheduled to be operational by the end of next year, the first ...
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ROTTERDAM BOUNCES BACK
Throughput at the port of Rotterdam over the first nine months of the year has made a mild recovery, increasing by 1.5% in comparison with the same period last year.The 281m tonnes throughput puts the port "back on track as regards the realisation of its overall 2% growth prognosis for ...
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ANTWERP VTS FIRST
The port of Antwerp has commissioned Barco and Fabricom GTI to install a Vessel Traffic Services system.The system, including new radars, was commissioned by the Flemish Agency for Maritime Services and Coast, Shipping Assistance Division and by the port of Antwerp.The contract has a total value of ¢ 4.2m.
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HALCROW CHARITY LAUNCH
UK-based ports and engineering consultant Halcrow has launched an independent charity to tackle poverty and suffering around the world.The company has pledged 0.5% of its annual profits, as well as staff time and resources to the cause. Halcrow staff also make direct contributions and take part in fund-raising activities.More information ...
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SWISS CONTRACT
Swiss logistics service provider Bertschi has won a contract to build a rail terminal in the Botlek area of the port of Rotterdam.
