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EUROPE

EUROPE

Bilbao port authority has issued tenders for two new bulk solid terminals and a third for general cargo. The former will occupy the AZ1 and AZ2 quays, while the general cargo terminal…

17th August 2011

Bilbao issues terminal tenders

17th August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Pakistan believes that it has lost up to $579m in unpaid duties, tax evasion and pilferage by handling Afghan transit goods.

17th August 2011

Afghan trade costs Pakistan $579m

17th August 2011

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Hamburg will play host to this year’s 6th GreenPort Congress, where port industry, academia and policy-making executives will meet to learn about and discuss the latest in sustainable environmental practice.

4th August 2011

GreenPorts congress tackles sustainability

4th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Major oil trader, Gunvor, has cancelled plans to buy a controlling stake in the JSC Murmansk Commercial Seaport (MCS).

3rd August 2011

Gunvor pulls out of Murmansk buy out

3rd August 2011

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Rubber-tyred gantries will continue to be the stackers of choice in port planning for the next five to 10 years, although the power supplies and fuels could well change, according to executives.

2nd August 2011

Be prepared is the motto of the moment

2nd August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh is to expand existing ports and build a new one by 2020.

1st August 2011

Binh Dinh plans new port

1st August 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Adani Enterprises, which has been forbidden to bid for the fourth container terminal at JNPT, has sought to overturn the ruling in the courts.

27th July 2011

Adani challenges JNPT bid ban

27th July 2011

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Back in the early days after the attrocities of September 11, 2001, one of my business ventures was the recipient of a Round 1 Port Security grant from what became the TSA,…

27th July 2011

Are you taking the TWIC?

27th July 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

CVRD has formed a joint venture with Vale Fertilizantes to operate the Ultrafertil concession in the port of Santos.

23rd July 2011

CVRD in Santos joint venture

23rd July 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports America is looking at a phased-in automation project for Chesapeake Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore, MD.

23rd July 2011

APS aids Chesapeake Seagirt automation

23rd July 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Stockholm-based Bromma, has won an order for a total of sixteen crane spreaders for delivery to the Port of Huanghuagang at Hebei in Northeast China. The contract includes an order for six…

23rd July 2011

Bromma expands in China

23rd July 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma is introducing a new suite of terminal productivity tools that help identify spreader “risk areas” and weak links to performance.

23rd July 2011

Bromma maps productivity drop-offs

23rd July 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Rapidly growing markets and the promised rise of new, affluent middle classes have got pulses racing, as Felicity Landon discovers

22nd July 2011

Back in the game

22nd July 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Environment-friendly ships calling at Antwerp are now being rewarded by a discount – but it seems Rotterdam is finding that the scheme may initially need a lower threshold.

21st July 2011

European ports still chasing greener ships

21st July 2011

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Travelling around Asia opens the mind as there are events taking place here that introduce new issues, and these suggest we may not always have been looking in the right direction.

20th July 2011

An Asian dilemma

20th July 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

During Brazils recent cereals harvest, the queue of trucks heading into the port of Paranaguá averaged around 17 km in length. At one point, it had extended to 25 km, according to…

13th July 2011

Harvest collapses Paranaguá

13th July 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New Zealand company, A-Ward, has developed a new horizontal container loader which is able to fill empties with bulk materials such as scrap metals within just five minutes.

13th July 2011

Bulk box loading solution

13th July 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The incoming Peruvian government has warned that the existing contract with APM Terminals at its new Callao North Terminal could be renegotiated if it deems that any clauses are not in the…

13th July 2011

APMTs Callao North concession under scrutiny

13th July 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Global Ports (SGP) has gained the concession for a second container terminal at King Abdul Aziz Port, Dammam, in Saudi Arabia.

7th July 2011

Damman concession follows link

7th July 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US East Coast ports should look past the Panama widening hype for long term gains, finds Martin Rushmere

17th June 2011

Beyond the expansion

17th June 2011