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EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Antwerp aims to strengthen its position as a maritime gateway to France, promoting lower costs for transportation to regions such as Lille-Roubaix-Valenciennes and Alsace-Lorraine.

2nd May 2010

Antwerp to improve connections with France

2nd May 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Sri Lanka Ports Authority has confirmed the success of talks with China Merchants Holdings and Aitken Spence in respect of a build, operate and transfer contract in the new South Harbour development.…

2nd May 2010

Bids received for South Harbour

2nd May 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

With the trend of free chassis for truckers and logistics specialists changing in the US, shipping lines are looking at cost effective ways to transport containers, without having to carry the costs…

1st May 2010

Box chassis solution

1st May 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian government is to extend several concession contracts for terminal operators at Brazilian ports, despite the 1993 Ports Law requiring a tender to be issued in each case.

1st May 2010

Brazil extends port concessions without new tender

1st May 2010

ASIA

ASIA

The Adani group, which already operates Mundra Port on Indias West Coast, is poised to create what could be the largest private port in India on the eastern coast of the country.

1st May 2010

Adani group unveils Orissa mega-port plan

1st May 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Virginia International Terminals (VIT) has invested in improved security and speed with an OCR portal that automates container identification and truck licence plates.

30th April 2010

Better gates at Virginia

30th April 2010

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Is it a double edged sword allowing market forces not to prevail?

28th April 2010

Back from the brink?

28th April 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Klaipeda port, located on the Baltic Sea, has responded to ‘market changes’ by introducing drastic cost cutting measures. The main aim, says the port, is to increase its competitiveness.

27th April 2010

Baltic port slashes prices

27th April 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gleadell Agriculture has chosen a shiploader from B&W Mechanical Handling for its brand new grain loading facility currently under construction at the UK’s Port of Great Yarmouth. The 45 metre boom shiploader…

26th April 2010

B&W shiploader for Yarmouth grain facility

26th April 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Exis Technologies has enhanced its IMDG Code e-learning training tool with the addition of a 49 CFR module to cover US movements of dangerous goods.

26th April 2010

Exis unveils bolt on US dangerous goods training

26th April 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Spreader specialist Bromma has tackled the thorny issue of mis-declared container weights head on with a loading sensing system on its twistlocks.

26th April 2010

Bromma ups safety offerings

26th April 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Two major terminal operators have challenged Associated British Ports’ dominant position on the Humber, where the company owns the ports of Hull, Goole, Immingham and Grimsby.

21st April 2010

ABP challenged on Humber

21st April 2010

ASIA

ASIA

A new Chinese canal project should strengthen Wuhan’s role as a shipping hub in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, according to David Lammie of Yangtze Business Services.

21st April 2010

Another link in Chinese chain

21st April 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The lengthy legal battle between Australia’s commodity majors over third party access to infrastructure continues to rumble on.

20th April 2010

Access dispute threatens port and rail investment

20th April 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The economic downturn has created port and terminal investment opportunities if you know where to look, APM Terminals’ chief commercial officer Richard Mitchell has advised.

14th April 2010

APM sees global port projects back on track by 2015

14th April 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Ports looking to position themselves to secure finance would do well to go back to basics, Felicity Landon advises

13th April 2010

Back to basics

13th April 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An independent inland port and commercial hub operation serving the Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Waikato “golden triangle” has been proposed by Tainui Group Holdings.

5th April 2010

Hamilton inland port

5th April 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Relevant documentation for containers imported to New Zealand will now have to be submitted 12 hours before a vessel’s estimated arrival and six-sided inspections (as opposed to four-sided) may be undertaken if…

3rd April 2010

Enhanced import container standard

3rd April 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Manufacturer ARI Simulation has delivered a crane simulator at APM Terminals Apapa facility in Nigeria. The simulator, said to be the first of its kind in the West and Central African sub-region,…

1st April 2010

APM welcomes Apapa simulator

1st April 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Bristol port has received the go-ahead from the UK Department of Transport for a 1.5m teu deep sea container terminal.

31st March 2010

Bristol gets go ahead for deep sea terminal

31st March 2010