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Cote D'Ivoire Vridi Terminal concession, done or undone?
The recent announcement that the Vridi Container Terminal concession at Abidjan, Cote D''Ivoire had been awarded to the French Group Bollore, caused a considerable reaction in port privatisation circles and the West African maritime community.
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Felixstowe's Chinese equipment arrives
The reaction wasn't because it was the Bollore group that had secured the contract but that it had happened apparently behind closed doors without other parties being invited to tender - an attitude that prompted the local Chamber of Commence to write in protest to the World Bank. It seems ...
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NewsTacoma teams up with tribe
The Port of Tacoma Commission and the Puyallup Tribe Council have signed an economic development agreement, setting the stage for additional maritime expansion on the East Blair Waterway.
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XICT buys new cranes
Xiamen International Container Terminals (XICT) has purchased two super post-Panamax quay cranes to strengthen the terminal''s productivity as well as enhance the competitiveness of the Haicang Port Zone.
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NewsTHE CHINA FACTOR
Gavin van Marle examines the opportunities for foreign investors in China''s burgeoning container handling sector - and in its hinterlands.
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NewsLUANDA DECISION RAISES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS
The award of the Luanda container terminal concession has not been without controversy, raising local and broad-based issues regarding the management and operation of container terminals by groups with strong shipping line links. Mike Munday reports
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NewsCARVE-UP THREAT TO DUISURG EXPANSION STRATEGY
Strategy and future planning at Europe''s biggest inland seaport and logistics service centre, Duisburg on the Rhine, appeared under a cloud as the year changed after reports that both the German Government and the local state of Northrhine Westphalia were considering selling their shares. Tom Todd reports.
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US Customs looks to cut out doubling up
US Customs has rejected calls to take manifest details about export goods direct from other Customs agencies, saying it is unworkable.
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US seeks IMO standards for company security officers
However, assistant US Customs attache Peter Darvas said it will try to make the task easier by researching ways to make its systems more compatible with those used in other countries.The US wants the IMO to oversee the standards of shore-based company security officers under the auspices of the ISPS ...
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Chinese and Trinidad & Tobago select SeaSecure
The Chinese government has selected maritime security and counter-terrorism consultants, SeaSecure, to provide training for the Hong Kong Marine Department in preparation for ISPS Code compliance.
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NewsU.S. ports welcome grants but heed shut-down warning
US ports seeking federal grants for 1,065 security enhancement measures have learned that 442 of the plans will be funded. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) named recipients of $179,025,900 in the third round of federal grants for port security.
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Guangzhou attracts investment
Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.The Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone, located at the very heart of the Pearl River Delta, claims to have inked nine maritime development projects worth $673m to add to eight ...
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San Antonio to build new terminal
Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.Empresa Portuaria San Antonio has issued terms and conditions covering the construction of a new container terminal which will be located 105km from the Chilean capital Santiago. This will ...
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Five bid for JNPT
Five of eight interested parties have entered firm bids for the concession to run the third container terminal at JNPT in India.
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Aqaba reports record throughput
Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.Aqaba Ports Corporation has acquired two MHCs from Germany to enable 85 containers/hour to be handled at its container terminal which has been handling record volumes - up 75% ...
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Barcelona to build third terminal
Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.Barcelona port authority is to issue tenders covering the 70m Euro construction of a new 60ha container terminal at Muelle Prat. The terminal, which will have 1000 metres of ...
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Aussie and Brit ports face up to ISPS deadline?
Australian transport minister John Anderson has been reported by the Weekend newspaper as saying of the ISPS Code:
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NewsNOURISHING THE BLUE BANANA
If the Blue Banana, the curve of light stretching from northern England through the Rhineland to northern Italy and first observed from space 15 years ago, is the economic heart of Europe, then the Benelux ports are the valves through which its lifeblood of trade is pumped, reports Nick Elliott ...
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NewsAsia boosts NY & NJ volumes
Continuing growth in Asian trade boosted container volumes at New York-New Jersey by 14.6% during the first half of 2003. Imports from East Asia grew by 38%, while imports from Southeast Asia grew by 31%. Asian imports now account for 41% of all cargo handled by New York-New Jersey. This ...
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Spanish ports invest
The three ports of Spain''s Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia, Castellon and Alicante) region will invest a combined € 397.25m in 2004, up 50% over 2002. Of this, € 115m will be contributed by various state bodies while the balance of € 281.86m (71%) will be sourced from the private sector.
