Business trickles into ACT

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After remaining idle for about a year, the gantry cranes at Asia Container Terminals (ACT), the twoberth facility now operated by Dubai Port...

…the Haven defence

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In your article “Coming up with a decongestant,” (June 2005, p23), you make the point that extra deep sea capacity should not be concent...

Beypore agreed

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The government of Kerala in south India is expected to sign a 30-year concession agreement next month with Parissons Group for the developme...

Cape Town expansion project

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The South African National Ports Authority has unveiled a R1.3 bill improvement plan for the Cape Town container terminal....

Extending Broome

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The first piles have been driven in the A$16.8 mill jetty extension at the north-west Western Australian port of Broome, a project that will...

NTS fissile testing

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Further information is available about the new, US$35 mill Radiological-Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex (Rad-NucCTEC) be...

CMA CGM’s eastern terminal moves

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It is understod that CMA CGM is prepared to invest US$80-120 mill in the construction of a 200,000 TEU/year container terminal in the Port o...

Private in Gwadar

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Capt Anwar Shah, director-general of Pakistan’s Ports and Shipping Organisation, recently used the forum of an Asian Development Bank even...

Gelderland for HPH bulk

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After what it describes as “five turbulent years with our company,” ECT has announced that Jan Gelderland, its head of operations, is ta...

Artoni bags ro-ro deal

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Artoni Transport has been awarded a 50-year concession by Trieste Port Authority (APT) to manage and operate a 2.2 hectare ro-ro terminal on...

Row over LA’s “Janice” cranes

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The City of Los Angeles is currently negotiating with China Shipping over reimbursement for the extra cost of low profile cranes at China Sh...

India port boost for domestic operators

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India’s Shipping Ministry has come out in favour of a system of bidding for port terminals that will help domestic companies compete more ...

Chittagong moves

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Bangladesh’s Shipping Ministry is seeking to transfer 57 acres of land at the Port of Chittagong to private investors, in the hope of enco...

Ethiopia still looking

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Since losing its ports following the secession of Eritrea, the government of landlocked Ethiopia has sought to secure access to other ports ...

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