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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Strategic studies funded by the United Nations suggest that the reactivation of Argentina’s port of Barranqueras is key to improving transport in South Americas central corridor. In the 1920s, the port was…

7th October 2010

Barranqueras port to re-open

7th October 2010

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Surely dockworkers around the world must be getting the message that pressure tactics have had their day... or are they still able to turn a blind eye to the big picture of…

6th October 2010

Brave new world

6th October 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tanzania Ports Authority has been ordered to find a competent investor to operate a second container terminal, which will end the current monopoly enjoyed by Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS).

3rd October 2010

Box seconds for Dar es Salaam

3rd October 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

APS Technology has partnered with Zebra Enterprise Solutions to integrate the former’s optical character recognition portals and driver kiosks with the latter’s terminal operating system at Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO) Jeddah…

1st October 2010

APS and Zebra partnership

1st October 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australian utilities investor Prime Infrastructure, which owns 50.1% of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, the world’s third-largest coal export facility, is to merge with co-owner Brookfield Infrastructure Partners of Canada.

27th September 2010

DBCT investor merges with Brookfield

27th September 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

According to some industry experts, a low-grade fender will typically end up costing two or three times that of a well-made system over 20-25 years.

24th September 2010

Cutting corners doesnt pay

24th September 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The New South Wales government has stopped a stevedoring company raising its charges by 67% after fears that this would bring the Port Botany area to a standstill.

23rd September 2010

Australian stevedore’s price hike quashed

23rd September 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A Brazilian parliamentary representative has called for greater private sector investment in port infrastructure to support growth in the agricultural sector.

23rd September 2010

Brazil needs private sector investment

23rd September 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals was the only company to bid for the construction and operation concession for the new container terminal at the Costa Rican port of Moín.

21st September 2010

APMT lone bidder for Moín

21st September 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Tianjin Port Group is to undertake a short-term issue worth £147m, with a maturity of 365 days and underwritten by China Merchants Bank. Revenue generated is required to replenish working capital and…

20th September 2010

Bonds issue by TPG

20th September 2010

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

The new UK government’s championing of “Big Society” has inspired at least one national port community to think local.

8th September 2010

High society

8th September 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The port of Chittagong needs an overhaul, reports Mike King.

7th September 2010

Bangladesh lament

7th September 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Baltic Stevedoring Company (BSC) has ordered six Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes and 10 Kalmar TR618i terminal tractors.

6th September 2010

BSC Kalmar order

6th September 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Gujarat Pipavav Port has raised Rs5.08bn ($107m) from its floatation, Rs1 per share over that agreed by the anchor investors.

2nd September 2010

Enthusiasm for Pipavav shares points the way

2nd September 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Problems at Saudi Arabia”s Dammam port has prompted some shipping lines to threaten a boycott, transferring calls to other ports in the Gulf.

26th August 2010

Dammam facing major congestion

26th August 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Abu Dhabi Port Company is preparing a $1bn bond issue for early 2011 as a means of financing Khalifa Port & Industrial Zone. The National Bank of Abu Dhabi has been appointed…

26th August 2010

Abu Dhabi to issue bonds

26th August 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Evyap Port’s new 360 metre quay is being kitted out with ship-to-shore cranes in order to give a better container service. Previously operating with mobile harbour cranes, the new STS units will…

25th August 2010

Better, not faster, efficiency choice

25th August 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Social networking tools can help ports get their message in front of people in high places. Barry Parker reports.

25th August 2010

Being sociable: the value of networking

25th August 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brasil Terminal Portuario (BTP), a new container terminal being built in Santos, is to be 50% owned and managed by APM Terminals since Terminal Investment Limited has just sold it a half…

25th August 2010

Half of Santos’ venture sold to APMT

25th August 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO) of Saudi Arabia is to implement the APS OCR Portal and driver kiosks to automate container identification, remote damage inspection and truck processing at its Jeddah…

24th August 2010

APS tracking gains

24th August 2010