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Port worker rises to meet challenges of the times

China Daily 11 Dec 2018

That is the firm belief of Xu Zhenchao, a 68-year-old veteran worker at Qingdao Port with more than 40 years of experience ... Many shipping companies worldwide sought cooperation, and over the next eight months Qingdao Port added 13 international routes, with its throughput capacity increasing 24.3 percent....

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Khalifa Port to double container volumes in 2019, official says

The National 10 Dec 2018

“We are operating at more than 90 per cent capacity,” said Mr Al Shamisi. “Bringing Cosco will give us more capacity, and more breathing space.” ... Khalifa Port currently has a capacity of 5 million TEU with the CSP terminal and could expand the facility’s total capacity to 9.1 million TEU over the next five years....

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China flags up UAE as Silk Road mega-hub with $300m port deal

Arab News 10 Dec 2018

China, the world largest trading nation, has thrown its weight behind Abu Dhabi as the Middle East hub for its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in an alliance with the UAE capital’s Khalifa Port ... Jebel Ali, just 50 km away in Dubai, is currently by far the biggest port in the region with capacity of 22.1 million TEU....

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Cosco built container terminal opens in Abu Dhabi

Gulf News 10 Dec 2018

The new container terminal has a capacity of 2.5 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) and can accommodate mega vessels carrying in excess of 20,000 TEUs ... The new terminal is part of Abu Dhabi Ports’ five-year growth strategy to increase Khalifa Port, with its two container terminals, to a combined total capacity of 9.1 million TEUs....

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Abu Dhabi Ports opens new container terminal at Khalifa port

Gulf News 10 Dec 2018

Abu Dhabi Ports on Monday inaugurated the new Cosco Shipping Container Terminal at Khalifa that is expected to boost Abu Dhabi’s position as a global maritime hub and support China’s One Belt One Road initiative ... from Abu Dhabi Ports, according to Reuters....

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It’s official: Trump’s asylum crisis is driven by people coming legally

Vox 10 Dec 2018

But the share of people coming to the US at ports of entry who sought asylum nearly doubled ... CBP officials maintain that solving the problem isn’t as simple as increasing capacity at ports of entry — that the much bigger issue is that once people are processed, they too often disappear before finishing their asylum proceedings....

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Videos power Fibr growth

The Daily Tribune 10 Dec 2018

This has boosted Home revenues by 12 percent in the third quarter of 2018 to P27.3 billion,” he added ... “PLDT Home has also boosted its capacity to 2.25 million Fibr-Fast Broadband ports as of the third quarter of 2018, more than double the count as of end-2017 and above the 2.20 million ports targeted for 2018.” ... .......

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King Salman Energy Park Sparks New Era of Growth for Saudi Arabia’s Energy Sector

Market Watch 10 Dec 2018

(Photo . ) () ) () ) () ) () ) ... Khalid A ... Nasser said ... A modern logistics zone connected to the future GCC railway will offer a wide range of services and include an inland dry port, a bonded area, and a logistics park with warehouses, among others. The highly automated dry port is expected to have an annual cargo capacity of 8 million metric tons....

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Africa as a pawn in China’s ‘debt-trap diplomacy’

Business Day Online 10 Dec 2018

Take infrastructure funding ... Then, there is the problem of absorptive and debt-servicing capacity and the attitude of China to debt restructuring ... The country built a port with $1.3bn Chinese loan but couldn’t meet up with repayments. It was forced to hand over the port, with 15,000 acres of adjacent land, to China on a 99-year lease ... Olu Fasan ....

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Anker Astro E7 26800mAh Ultra-High Capacity 3-Port 4A Compact Portable Charger External Battery Power Bank ...

CNET 09 Dec 2018

Anker Astro E7 26800mAh Ultra-High Capacity 3-Port 4A Compact Portable Charger External Battery Power Bank with PowerIQ Technology for iPhone, iPad, Samsung and More ... ....

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Port Qasim, KPT in talks for freight corridor

Dawn 08 Dec 2018

The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and Port Qasim authorities are in negotiations for the development of a multi-billion dollar freight corridor running across the sea front between the two Karachi ports ... at a Pakistani port, organised by the terminal operator Hutchison Ports Pakistan....

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USDOT awards grant to Muskogee Port

Muskogee Phoenix 08 Dec 2018

Federal transportation officials announced on Friday the award of a $5.7 million BUILD Transportation grant to the Muskogee City-County Port Authority ... "This grant will allow for rail capacity and efficiency to be secured at the port for the long-term future," Robinson said, expressing his appreciation for Inhofe's support of the port's application....

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Asylum-seekers in Tijuana face longest wait along southwest border, report finds

San Francisco Examiner 08 Dec 2018

Though the San Ysidro port of entry —with an estimated capacity of 300 according to CBP — has by far the most room to process asylum-seekers of any of the ports of entry analyzed in the report, and generally takes in more people per day than the other ports, it also has the longest wait times....