World News – Page 489
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Chennai unhappy with Ennore box terminal development
Ennore Port has issued a Request for Qualifications from terminal operators interested in building a US$160m container terminal at what is India''s first corporate port.
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ISRAELI DOCKERS LOSE VETO OVER LABOUR
Difficulties in reaching the tsunami stricken areas can be overcome with the use of the multimodal facilities available in Johor which is close to Sumatra. The port says the multimodal synergy between Senai and PTP will enable effective redistribution of essential relief items by sea or air.The Be'er Sheva Labour ...
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DPI signs MOUs with Gulf neighbours
Dubai Ports International (DPI), has signed Memoranda of Understanding with the port authorities of Abu Dhabi and Fujairah. These agreements could later lead to possible management contracts or concessions for port operations at these two UAE ports.
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FCAB BUYS INTO ATI
The winner of the tender has until late December to complete the study.The 39,200 square metre Vopak facility mainly handles chemical products, petrochemicals and vegetable oil. A subsidiary of the Antofagasta to Bolivia Railway Company (FCAB) has bought a 30% stake in Antofagasta Terminal Internacional (ATI), which two years ago ...
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WAL-MART CHOOSES MANZANILLO
The winner of the tender has until late December to complete the study.The 39,200 square metre Vopak facility mainly handles chemical products, petrochemicals and vegetable oil. The Mexican port of Manzanillo which handled half a million containers in 2005, has now become a distribution hub for Wal-Mart. The US giant ...
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NewsLong Beach helps small businesses?
Long Beach is launching a major business outreach programme that will provide millions of dollars in contract opportunities to thousands of Southern California small businesses.
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..and stranded Filipino seafarers
Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners voted to contribute US$5,000 to the International Seafarers Center''s Stranded Seafarers Fund to help 16 stranded Filipino seamen. Their vessel, the bulk carrier KATERINA, was seized in September in a health and safety investigation while calling at the California United Terminals facility in Long ...
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NewsSantos needs $1bn to ease bottlenecks
According to Brazil''s Votorantim Financeira bank, upgrading the port of Santos to a position where there are no longer any major bottlenecks would cost in the region of US$1 billion.
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BUENAVENTURA TO INVEST $37.5M
Implementing similar upgrades at all national ports would cost US$20 billion. Work required at Santos includes extending container stacking yards, constructing perimeter roads, recommencing dredging work, expanding the total area of the port and the conclusion of work associated with the Vehicle Export Terminal.The Colombian port of Buenaventura has announced ...
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PUERTO RICANS TO DESIGN LAS AMERICAS PORT
Puerto Rican company Vasquez y Asociados has been awarded the contract to design the initial phase of the island''s Las Americas port project which has been costed at US$700m.
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NewsTSUNAMI SPARES PORTS
The shocking death toll resulting from the Indian Ocean tsunami has stunned the world by its sheer scale. Yet despite the damage wreaked on homes and hotels, the port and shipping industries, which initially looked as if they would take the brunt of it, remained surprisingly unscathed by the disaster. ...
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PRINCIPAL CONTAINER PORT PROJECTS
LOCATION PROJECT STATUS THAMES Tilbury Container ABP/Forth Ports (FP)/P& O Ports'' TCS recently installed second berth, new gantry cranes and railhead totalling £ 50m.
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NewsSTRATEGY WHAT STRATEGY?
The UK needs a properly thought through network of container terminals around its coast. Burgeoning trade and the need for fast, just-in-time delivery; road congestion and rising road transport costs (the Working Time Directive alone will add 20% to the cost of road haulage it is estimated); the need to ...
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PORT BOSSES EXPRESS URGENCY
There is an urgent need for more deepsea container port capacity in the UK. Port operators have expressed their fear that without substantial expansion the UK''s major ports will run out of capacity within six years. According to Drewry Shipping, 99% of the UK''s imports (in volume terms) enter by ...
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HOW ROTTERDAM DOES IT
Over 50% of Rotterdam''s incoming liquid cargoes consist of tropical oils such as palm and coconut oil. These, along with as soybean, rape and sunflower oil are partly transhipped directly onto inland vessels and partly stored by Vopak Vlaardingen, Koole Pernis, Maastank and Maassilo.
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Executive move worries union
An Otago union leader has expressed concern over the recent departure of Port Otago chief executive Rene Bakx to the role of infrastructure manager with neighbouring Lyttelton Port Company (LPC).
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PSA MARINE FORMS JOINT VENTURE WITH FUZHOU PORT AUTHORITY
(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.PSA Marine has established a new joint venture with Fuzhou Port Authority Shipping Division, to provide towage services to lines calling at Jiangyin including PSA's Fuzhou-Jiangyin International Container Terminal. The joint venture represents PSA Marine's ...
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PSA EYES HAZIRA
(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.According to press sources in India, PSA has reportedly made a bid for a 74% stake in the multi-cargo port project being developed by Royal Dutch Shell at Hazira which includes an LNG facility and ...
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NewsLocal ports help with relief operations
Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), has teamed up with Senai airport to offer their facilities to international aid agencies.
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US SIGNS WITH BELGIUM
Belgium and the US have agreed to co-ordinate security at Belgian ports to detect illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive material. The US government will invest € 11.25m in the next three years. Belgium will initially waive € 1.02m in taxes for port contractors and invest in personnel and equipment ...
