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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Haiti’s lack of movement on getting its port infrastructure working again is seriously hampering aid coming into the country, the chief executive of a customs and logistics company has said.

5th August 2010

Haiti’s pledges may remain unfulfilled

5th August 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The loading of iron ore is fraught with danger. Michael King investigates means of reducing risk

2nd August 2010

Awed by ore

2nd August 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Antwerp Port Authority chief executive Eddy Bruyninckx paid a working visit to the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia recently, signing a collaboration agreement with the federal Secretaria…

31st July 2010

Brazilian port to get Antwerp training hand

31st July 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Senator Roberto Cavalcanti has publicly stated that private investment from both home and abroad is needed to reduce the existing port infrastructure bottleneck in Brazil, especially since 80% of Brazilian exports depends…

24th July 2010

Brazilian ports desperate for investment

24th July 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Sydney Ports Corporation is commissioning a study to find out the origin and destination of the container flows coming into and out of the port.

20th July 2010

Box flow study for Sydney

20th July 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian Ministry of Public Works in partnership with the Regional Works Superintendency has encountered irregularities in working conditions at the ports of Antonina and Paranagua, following a health and safety audit.

20th July 2010

Health and safety issues dog Antonina and Paranaguá

20th July 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A contest organised by Hamburg Port Authority, looking for the best design concepts for its planned Central Terminal Steinwerder, attracted a host of innovative ideas.

17th July 2010

Hamburg contest celebrates new thinking

17th July 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazilian ports such as Santos have been coming under pressure from the large number of handysize vessels arriving to pick up sugar exports, doubling waiting time at the port to around three…

15th July 2010

Brazil feeling the sugar rush

15th July 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Quieter times in the conservative ports sector are prompting some new thinking. Felicity Landon reports

14th July 2010

Evolution, not revolution

14th July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Antwerp Port Authority has taken a stake in the Beverdonk Container Terminal, the open access terminal along the bank of the Albert canal in Grobbendonk.

11th July 2010

Antwerp snaps up terminal stake

11th July 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Two major initiatives are boosting port expansion and development in Australia – one is part of new Australian agreements with China. The other is a major initiative by the New South Wales…

1st July 2010

Australian ports gain project investment

1st July 2010

ASIA

ASIA

This week saw the concession for the first container terminal in Ennore, Chennai’s new challenger, finally being settled. The tender has caused interest primarily because of the growing strategic importance of the…

1st July 2010

Ennore boxes won by Euro-Indian bid

1st July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Although ports and terminals may have passed the stress test of the recent decline in global container volumes, there are still challenges to come, including handling the larger ships now entering the…

1st July 2010

Big ships still pose a challenge

1st July 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

In a bizarre twist of time, Allen Thomas of APS notes that automation often results in gates staying open for less time, since more work can be done in less time.

20th June 2010

Automation can reduce gate opening hours

20th June 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Rail is the key to Duisport’s commercial success. Kasia Kurek, of Erasmus University, Rotterdam, reports

19th June 2010

Advantage: Rail

19th June 2010

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

In a report entitled Sustainable Transport published earlier this year by leading provider of global business information Datamonitor Group (www.datamonitor. com), the conclusion is reached that transport companies can gain competitive advantage…

15th June 2010

Growing emissions will cost transport sector, report finds

15th June 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS), billed as the first international, cross-sectoral business conference on ocean sustainability, takes place 15-17 June in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

14th June 2010

Belfast to host SOS

14th June 2010

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission has authorised the Port of Los Angeles to purchase a hybrid propulsion system for its 40-passenger harbour tour boat.

10th June 2010

Harbour pleasure boat fitted with hybrid propulsion

10th June 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Automation specialist APS Technology Group has won a contract to implement its Gate OCR Portal at the Port of Houston Authority’s marine terminals. The system will automate equipment identification, traffic processing and…

10th June 2010

APS tackles Houston automation

10th June 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

It is within Australia’s power to insist that ports apply compulsory pilotage to vessels transiting the Great Barrier Reef without compromising the legitimate rights of innocent passage, a conservation group has said.

10th June 2010

Australia could insist on Reef pilotage

10th June 2010