World News – Page 462

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    SCS MANAGES METROBOX

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Container depot operator Specialised Container Services (SCS) has taken over the management of the south Auckland-based container yard MetroBox.

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    New mobile harbour crane for Napier

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A NZ$6m Gottwald HMK300E mobile harbour crane is expected to become fully operational at the Port of Napier in early September.

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    TOLL FINDS BIG SAVINGS AT PATRICK

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    For the first half of 2008 overall, the index registered 13.7 days, which compares with the 22.9 days reported 12 months ago. Australia's Toll Holdings Ltd is expecting to make savings of more than ¢39m following its ?3.785bn acquisition of port operator Patrick Corp Ltd.

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    US Lines buoys Australasia ports with new service

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    US Lines (USL) is in the throes of expanding its existing Pacific schedule through the introduction of a new " ANZL" fixed-day service connection with New Zealand and Australia.

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    VOLUME INCREASE FOR AXIS INTERMODAL

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Ports of Auckland''s specialist container handling and terminal operating company Axis Intermodal has reported an 11% increase in export box volume and 7% rise in import containers during the past six months.

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    Belle of the ball

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    India offers great potential for investors but are ports still waiting for their Prince to come as delays dog privatisation efforts? S.N. Srikanth investigates

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    Valencia to build fifth box terminal

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The Port of Valencia is expected to issue a tender in the second quarter of 2008 for a fifth container terminal.

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    IPH lands Great Yarmouth partnership

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    International Port Holdings (IPH) has won a public procurement process to become the preferred partner for the development and operation of the existing Great Yarmouth river port and its new outer harbour project.

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    THAMES CARGO UP

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Interested parties will have to partially finance construction of the facility, although public investment of ?396.3m is also earmarked.Port facilities on the Thames handled 53.8m tonnes of cargo in 2005, an increase of 1% on the previous year. The figures cement the Port of London's top three UK port ranking ...

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    MAASVLAKTE TERMINAL ATTRACTS SIX

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The Port of Rotterdam Authority has received six proposals for operation of a 138 ha container terminal on Maasvlakte 2.

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    ICTSI REGGIANE ORDER

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Interested parties will have to partially finance construction of the facility, although public investment of ?396.3m is also earmarked.As part of a $25m programme, Madagascar International Container Terminal Services, which belongs to ICTSI, has placed an order for four mobile harbour cranes with Italian manufacturer Reggiane. Also on order are ...

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    Cargotec swoops on BMH

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Pneumatic unloading specialist BMH Marine looks set to be swallowed up as Cargotec continues to strengthen its bulk handling hand.

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    DP World eyes Crete

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    A DP World management delegation recently made a working trip to Greece to review port operations there. The officials visited Piraeus, Thessaloniki and Tympaki in Crete.

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    REVENUE DECLINE AT PIRAEUS

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Piraeus port authority has reported a 3.8% drop in revenue during the first quarter. This amounted to € 34.5m compared with € 35.9m in the corresponding 2005 period.

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    Lisbon to expand Liscont

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Lisbon Port Authority has conceded that it may knock down existing buildings in Alcantara Dock in order to double the operating area of Liscont Container Terminal, which is currently handling in the region of 320,000 teu/year.

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    Senator Lines hits out at Italian ports

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Senator Lines has accused Italy''s ports of failing to invest adequately in terminal and hinterland infrastructure. Chief executive Hans-Hermann Mohr said that, with notable exceptions such as Contship, PSA and Cosco, investment had been inadequate.

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    APM Le Havre terminal on course for 2007

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    APM Terminals and the French Port Company Perrigault, which operates Terminaux de Normandie in the Port of Le Havre, have been awarded a 36-year concession to operate a new container terminal in the Port 2000 area of Le Havre.

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    KGL AWARDED DAMIETTA

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    At present, ships drawing up to 13m-13.5m can access the facility; dredging will deepen this to 15m. The work is needed to stop cargo migrating to either Djibouti or Durban. Kuwait terminal operator KGL Port International, which forms part of the Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Company, has been awarded ...

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    DP World plans flotation

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    DP World is to undertake an initial public offering within 18 months. The world''s third largest terminal operator has said that it must undertake an IPO given its global status, which has to be matched by a global shareholding base.

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    LIEBHERR UPS KHORFAKKAN RTGS

    2006-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The $6.8bn that the company paid for P&O Ports last February and the $3bn it expects to invest in new container terminals and on expanding existing facilities will likely influence the eventual size of the IPO. Senior vice president for corporate strategy, Yuvraj Narayan commented that raising the additional capital ...