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Chittagong to go private
24 Jul 2008
Pacific International Line in collaboration with Container Terminal Services are favourites to be awarded the concession to operate Chittagong Container Terminal. Other bidders are Everest Enterprise Ltd and incumbent terminal operator SAIF Powertec.
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Capacity seeks energy alternatives
24 Jul 2008
Capacity of Texas is powering ahead with five alternative fuel routes for its Trailer Jockey terminal tractor line.
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Novel twistlock technology unveiled
24 Jul 2008
Fitting or removing twistlocks on containers, a slow and arduous operation action performed worldwide over a billion times a year, can now be done by an electro-hydraulic machine - the RAM PinSmart Automated Twistlock Handling Machine.
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Colombia woos private investors
24 Jul 2008
Private investors are being the opportunity to commit cash to three new port projects in Colombia.
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El Salvador port privatisation overhaul
23 Jul 2008
The Autonomous Port Executive Commission of El Salvador is seeking private sector investors to take over management of its ports.
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Kembla facelift mooted
23 Jul 2008
Port Kembla could get seven new berths as part of a makeover of its outer harbour, under a master state ports plan for New South Wales.
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Vietnam software bank
22 Jul 2008
Software provider Total Soft Bank has won a bid to supply its Computer Automated Terminal Operation System to SP-PSA International Port in Vietnam.
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Turn up the heat on security
21 Jul 2008
Thermal imaging is fairly new in the security and surveillance sector, but Flir Systems is positioning itself for break into the market by two technological acquisitions.
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Greymouth port lifeline
20 Jul 2008
Port Westland has been granted a one-year contract to manage the rundown port of Greymouth by the Grey District Council.
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Nigeria private cash boost
20 Jul 2008
According to Michael Hansen, managing director of APM Terminals in Nigeria, the local economy has benefited to the tune of $400m following privatisation of many of the country's ports.
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ICTSI boosts home territory
20 Jul 2008
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has supported its presence in the Philippines, through two initiatives.
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Brazil favours port investment
19 Jul 2008
Brazil is to extend until 2010 its so-called Reporto tax incentive to enable ports and terminals to purchase equipment, as well as modernising and expanding infrastructure.
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APM doubles Lagos terminal quayside capacity
19 Jul 2008
APM has more than doubled the quayside capacity of its Apapa Container Terminal, the largest container facility in Nigeria, with the installation of four more gantry cranes.
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Logs take care of empties
19 Jul 2008
Continuing high bulk vessel charter rates are seeing New Zealand forestry product exporters increasingly investigating containerising their consignments.
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Spanish port for Dubai link
18 Jul 2008
Tarragona, near Barcelona, is to be the first of DP World's Spanish ports. DP World has acquired a 60% shareholding in Contarsa Sociedad de Estiba which holds the exclusive concession for the container terminal.
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ENAPU needs private sector cash
18 Jul 2008
Peru's National Ports Authority (Enapu) has come under fire for its decision to court private sector finance for the upgrading of Quay 5 at the Port of Callao.
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Liebherr's UK family grows
18 Jul 2008
Liebherr is to boost its UK presence with three key contracts for its container cranes.
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Post-panamax at Helsinki
18 Jul 2008
Finland’s newest container facility, Vuosaari Port in Helsinki, will soon be able to hande post-panamax ships carrying up to 18 containers abreast with recently delivered Kalmar ship-to-shore cranes.
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Peru builds on trade explosion
18 Jul 2008
Peru is undergoing a spate of new ports building as its trade with the rest of the world mushrooms.
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Oman swayed by suction mooring benefits
18 Jul 2008
Oman has stamped its seal of approval on vacuum-based automated mooring systems with an order for 12 Cavotec units for the Port of Salalah.
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