World News – Page 485
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Sines Container Terminal Receives First Vessel
Operations at Sines Container Terminal XXI (Terminal XXI), a collaborative effort between Sines Port Authority and PSA Corp, commenced on 31 May with the arrival of MSC CRISTIANA. PSA Corp says it is working actively to attract more carriers to hub in Sines.
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Rotterdam's fruit throughput up
Phase I of Terminal XXI offers 320 metres of berth with 16-metre draught, two post-Panamax quay cranes and three RTGs providing it with an annual handling capacity of 250,000TEUs.Halfway through the fruit season throughput of fruit and vegetables in Rotterdam is 20% up. At end April, Seabrex, Rotterdam's largest fruit ...
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NewsNew ICD Emirates' fourth port
Sharjah' s new ICD ( PS May 2004 ) has been designed to handle containers moving from Khorfakkan to the West Coast Terminal at Sharjah. According to operators Gulftainer, the ICD is effectively the Emirate' s fourth port located just outside Sharjah city on the border with Dubai. Manager Peter ...
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UAE cements maritime ties with Iraq
There has been a boom in sea trade between the United Arab Emirates and Iraq in the post-Saddam era, mostly using traditional dhows plying between Dubai Creek and ports such as Umm Qasr and Abul Folous. Around 300 dhows carry cargoes such as tyres, clothes, rice, pulses, edible oils, electronics, ...
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NewsMajor capacity shortfall in the east
Drewry Shipping Consultants believes that East Asian ports will lack 14m TEUs in capacity by 2007 unless more investment in facilities is made a priority. In that year demand will be 143.3m TEUs compared with capacity of 129.5m TEUs, assuming an annual projected growth rate of 8%-9%, with China seemingly ...
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More vehicle space for Bremerhaven
Work will start in September on a € 24m project to expand vehicle handling in Bremerhaven, Europe''s second largest vehicle hub. Part of the Osthafen will be filled in by the end of 2005 to create 60,000 sq metres of additional vehicle handling space.
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BMT helps out in Malaysia
BMT Asia Pacific has advised on the design of a new deep water container terminal at Sepangar Bay in Sabah. The study considered where the terminal needed to be located to minimise dredging and enable ships to manoeuvre safely in the area, avoiding potentially dangerous reefs.
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NewsMombasa rejects four equipment bids
Surprisingly, only three of seven companies were able to meet the technical specifications required by the Port of Mombasa to supply eight cranes as part of a recent tender. The contract, which is worth _16m, will therefore be disputed by Kalmar, ZPMC and Reggiane following the disqualification of Fabtech International ...
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Vizhinjam attracts strong interest
Expressions of interest have been received from 11 companies who wish to take forward construction and operation of an international container transhipment terminal at Vizhinjam. The tender prompted three international groupings to reply: Dubai Ports International; a consortium headed by the National Ports Authority of South Africa, including partners Hyson ...
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Ipswich one step closer
ABP''s port of Ipswich has moved closer to expanding its ro-ro facilities after accepting a £ 3.5m tender from Edmund Nuttall for a second ro-ro berth at the port''s West Bank Terminal.
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H-PR appointed for Dover
PC REMBRANDT, BMT's ship handling training and familiarisation software, was used to determine the wind and tidal conditions under which vessels will be able to enter and depart from the port with and without the support of tugs. The company also set out the strategy for beacon, buoy and light ...
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What's on the Iraqis' shopping list?
The effect on the ports sector has not been just the recent invasion of Iraq by the coalition forces, writes Steve Cameron . Since the 1980s the combination of the IranIraq and first Gulf wars left a development vacuum in Iraq''s ports with virtually no progress for 20 years. Set ...
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Santa Fe to gain new access channel
Peter Bingham, who has been in Iraqi as special advisor for the CPA explained that on his arrival last year his initial views were that the ports had deep water and were generally in reasonable condition with good quay surfaces and warehouses.The River Plate basin development fund (Fonplata) is to ...
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Paranagua piles on capacity
Peter Bingham, who has been in Iraqi as special advisor for the CPA explained that on his arrival last year his initial views were that the ports had deep water and were generally in reasonable condition with good quay surfaces and warehouses.Latin America's leading grain export port, Paranagua, is undertaking ...
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New MSC-Gate venture gets Bremen cash backing
The state of Bremen has moved fast to pledge € 19m for infrastructure modernisation at Bremerhaven''s 30-year-old Container Terminal 1 to back the spectacular news that Eurogate and MSC will base their dedicated new MSC Gate 50-50 joint venture there.
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Nigeria to build new port
MSC operates the world's second biggest container fleet whilst Eurogate is Europe's largest terminal operator. The partners say the new terminal, south of the Wilhelm Kaisen Container Terminal, will attract about half a million more TEUs.Nigeria has agreed to build a new $400m seaport in Ondo State at a 10,000ha ...
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Hamburg invests in booming bulk
Up to the end of 2005, € 17m is being invested in the expansion of Hamburg''s Hansaport bulk facility where coal and ore handling is booming.
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Unity box terminal opens in Colombo
The 330,000TEU capacity Unity Container Terminal at the Sri Lankan port of Colombo was due to start operations in May. Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) granted a loan of $14.91m to enable three STS gantries, and eight RTGs to be bought, while another loan of $32.95m financed construction of ...
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NewsIsrael's Jubilee Port stays within state
In 2003, Israel''s national ports authority made an operating profit of $74.75m on revenues of $459.35m, down 2% over 2002. Following a $90.13m transfer of cash back to the state, the organisation remained in financial equilibrium on the year. $368.34m of total income was derived from operations, $36.61m from financial ...
