World News – Page 451
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DP WORLD QASIM BOOST
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. DP World is to invest $211m ...
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INDIAN LOGISTICS LURE
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. Dubai-based Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone ...
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SOUTHERN BOX BOOST
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. The southern Indian ports of Chennai,Tuticorin, ...
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WHARF HALF-YEAR PROFIT
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. Hong Kong-based port operator Wharf Holdings ...
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URGENT JNP DREDGING CALL
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. The Container Shipping Lines' Association has ...
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NewsYantian celebrates double berth
To achieve this, it is estimated that the country will need 90 berths totalling 20 kilometres, while at present only 27 berths exist capable of accommodating major container traffic. India is expected to reach capacity crisis by 2010, when demand will outstrip port capacity. Two berths from Yantian International Container ...
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Sydney seeks contractor for port expansion
Sydney Ports Corporation has issued a call for a design and construction contractor to expand the port at Botany.
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Tough year for New Zealand port revenue
A slowdown of the local economy has seen average recent financial returns slide from New Zealand''s three largest cargo-trading ports.
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PORT REVIEW STIRS UP INDUSTRY
Rumours Maersk Line will reduce its New Zealand port calls from nine to five, including a "primary port" in each island, has got the entire local shipping industry on tenterhooks.
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FREMANTLE BOX BOOST
The Western Australian port of Fremantle is to undertake a three-phase container terminal development.The initial phase will cost an estimated ¢ 1bn and allow up to 2m teu to be handled at the port, doubling the existing capacity.Work is scheduled for completion in 2015.
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NO TRUCK WITH RAIL DEAL
An estimated 3,000 annual truck movements are expected to be taken from North Island roads following an agreement between Heinz Watties,Toll NZ and the Port of Napier.The contract involves the recommissioning of a rail siding at the producer''s Tomoana site and the introduction of dedicated fixed-rake wagons to move the ...
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Deserters target Lyttleton
More illegal ship deserters are entering Lyttelton Port of Christchurch than the rest of New Zealand''s ports put together. An estimated 105 ship deserters entered the country in the past financial year, of which 55 absconded through Lyttelton.
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NewsLiebherr gets in ahead of schedule
Liebherr Container Cranes delivers its second post-panamax container crane more than three months ahead of schedule to Lyttelton Port Company,New Zealand.
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NewsNew container berths up for grabs at Brisbane
The Port of Brisbane is on the hunt for an operator to take on the management of two new container ports that will increase Brisbane''s container handling capacity by 25%.
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NewsSydney government opens door for third stevedore
The traditional duopoly in Australia''s container terminals is to be broken after the New South Wales government announced that neither P& O Ports/DP World nor Toll/Patrick will get the concession to operate the planned third terminal at Port Botany.
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LNG NOD FOR TEESSIDE
The CCTV system includes numerous dome cameras, providing high-quality digital images via a wireless WiMAX LAN, which spans an area around the port of over 10 sq km. Middlesbrough-based PD Ports and Excelerate Energy has received approval for the plans to build a liquefied natural gas importation facility on Teesside.
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NewsHaldia seeks MHC
Haldia Dock in India is seeking to lease a Mobile Harbour Crane for deployment on berth 4B.
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Tianjin keeps pace with more box terminals
DP World Tianjin Holdings - a joint-venture between DP World and the Tianjin Port Group - is to build and manage a new container terminal at the Chinese port of Tianjin.
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Record first half for PTP
Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) recorded a throughput of 2.24m teu in the first six months of 2006, cementing its place as the busiest port in Malaysia. The 2.24m teu represents an increase of 7.9% compared with the same period last year.
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Chennai box terminal demands
Labour relations at the Indian East Coast port of Chennai continue to undermine productivity at the port''s container terminal and have led to calls for the immediate creation of a second box handling facility there. In addition, some people in the port would like to see the concession agreement granted ...
