World News – Page 497
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..but prompt rethink of inland terminal project
Rising congestion at both Chittagong container terminal and on the highway linking the port with the capital Dhaka has prompted the Shipping Ministry in Bangladesh to revive the project to build an inland container terminal at Pangaon. First designed in 1995, the $20.89m facility, which will have an annual capacity ...
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Kakinada gets IDFC financing
The Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) has given its approval to long-term project funding amounting to $25.13m for Kakinada Sea Ports Ltd (KSPL).
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NewsGPA boss extols harbour deepening
Doug J. Marchand, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), says when the Brunswick Harbor Deepening project is complete, opportunities will be greatly expanded for the port. " The ability to handle larger vessels with the tidal influence opens access to 45% more of the deep draught vessel market.
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NewsCAF report praises Colombia, slams Ecuador
The " Quality of Port Services" report complied by Spain''s Polytechnic University of Valencia on behalf of the Andean Development Fund (CAF) has concluded that ports in Colombia have made the biggest improvements in terms of service quality, while those in Ecuador still lag far behind. The report''s remit was ...
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CHIAPAS PORT SEEKS MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL CONCESSIONAIRE
Mexico''s Puerto Madera, also known as Port Chiapas, has issued a tender covering the privatisation of operations at its multi-purpose terminal for a period of five years, although including an option for an extension of a further five years. The terminal has a 151 metre long quay, with alongside draught ...
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NewsBrazilian government to prioritise 11 national ports
The Brazilian government has announced that it will give priority to modernising the 11 largest ports in the country which between them account for 95% of all national exports.
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INTERNATIONAL DREDGING COMPANIES ATTRACTED BY BA
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.Five companies have acquired the bidding rules to undertake dredging work at the Argentinean ports of Mar del Plata, Quequen and Bahia Blanca in the province of Buenos Aires. The contract, ...
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CONCESSIONAIRE TAKES OVER IN ARICA
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.The Arica Port Consortium will invest $25m during the first five years of its operating concession at the northern Chilean port. This will be spent on warehousing facilities for dry bulk, ...
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YANG MING AND TACOMA TO TIE THE KNOT
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.Yang Ming and Port of Tacoma have signed an MOU acknowledging negotiations to work toward a terminal lease agreement at the Port's Terminal 7-D by the close of 2004. Located on ...
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NewsBA Terminal 6 to be re-tendered
The troubled Terminal 6 at Buenos Aires is to be once again put out to tender, according the General Ports Administration (AGP), the state controlled organisation which overseas national ports.
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NewsCONSULTATION LOOMS SO WHERE ARE WE HEADING?
Nick Elliott reports on the divergence of views that has emerged over the European Commission''s Motorways of the Sea initiative.
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NewsICTSI opens dangerous cargo facility at MICT
ICTSI has opened a control facility for dangerous cargo at its Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) to reinforce compliance with the ISPS Code and the US Container Security Initiative (CSI).
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PMSI WINS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR FREETOWN SCANNER
PMSi, is to install and operate a scanner at the port of Freetown, Sierra Leone to scan all containers entering and exiting the country''s main port. PMSi has a ten-year concession agreement for the scanner on a BOT basis.
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NewsCARNIVAL TIME SQUEEZES PORT CAPACITY
Rainbow Nelson reports from Brazil on the country''s prodigious agribulk and iron ore expansion.
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NewsCONGESTION RELIEF FINALLY IN SIGHT AT LE HAVRE
Alex Hughes finds France''s Atlantic seaboard ports carving strategic niches for themselves around the monolithic presence of Le Havre.
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INDUSTRY'S PROFILE NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE
" If we don''t raise the flag nothing will happen, " insists Appleton. " Our industry hasn''t so far adequately drawn attention to the question of port capacity, and other important issues. The industry''s profile isn''t where it should be in the public domain. From what I''ve seen, media attention ...
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NewsNICHE PORTS MORE FEEDERS AND BETTER DIALOGUE
Are European ports and terminal operators doing enough to meet the burgeoning demand for berth capacity created by the China trade boom and the increase in container traffic to which it is contributing?
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NewsLoans guarantee scandal escalates
Willem Scholten: acted outside jurisdictionThe dominance of Maersk can be seen in figures released by Algeciras port authority covering January and February 2005 during which throughput at the port amounted to 501,514 TEUs.Willem Scholten, former chief executive of the Port of Rotterdam, acted alone in guaranteeing loans totalling €80m more ...
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Malta Freeport goes to CMA CGM
The long drawn-out privatisation process at Malta Freeport has finally been concluded with CMA CGM taking a 30-year concession from the government for $421m. P& O Ports will manage the Freeport which will be operated as a common user facility.
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ROTTERDAM TO GROW BY A FIFTH
Rotterdam is forecasting a 20% increase in port related land use over the next 15 years.
