World News – Page 501
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NewsPanama posts big first quarter numbers
Panama''s three container terminals, Manzanillo, Colon and Balboa which account for 97% of total traffic, registered a 14.3% first quarter growth in containers handled.
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NewsWake-up call for the Western MED
The growing number of complaints by ship agencies and operators in the Med have to be taken seriously, or else! Mike Munday reports.
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NewsLIVING WITH BIG BROTHER
Gavin van Marle voyages to the Baltic states and assesses the need for extra port capacity in light of impending EU accession and the not always easy relations with a sometimes obstinate neighbour.
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Oakland Maersk and Evergreen Negotiations
The Port of Oakland is in discussion with two leading liner operators regarding the enlargement of their respective terminal facilities.
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NewsEC goes further on security
The European Commission is to introduce anti-terrorism legislation that goes further than the agreements made within the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
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NewsClock ticking at Halterm
The first quarter results reported by Halterm, one of the two Halifax container terminal operators, show a goodwill write down of C$56m and tell the story of dark days ahead for the embattled terminal operator.
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First USWC LNG Terminal
The Port of Long Beach, USA has cleared the way for the development of a US$400m liquefied natural gas terminal (LNG) on Terminal Island, the first facility of its kind to be built on the US West Coast.
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NewsScale technology people
Dredging capability review: it' s all about size, technology and the right people, reports David Robinson
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NewsCompetition intensifies FOR BIG PROJECTS
As the competition regime for big projects intensifies, David Robinson examines future dredging schemes and the aims behind them.
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NewsClydeport commits to Hunterston hub environmental study
Clydeport has announced a full environmental study conducted by Halcrow for its proposed international container transhipment terminal at the Hunterston deep-water site on the Clyde.
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Portek to operate Makassar
Singapore-based Portek International has secured a contract from Indonesia''s Pelindo IV to jointly operate a container terminal at Sulawesi''s port of Makassar which handles close to 200,000 TEUs annually.
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NewsHumber Trade Zone key to UK's 'Southern Discomfort'
An international conference to promote shipping, logistics and investment opportunities around the Humber Estuary takes place on 24 June in Hull.
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US$65m Expansion for Kingston
The Caribbean''s premier container transhipment hub, the Port of Kingston, Jamaica, has announced a fourth-phase expansion ahead of its terminal facilities in a move designed to consolidate and expand container business.
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New Box Terminal for Vancouver
The Vancouver Port Authority has announced that it expects to begin construction of a new $800m container terminal at Roberts Bank by 2007.
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OnePort to Enhance Hong Kong's Competitiveness
Major Hong Kong terminal operators Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), Modern Terminals Limited and COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited have formed a new joint venture company, OnePort, that will provide an open, secure and neutral platform for electronic information exchange between all port users.
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NewsICTSI Signs for Gdynia & Plans Big Capacity Boost
Senior executives of International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) and of the Port Authority of Gdynia gathered in Gdynia Friday 30 May for the official signing ceremony that marked the completion of the privatisation process for the port of Gdynia''s Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) and its acquisition by ICTSI as ...
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PSA acquires stake in ESCO Laem Chabang
PSA Corporation has made an undisclosed investment in Thailand''s Laem Chabang container port which will help PSA consolidate its presence in the regional market where the competition have been busy lately.
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Maersk Sealand weigh up Tarragona
Lluis Badia, president of Tarragona Port Authority, has revealed that representatives from Maersk Sealand (MSL) are discussing the possibility of transferring the company' s current Algeciras-based transhipment operation to the Catalan port.
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NewsMSC Commits to New Venice Terminal
Terminal Intermodale Venezia (TIV) signalled its entrance to the container handling business in Venice, Italy, with the handling of its first Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) vessel in mid-May. Four MSC vessels per week are now scheduled to call at the terminal which anticipates a throughput of 120,000TEU in its first ...
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Accelerated Korean Development
A new port authority is to be set up in early 2004 in Busan and Gwangyan, South Korea in order to speed up the development of a new container terminal and general cargo complex in the area.
