World News – Page 479
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MADAGASCAR GOES FOR PPP
Madagascar has hired the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to advise on the structuring and implementation of a PPP for the container terminal of the country''s largest port, Toamasina.The port handles 1.5m tons a year including around 92,000 TEU''s.
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NIGERIA TO BUILD THREE PORTS
Nigeria' s Federal government has given permission for the construction of two seaports and one river port costing a combined $1.1bn.
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NewsBMT helps plan world's biggest coal port
Plans for the expansion of the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal in Queensland, to make it the world' s largest coal port, have been produced with the help of BMT Maritime Consultants, a subsidiary of British Maritime Technology (BMT).
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NewsYICT improves truck entry/exit process
Port Community Cards (PCC) has been introduced for truck drivers to access Customs'' electronic gatehouse at Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) and Shenzhen Customs. Using infrared technology, the card can automatically verify container data with the information stored in the Customs'' computer system. Beyond enhancing container management for shipping lines, ...
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SUPER POSTPANAMAX FOR PTP
Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has ordered three super post-Panamax quay cranes from IMPSA (Malaysia) together with RTGs the port's new phase 2 development ...
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$570M FOR SRI LANKA
Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.The ADB is to lend $570 million to Sri Lanka a part of which is to be allocated to work at Colombo Port South ...
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Majors move further into China
Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.Taiwan-based Evergreen group has sent a letter of intent to Ningbo Port Authority covering development of Phase 4 of its Beilun Port complex. The ...
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..but Californians are still serious about it ?
To reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality, a group of terminal operators has announced a plan for all 13 Long Beach and Los Angeles port container cargo terminals to phase in truck gates at night and weekends. The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association''s extended hours plan, which includes an initial ...
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NewsArnie vetoes air pollution bill?
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have required the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to severely curb their air pollution.
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..and BP too
The Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners and British Petroleum have agreed to a historic voluntary air quality improvement project that will allow BP vessels to cold iron - shut down their engines and plug into dockside electricity.
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NewsCasella measures noise at Dover
Passengers, terminal staff and residents are benefiting from the port''s noise policies.
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Mexico hots up competition for US boxes..
A recently released report in the US warns that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach could potentially see 50% of their imported containers switch to alternative facilities in neighbouring Mexico, with Lazara Cardenas viewed as the main threat. Indeed, last year''s dock workers'' strike on the US West ...
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GO AHEAD GIVEN FOR ANTOFAGASTA PORT WORKS..
Chile''s national environmental board Conama has given the go-ahead for a $12m package of works at the northern port of Antofagasta.
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..and Port Everglades follows the trend
Port Everglades set a record among the nation''s top 15 container ports for the calendar year through July with a 22% increase in containerised cargo from 2003 to 2004. " Our container business has grown dramatically due in part to the effective marketing of our increased container handling capacity, " ...
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10% rise for New York and New Jersey traffic..
The port complex has increased its first half year traffic by 10% over 2003 with Asia continuing to drive the increase in containerised cargo. 630,000 TEUs to and from Asia were handled in the port during the first half of 2004, accounting for 42% of the port' s total market. ...
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.. WHILE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES AT OTHER MEXICAN PORTS
The Chinese Zhe Jiang consortium has announced that it is to invest in a new distribution development at the port of Progreso, from where containers will be rotated out to markets in both the US and the Caribbean. The project to build the new zone is being headed by Grupo ...
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..WHILE VALPARAISO TO ADD LOGISTICS ZONE..
"It is no longer a question of if our nation's transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when," Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready ports with available capacity,such as ports in Wilmington and Philadelphia. Six financial institutions have bid for a five-month ...
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...as HPH prepares to develop Punta Colonet
"It is no longer a question of if our nation's transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when," Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready ports with available capacity,such as ports in Wilmington and Philadelphia. Strong rumours are emerging in Mexico that HPH ...
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MAERSK PULLS OUT OF MANZANILLO..
Maersk Sealand has officially pulled out of Manzanillo, instead transferring its regional box traffic to Lazaro Cardenas which currently receives calls also from APL and CP Ships.
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ZPMCs for Evergreen at Tacoma
Four new ZPMC quay cranes have been delivered to the Pierce County Terminal at Tacoma, with a fifth to arrive shortly. The cranes arrived fully assembled by one of ZPMC' s own heavy lift vessels.
