World News – Page 466
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Tuticorin offers incentives and rebates
Tuticorin Port Trust has introduced a new 25% wharfage rebate on new cargo coming to the port in fiscal 2005-06.
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NewsZhuhai International Container Terminals
A groundbreaking ceremony was held to commence phase II of Zhuhai International Container Terminals (Gaolan) (ZICT(G)). The project involves the construction of two new 50,000-tonne container berths with a total quay length of 824 metres and depth alongside of 15 metres, capable of handling vessels up to 70,000 tonnes. With ...
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VOLUMES UP IN SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabian ports handled 119m tonnes in 2004, a 6.3% increase. Exports of 76m tonnes were up 7.3%, while imports grew by 4.6% to 43m tonnes. Container throughput was 3.18m TEUs, an increase of 30.5%.
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Development completed at Port of Tauranga
A US$2.1m upgrade of the MetroPort Auckland inland port operation, jointly run with Toll NZ, and numerous improvements at its Sulphur Point Container Terminal are understood to be delivering significant customer service and productivity benefits to the Port of Tauranga. The developments were required to enable the port company to ...
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NewsPMA
The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact, attempts by Cargill to extend its existing concession at the end of last year were vetoed by the ...
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DELAYS FOR EMBRAPORT
The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact, attempts by Cargill to extend its existing concession at the end of last year were vetoed by the ...
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NEW YORK'S CHANNEL DEEPENING COMPLETED
The newly deepened 45-foot Kill Van Kull and Newark Bay Channels into the Port of New York and New Jersey are now officially open, allowing ships carrying more than 4,500 TEUs to call on the East Coast''s largest port.
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PARANAGUA TO OPEN NEW TERMINALS
The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact, attempts by Cargill to extend its existing concession at the end of last year were vetoed by the ...
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Panama dusts off Rodman port project
The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact, attempts by Cargill to extend its existing concession at the end of last year were vetoed by the ...
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NEW SUGAR TERMINAL FOR BRAZIL
The Secretariat of Ports wants these new concessions to be awarded as soon as possible so that existing terminal operators do not have to seek extensions to their existing contracts. In fact, attempts by Cargill to extend its existing concession at the end of last year were vetoed by the ...
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NewsNew port at Uruguay's M'Bopicua
The new port of M''Bopicua was proposed in 2001 to provide access to the Atlantic.
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NewsEmerging ASEAN eye trade opportunities ANports
China''s burgeoning export presence may be of concern to many neighbouring East and Southeast Asian countries, but evidence is mounting that some secondary ports in the ASEAN region are finding opportunities to piggy-back their own trade expansion. Dave and Iain MacIntyre report.
