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State to hire 500 staff at ports and airports if the UK crashes out

Irish Independent 16 Jul 2018

0 Comments State to hire 500 staff at ports and airports if the UK crashes out ... https.//www.independent.ie/business/brexit/state-to-hire-500-staff-at-ports-and-airports-if-the-uk-crashes-out-37121782.html ... The new roles will apply to the six main ports and three main airports in the State. However, most jobs will be concentrated in Dublin given the size and capacity of Dublin port and airport....

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Eritrean president visits Ethiopia as hostilities ease

The Keene Sentinel 15 Jul 2018

Currently, 95 percent of Ethiopia’s foreign trade goes through the port in neighboring Djibouti, with all sorts of bottlenecks in port capacity as well as transportation links. Since coming to power, Abiy has signed a number of agreements with neighboring Somalia, Somaliland, Kenya and Sudan to diversify port access for the export-based industrial economy Ethiopia hopes to one day become....

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US expected to become world's top oil producer next year

Petoskey News-Review 15 Jul 2018

The U.S. has nosed ahead of Saudi Arabia and is on pace to surpass Russia to become the world's biggest oil producer for the first time in more than four decades. The latest forecast from the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts that U.S. output will grow next year to 11.8 million barrels a day ... drillers is a bottleneck of pipeline capacity to ship oil from the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico to ports and refineries ... ....

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KPT unveils $8 billion freight corridor plan to connect sea ports

The News International 14 Jul 2018

... exit routes of the port.Haroon said KPT is also planning to establish 300 megawatts of power plant and a water desalination plant with a capacity of producing 150 million gallons/day.“We would prefer a joint venture for the project, but KPT can also do it on its own.”The minister said the government would develop and design the plan....

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N.J. rail tunnel faces funding deadline for $13B project

The Philadelphia Tribune 14 Jul 2018

The existing century-old Hudson River rail tunnel operates at capacity during rush hours and suffered extensive saltwater damage in 2012’s Superstorm Sandy ... A new tunnel would allow the existing tunnel to be repaired, with the eventual goal of having both in operation and greatly increasing capacity ... While that matter is being hashed out, the Port Authority has stepped in to act as project sponsor....

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Mumbai-Goa cruise to begin from August 1: Nitin Gadkari

The Times of India 14 Jul 2018

NEW DELHI ... "The first cruise between Mumbai and Goa having capacity of 500 people would start from August 1," he added. Gadkari also said that the ministry has asked all ports to set up cruise terminal ... ....

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Mumbai-Goa cruise to begin from Aug 1: Gadkari

The Times of India 14 Jul 2018

NEW DELHI. Shipping minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said Mumbai-Goa cruise will start from the beginning of the next month, with an aim to boost tourism. Besides, he said, two floating restaurants will come up in Mumbai. "The first cruise between Mumbai and Goa having capacity of 500 people would start from August 1," he added. Gadkari also said that the ministry has asked all ports to set up cruise terminal ... RELATED ... CRITICSUNION ... 3000....

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U.S. expected to become world’s top oil producer next year

The Spokesman-Review 14 Jul 2018

The U.S. has nosed ahead of Saudi Arabia and is on pace to surpass Russia to become the world’s biggest oil producer for the first time in more than four decades. The latest forecast from the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts that U.S. output will grow next year to 11.8 million barrels a day ... drillers is a bottleneck of pipeline capacity to ship oil from the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico to ports and refineries ... ....

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US May Become World’s Biggest Oil Producer in 2019, a First Since Cold War Era

Yahoo Daily News 14 Jul 2018

Washington. The US has nosed ahead of Saudi Arabia and is on pace to surpass Russia to become the world's biggest oil producer for the first time in more than four decades ... Saudi Arabia and Russia could upend that forecast by boosting their own production ... One potential obstacle for US drillers is a bottleneck of pipeline capacity to ship oil from the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico to ports and refineries ... ....

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Essar Ports to invest $70 mn in Hazira Port capacity

DNA India 13 Jul 2018

Essar Ports, a unit of Ruias-promoted Essar group, is looking at investing $70 million to expand its Hazira Port's capacity in Gujarat ... In FY2018, Hazira Port handled 41 million tonnes ... With the project completion, the cargo loading capacity at the facility within the Visakhapatnam Port has been upgraded to 24 million tonnes per annum from the earlier 12.5 million tonnes per annum....

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China’s Pakistan link hurt by slow Internet

Taipei Times 13 Jul 2018

Gwadar “can potentially serve a role to provide additional port capacity for Pakistan itself, for Afghanistan, as a complement and transshipment hub for Chabahar, as a location for the Chinese to ship materials and so on,” said Andrew Small, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the US and an author of a book on China-Pakistan relations....

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Slow internet hurting China's Silk Road ambitions in Pakistan

The Times of India 13 Jul 2018

Gwadar “can potentially serve a role to provide additional port capacity for Pakistan itself, for Afghanistan, as a complement and trans-shipment hub for Chabahar, as a location for the Chinese to ship materials and so on,” said Andrew Small, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and an author of a book on China-Pakistan relations....

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Essar commissions Rs 830-cr Vizag iron ore handling complex

Suryaa 13 Jul 2018

The iron ore complex with a capacity of handling 24 million tonne per annum (mtpa)on the outer harbour of Vizag port was inaugurated on Friday by Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari, Essar said in a statement here ... ports," it said ... Commenting on the development, Essar Ports MD Rajiv Agarwal said in a statement....

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