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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The new European Union Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) couldhave a huge impact for port development projects, warns Marsh.

5th May 2009

Green pressures

5th May 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The increasing use of pre-formed caisson units in port construction is a growing issue for insurance, says Sean Woodford of Aons construction team.

4th May 2009

Growing risks

4th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

HHLA is to introduce a series of measures to minimise the impact of the current credit crunch and global economic downturn on its business.

4th May 2009

HHLA adapts to tougher trading conditions

4th May 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

The revamped Terminal A at Port Harcourt in Nigeria is trying to attract traffic from importers in the south and southeast of the country who are currently using heavily congested ports in…

3rd May 2009

Harcourt takes on Nigerian rivals

3rd May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

EWP Communications Ltd, organisers of the annual GreenPort Conference and publishers of GreenPort Journal and GreenPort News, are pleased to confirm that GreenPort 2010 will convene in Stockholm, 24-25 February 2010 at…

3rd May 2009

GreenPort 2010: Dates and Venue confirmed

3rd May 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The former chief executive of Australian stevedore Patrick, Chris Corrigan, has described the level of debt carried by the stevedores new owner, Asciano, as insane at the time of the takeover.

1st May 2009

Ascianos insane debt levels

1st May 2009

ASIA

ASIA

A report that claims the Evergreen Shipping Group is to pull out of Kaohsiung has been strongly denied by the company.

1st May 2009

Evergreen out of Kaohsiung

1st May 2009

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Five years of waiting for the world to get in step over new rules to control discharge of ships ballast water has proved too much for Brazilian authorities, who are to go…

30th April 2009

BRazilians go it alone over ballast water

30th April 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The future headquarters of Antwerp Port Authority will be designed by the London firm of Zaha Hadid Architects. The choice of architect was made at the Port Authority board meeting in mid-January.…

24th April 2009

Antwerp unveils new Port House

24th April 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

APM Terminals has written to Tanger-Med Special Agency announcing its intention to reschedule investment in Tanger-Med II.

24th April 2009

APM Terminals blows hot and cold at Tanger-Med

24th April 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Belgiums Antwerp port has seen the total volume of goods handled in the first quarter of 2009 slump 19% on the same period last year, falling from 46.2m tonnes to 37.3m tonnes.

24th April 2009

Antwerp decline not unexpected

24th April 2009

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

As details on the newly passed US Stimulus package emerge, itsclear that shovel-ready and job-creating projects will have a leg up ingaining Federal funding.

23rd April 2009

Barry Parker March 2009 Opinion

23rd April 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Industry leaders met recently at a “Freight by Water” seminar to share latest thinking and best practice in the environmental benefits of short-sea, coastal and inland shipping. Kate Royston reports.

21st April 2009

Analysing the benefits of water-based freight

21st April 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mitsui OSK Lines has adopted an innovative crane safety monitoring system to help prevent accidents at its terminals.

18th April 2009

Hawk eye to aid accident prevention

18th April 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The third trial of the New South Wales Governments Port Botany reform, which will introduce peak pricing for the first time, will start mid-June. In it, Sydney Ports Corporation will examine the…

17th April 2009

Botany reform to tackle congestion

17th April 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The Dalian Port Group has confirmed it is to buy Jinzhou Port this year. In 2008, it was revealed that Dalian Port would acquire an 18.9% holding at the cost of $278m,…

16th April 2009

Dalian port buys Jinzhou

16th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Four new super post-panamax cranes have arrived at the Port of Savannah, Georgia, on board Dockwises Tern, a specially constructed heavy-lift vessel.

10th April 2009

Big and green Savannah

10th April 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

With the construction of Maasvlakte 2, The Netherlands will become 2,000 hectares larger and the port, already the biggest in Europe, will increase in size by 20%.

10th April 2009

Art projects alongside Maasvlakte 2 construction

10th April 2009

ASIA

ASIA

PSA has failed to implement its plan to have Pakistans Gwadar port fully operational by 2008, which has prompted a port authority official to suggest that the Iranian port of Chabahar may…

5th April 2009

Gwadar to lose out to Chabahar

5th April 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Multi-beam echo sounders represent the biggest leap forward forhydrographic surveying since the introduction of GPS, says IFHSchairman William Heaps.

3rd April 2009

Equipment

3rd April 2009