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ASIA

ASIA

APM Terminals and Hanjin Pacific have reached an agreement on the future of Kaohsiung Terminal.

3rd February 2010

APMs Kaohsiung operation goes to Hanjin

3rd February 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Israels largest container handling port, Haifa is to replace its existing terminal operating system the Navis Sparcs N4 operating system. The system promises improved customer support, increased stacking yard capacity and greater…

2nd February 2010

Haifa hangs on SPARCS

2nd February 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DB Schenker Intermodal Services, which operates container depots at ten locations in Germany and as well as four intermodal terminals, has invested heavily in the past two years to increase capacity.

1st February 2010

DB Schenker

1st February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

After seven record years in a row the port of Antwerp experienced a 17% drop in freight volumes last year due to the economic recession, handling 157.8m tonnes of freight. 

30th January 2010

Antwerp stays positive despite drop

30th January 2010

ASIA

ASIA

The ASEAN Ports Association (APA) and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)  are jointly implementing the Sustainable Port Development in the ASEAN Region project, designed to help a selected number of ports comply with…

27th January 2010

ASEAN Ports Joint Development

27th January 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealands future port scene will be shaped by natural market forces and not influenced by direct Government intervention.

22nd January 2010

Australasian Feature Third Lead

22nd January 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A sign ofincreasing optimism about trade between Australia and Asia, Hutchison PortHoldings (HPH) has finalised an agreement with Sydney Ports Corporation for thedevelopment and operation of the third container terminal (T3) at…

21st January 2010

Australasian Feature Second Lead

21st January 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Food, water, medical aid, humanitarian supplies - the bulk of the aid to Haiti should be arriving by sea, the most effective way of delivering the truly massive amounts of aid needed…

20th January 2010

Haiti port pivotal to aid operations

20th January 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports down under have been spared the worst of the recession, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre report

20th January 2010

Australasian Feature — MAIN LEAD

20th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Stockholm-basedBromma has won an order from Georgia Port Authority for 25 rubber-tyred gantry yardcrane spreaders, with delivery set for mid-2010.

13th January 2010

Bromma secures Georgia order

13th January 2010

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

In the last issue of the year, it is traditional toreflect on the year gone by. However, Im afraid I can see little worth in relivingthe mess that was 2009.

30th December 2009

Between a rock and a hard place

30th December 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

CMA CGM held a ceremony on board CMA CGMs new 365m long, 52.1m (20 containers) wide fleet flagship, the Cristophe Colomb to welcome the giant technologically advanced vessel to the Port of…

11th December 2009

APM Terminals welcomes CMA CGMs flagship

11th December 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Theoutlook for most container terminal operators might be bleak, but theeconomics of running dry bulk and tanker facilities provides some causefor optimism.

10th December 2009

Bulk and tanker operators less boxed in by downturn

10th December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The expansion of the Panama Canal has prompted Cuba to fund the expansion and modernisation of its three main ports in collaboration with China and Venezuela.

8th December 2009

Cuba commits to ports modernisation undertaking

8th December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Tideworks has secured orders from two ports in the Americas for its software systems.

7th December 2009

Another two ports for Tideworks

7th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Companies using the Port of Hamburg have called upon the government to rapidly implement port facility expansions.

4th December 2009

Hamburg needs to upgrade infrastructure

4th December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port and terminal operators are looking for ways to take costs out oftheir systems and provide the most efficient service possible, saysAllison Enedy, director of communications at APM Terminals Americas.

3rd December 2009

APM Terminals

3rd December 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Port of Aden is looking to expand its infrastructure to enable it to attract higher levels of transhipment traffic. The two existing terminals are managed by a joint venture between a…

3rd December 2009

Aden seeks more transhipment traffic

3rd December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

It seems UK ports are increasingly floating themselves on a Green revolution. Last week the Port of Tyne signed a 10 year agreement to handle and store between 0.5 million and 1.4…

3rd December 2009

Bio-energy tie-in for UK ports

3rd December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Antwerp Port Authority has frozen most of its dues at 2008 levels to combat losses and lend a hand to the struggling shipping industry.

2nd December 2009

Antwerp reduces dues

2nd December 2009