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ASIA

ASIA

Northern Chinas largest port operator, Dalian Port, is to undertake a $556m IPO, consisting of the sale of 1.2bn shares to its major shareholder, PDA Corporation, as part of a share placement.…

30th November 2010

Dalian prepares IPO

30th November 2010

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

“It is really a different approach to our colleagues within the ports, where they are taking very specific environmental actions,” says Michael Stange, who represents the City of Hamburg, Port Integration’s key…

27th November 2010

Another way to efficiency

27th November 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dont spend on reducing gate bottlenecks until youre sure of the return on your investment. Stuart Pearcey reports

22nd November 2010

Beating bottlenecks

22nd November 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Gulftainer achieved something highly unusual in 2009: while other terminals in the Middle East were losing traffic, it actually boosted throughput at its two Sharjah terminals, by around 10%, to 2.75m teu.

15th November 2010

Bucking the trend

15th November 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Los Angeles is to sponsor maritime-related educational programs in Southern California high schools to promote international trade and career opportunities.

9th November 2010

High school education on ports

9th November 2010

NEWS

NEWS

carbon side story

8th November 2010

Benefits add up for ports heading down OPS route

8th November 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Automation specialist APS Technology Group is to supply its Automated Gate System at APM Terminal’s Apapa, Nigeria hub to “streamline entry and exit of traffic over 18 lanes”. APM is investing in…

2nd November 2010

APS wins Apapa favour

2nd November 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The number of containers either seized by the federal authorities or not picked up by importers has resulted in 5,000 unwanted boxes being abandoned at Brazilian ports, challenging the ability of the…

2nd November 2010

Brazil’s 5,000 unwanted boxes

2nd November 2010

ASIA

ASIA

In 2009-2010, the private sector handled 34% of all cargo passing through Indias ports, compared with 27% in the previous year, a figure which is expected to rise to 50% within the…

1st November 2010

Greenfield development setbacks at Indian ports

1st November 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The offer of a 99-year lease for the Port of Brisbane has attracted the interest of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani.

28th October 2010

Adani eyes Brisbane lease

28th October 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Thailand and Burma have signalled they will press on with joint development of the Dawei deep-sea port on Burmas Andaman Sea coast, according to official reports.

27th October 2010

Dawei port go-ahead

27th October 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

El Salvadors Acajutla and La Unión ports may be offered as a combined package, rather than being tendered as separate concessions.

27th October 2010

APMT supports dual-port tender

27th October 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Asciano, the parent of Australian stevedore Patricks, has offered US$1bn in notes in an effort to restructure debt. The notes are guaranteed by Asciano and its subsidiaries.

25th October 2010

Asciano tackles debt

25th October 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The way through a downturn isn’t to try to maximise profits, according to Antwerp chief executive Eddy Bruyninckx as the port of Antwerp approved a €1.6bn ($2.2bn) investment plan that runs to…

24th October 2010

Antwerps attitude pays off

24th October 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Preferred bidder APM Terminals has won the 25-year concession for the operation of Liberia’s Port of Monrovia and now faces an investment bill of $120m over the term.

24th October 2010

APM takes Monrovia concession

24th October 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

There are qualitative as well as quantitative differences emerging between the more mature and emerging markets, highlighted by more than just growth rates.

21st October 2010

Growing differences across the globe

21st October 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Caught between being part of a difficult economy which needs deep water terminals to keep afloat, and a famously fragile city which is itself in danger of floating, the Port of Venice…

14th October 2010

An answer for Venice?

14th October 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Durban is home to two of the region’s busiest container terminals – Durban Container Terminal and Pier 1. Transnet is currently re-engineering the port to increase capacity to 2.9m teu.

14th October 2010

Adding value at Durban

14th October 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Hams Hall inter-modal rail freight terminal near Birmingham has won an Environmental Innovation Award at the 2009 Rail Freight Group Awards held recently in London.

12th October 2010

ABPs Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal

12th October 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Find out about the latest products and services designed to streamline your operations

11th October 2010

Products and services

11th October 2010