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VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Third time’s a charm? Not for the European Port Services Regulation. For 15 years, the European Commission has been trying to regulate the bloc’s port industry, with no success.

28th January 2016

Groundhog day

28th January 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The lifting of the US embargo on Cuba, unanticipated by many port planners, could alter the map of shipping services around the Caribbean, according to delegates at the American Association of Port…

27th January 2016

Cuba hub mooted at AAPA conference

27th January 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals and Columbian-based port and terminal operating company, Compañia de Puertos Asociados S.A., have finalised the incorporation of Cartagena Container Terminal Operator, or CCTO; a new joint venture, which will manage…

26th January 2016

APM Terminals closes Cartagena deal

26th January 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Extreme winter conditions neednt bring a port to its knees, explains Alex Hughes

26th January 2016

Braving the elements

26th January 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Martin Rushmere explains why the alliance of Tacoma and Seattle is working out so well

25th January 2016

Happy couple

25th January 2016

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: Ports need to be making soothing noises, not just loud noises, about their importance, writes Barry Parker.

25th January 2016

Dancing to a different tune

25th January 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The worsening industrial situation at Australia’s ports has prompted the Australian Logistics Council (ALC) to call on maritime union leaders to “get real” and abandon their “excessive and unsustainable wage and condition…

24th January 2016

Australian port union leaders must get real

24th January 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals acquisition of the Grup TCB will effectively prevent Cosco or China Merchants establishing a foothold in the Port of Valencia.

21st January 2016

APMT TCB acquisition shuts out Chinese

21st January 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Federation of European Private Port (FEPORT) has called for clarity on the implementation of SOLAS weighing rules at national levels.

21st January 2016

European ports call for weighing clarity

21st January 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Brazil, while the private sector is increasing the pace of its investment in the port sector, port authorities continue to struggle to commit cash to the upgrades needed in the countrys…

6th January 2016

Brazil port authorities’ failure to spend

6th January 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The North European economy is showing no signs of growth with further declining volumes into the first half of 2015.

4th January 2016

Hackett: No recovery for European volumes

4th January 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Stormwater Italia has completed the process of acquiring the Italian based engineering consultancy, Envicon (Environmental Consulting).

24th December 2015

Environmental consultancy acquisition

24th December 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Stormwater Italia has completed the process of acquiring the Italian based engineering consultancy, Envicon (Environmental Consulting).

24th December 2015

Environmental consultancy acquisition

24th December 2015

ASIA

ASIA

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has given potential bidders an extended deadline to prepare offers for the Davao Sasa Port modernisation project.

23rd December 2015

Davao PPP deadline pushed back

23rd December 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Brazil, the second phase of the governments National Ports Logistics Plan (PNLP) is scheduled to be launched in December, according to the ports minister Helder Barbalho.

20th December 2015

Brazil to launch second phase of logistics plan

20th December 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ports of Stockholm is redeveloping Värtahamnen as a part of the urban development of Norra Djurgårdsstaden.

18th December 2015

Hogia wins Stockholm TOS contract

18th December 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Three Finnish TEN-T core ports are working in collaboration with Ports of Stockholm and Viking Line to invest €8,100,000 in measures to reduce the environmental impact from shipping in the Baltic Sea.

16th December 2015

Baltic ports in green collaboration

16th December 2015

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has rejected a bid from Brookfield Asset Management for the port and rail firm Asciano.

16th December 2015

Asciano buyout not a done deal

16th December 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil has cancelled an auction to lease a port terminal area in the northern state of Para due to a lack of interest, according to Reuters.

16th December 2015

Brazil ditches Para tender

16th December 2015

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

The Port of Antwerp has twinned with the Chinese port of Guangzhou in an arrangement which will see both ports working even more closely together in a commercial capacity.

14th December 2015

Antwerp twins with Guangzhou

14th December 2015