World News – Page 451
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PSA quits Brunei terminal
PSA is to pull out of its concession at Muara Container Terminal in Brunei, which it has operated since 2000. The Singapore-based stevedore will be replaced by Brunei Ports Department personnel with effect from April 1,2007.
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NewsFourth JNPT box tender
The Indian port of JNPT is to issue a tender in respect of its proposed fourth container terminal by the end of the current year. Expressions of interest have already been received.
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BONTANG SETBACK
Earnings at Indonesia''s Bontang Coal Terminal have been hit by a malfunctioning winch-brake motor, which forced the declaration of a force majeure in February.The terminal has a loading capacity of 250,000 tonnes per week.
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VINALINES PORT PLEDGE
Vietnam Shipping Lines, known as Vinalines, plans to raise $3.3bn (VND51tr) over the next three years to invest in its shipping fleet and upgrade its ports. Part of this investment will be spent on the construction of new seaports in Dinh Vu, Hiep Phuoc and Cai Mep.
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ASIA-PACIFIC COOPERATION
Port officials from Asia-Pacific stressed the importance of cooperation at a pivotal International Association of Ports and Harbours'' meeting in Vietnam in February. Representatives met to discuss port development and management and plans to develop sea links between Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
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HPH seals Vietnam deal
Expected to be fully operational in 2011, the terminal will have a quay length of 730 metres, with depth alongside of 14 metres and a total yard area of 33 hectares.
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NewsAutomatic kick for Manila
International Container Terminal Services Inc''s (ICTSI) flagship terminal is gunning for full automation at its central gate with the introduction of truck portals with imaging cameras and automated driver transaction kiosks.
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HPH seals Vietnam deal
Kong Kong''s Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is to jointly construct, develop and operate a new container terminal in Vietnam under a 50-year concession.
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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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Taiwan has opened Qingdao terminal
Taiwan-based shipping line, Evergreen, has inaugurated a new $300m container terminal at the Chinese port of Qingdao. It will provide logistics support to vessels linking China, South Korea and Japan.
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CASTLE WINS BREMORE BATTLE
Ireland''s new deep-water port at Bremore is to be developed in a joint venture between Drogheda Port Company and Castle Market Holdings, a consortium that includes an unnamed "world class"port operator.
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LA SPEZIA PORT PLAN
The Italian provincial government of Liguria has approved an outline plan for the port of La Spezia, which is due to become law early in 2007.The plan envisages the creation of 140,000 sq m of new infill land.
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CAMPBELL TAKES CHARGE
Campbell Mason has been selected as the managing director of DP World''s two container terminals in the UK at Southampton and Tilbury.
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BCT BUILDS HANDLING MUSCLE
Gdynia''s Baltic Container Terminal has taken delivery of two new post-panamax gantry cranes, supplied by Konecranes. The cranes mark the first of their kind to be introduced into service at BCT, with a lift capacity of 50 tonnes, outreach of 46 metres and a backreach of 20 metres.Once both units ...
