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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian Association of Port Terminals (ABTP) has threatened legal action if terminals granted to private operators as concessions under the previous Ports Law are not renewed.

19th September 2012

Brazilian association threatens legal action

19th September 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port Hedland has reviewed its operations and decided to optimise its inner harbour space, identifying under-utilised capacity that has led to approvals being granted for three developments in the inner harbour.

19th September 2012

Hedland puts inner harbour to work

19th September 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

One thing that port operators need to bear in mind is how they interact with the nearby community: noise and pollution levels are just two factors that port operators need to consider…

19th September 2012

Everybody needs good neighbours

19th September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

This year’s GreenPort Congress, takes place next month from 3 to 5 October at the World Trade Centre, Marseille in France, and is set to be packed with the latest policies and…

18th September 2012

GreenPort Congress is fast approaching

18th September 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Port Strategy has learned that Jawaharlu Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) may have terminated the contract awarded to PSA International Pte Ltd for the fourth terminal at JN Port.

18th September 2012

Has JNPT terminated PSA’s contract?

18th September 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Some are likening the push into the Arctic as the “new gold rush” said maritime economist Ernst G Frankel of MIT at the recent 2012 Onassis Lectures at the Cass Business School…

18th September 2012

Arctic gold rush needs caution

18th September 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Keeping control of the container chain has proved tricky in the past, finds Stevie Knight

16th September 2012

Big data, small operations

16th September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Poland subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), recently handled its first vessel carrying windfarm components.

14th September 2012

BCT handles windfarm components

14th September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

On 1 January 2013, Amsterdam Container Terminals will close its doors for the final time. After having lost the contract with the Grand Alliance in early 2010, it has been unable to…

13th September 2012

ACT to shut up shop in 2013

13th September 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Aden Port Authority has begun talks with DP World with a view to cancelling the contract it has for operating the port. The cancellation is to be done amicably, with an international…

13th September 2012

Aden to end agreement with DP World

13th September 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The president of Brazils Logistics & Planning Company, Bernardo Figueiredo has confirmed that the government is going to issue terms and conditions in respect of new port concessions by the end of…

13th September 2012

Brazilian port concessions scheduled for September

13th September 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Western Australia State Government has announced a major port facility will be built at Lumsden Point near Port Hedland.

13th September 2012

Hedland port development confirmed

13th September 2012

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

After a six hour battle, the fire on the 54,405 tonne MV Amsterdam Bridge which was carrying hazardous cargo has been contained although not extinguished, and the risk of an environmental disaster…

10th September 2012

Danger recedes for hazardous cargo fire

10th September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals (APMT) has taken the unusual step of investing in the growing Russian market by acquiring 37.5% of public container terminal operator, Global Ports.

10th September 2012

APMT invests in Russian market

10th September 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

APM Terminals Bahrain is working with partners to set up a ‘seabridge’ feeder service which would link Khalifa Bin Salman Port with the Saudi industrial hub of Jubail, providing petrochemical companies with…

8th September 2012

Bahrain seabridge plan takes shape

8th September 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Canadian ship owner, CSL, has removed oil from the stern tube and equipped nine of its new builds with Thordon seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings in a bid to comply with the…

6th September 2012

CSLs newbuilds eliminate pollution

6th September 2012

ASIA

ASIA

There is speculation this week that Jawaharlu Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has served terminal operator, PSA International Pte Ltd, a deadline of 10 September to sign the agreement to build the new…

6th September 2012

D-day for PSA at JNP?

6th September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

In May 2012 a new railway link opened between Katowice in Poland and the northern Polish ports of Gdynia and Gdansk and this month two other trains will be added to the…

4th September 2012

Baltic rail link increases intermodality

4th September 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals looks to have finally put to bed concession concerns at Callao with an agreement with the regional Government, the Peruvian Navy and the Artesian Fishing Community to develop a new…

31st August 2012

APMT commits to fishing deal in Callao

31st August 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

BMT Asia Pacific, a BMT Group Ltd subsidiary, will be providing port planning for Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby Berhad as it prepares to expand its Weifang Port, Shandong province, China.

28th August 2012

BMT provides port planning for Sime

28th August 2012