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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

El Salvadors Port Authority, Cepa, is to issue a tender in respect of privatisation of the La Unión-Acajutla port complex in the second quarter of this year.

28th January 2009

APM loses interest in El Salvador

28th January 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Insurance mutual TT Club has strongly urged all operators of mobile equipment to raise awareness of the risk of hydraulic fires.

28th January 2009

Handling equipment fire hazard warning

28th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Last year, the Russian Port of Archangel handled 5m tonnes, equivalent to 50% of capacity.

27th January 2009

Archangel trading at 50% of capacity

27th January 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Mexicos west coast port of Guaymas has issued a tender in respect of the construction and management of a new container terminal. Expected investment will be $40m and the facilities are expected…

25th January 2009

Guaymas issues box tender

25th January 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Maher Terminals has erected yet another fabric structure - its 14th - this time for salt and sand storage at the Port Elizabeth facility in New Jersey.

19th January 2009

Another Rubb for Maher

19th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Troubled Australian bank Babcock & Brown  is continuing to sell off port businesses in an attempt to fill the holes in its books.

16th January 2009

BBI sells off more port business

16th January 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two Liebherr super post-panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes are destined for the Port of Tilbury, in the UK. The cranes are scheduled for delivery during the first quarter of 2010.

16th January 2009

European orders ticking over

16th January 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Bolloré Africa Logistics has expanded its terminal network in Africa by securing a 27-year concession to manage a container facility at the Port of Pointe Noire in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

15th January 2009

Bolloré Congo concession

15th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Dutch group Royal Boskalis has abandoned plans to acquire Smit International. Boskalis was unable to agree on a structure for the takeover and, given a deterioration in market conditions, decided to…

15th January 2009

Boskalis ditches Smit bid

15th January 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bintulu Port, Sarawak, East Malaysia is upgrading its VTMIS and has chosen a system from Kongsberg that will improve the ports radar performance without upgrading radar hardware.

15th January 2009

Bintu gets better radar for less

15th January 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

APM Terminals integration of the new US Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) with its existing security system, could have implications beyond the US borders.

14th January 2009

APM shows its credentials

14th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Polish deepwater container terminal DCT Gdansk has boosted its handling capabilities with the commissioning of three new Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).

13th January 2009

Boost for Gdansk

13th January 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian port of Paranaguá reported a worse performance in 2008 than in 2007, blaming a decrease in the price of maize in world markets which reduced exports, and a devaluation of…

13th January 2009

Currency slump hit Paranaguá

13th January 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), located in Adjara, Georgia, has installed a stand alone version of the Spinnaker container management solution from Tideworks. It will be integrated with Spinnakers purpose-built Star Gate…

13th January 2009

Batumi edges into container management

13th January 2009

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

In these harsh - and getting harsher - times, its refreshing to hear that not everyone has been dragged down by the doom and gloom brigade.

7th January 2009

Bright spots

7th January 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The construction of a 200-metre quay extension, due to start next year, will increase capacity at the Baltic Container Terminal in Riga from 600,000 to 1m teu.

25th December 2008

Baltic Container Terminal gets set for expansion

25th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Despite its teething problems on opening, the Helsinki port of Vuosaari finally got into its stride last week.

17th December 2008

Helsinki brings it together

17th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

President Lula of Brazil has signed an agreement for some Reais4bn ($1.7bn) to be spent on a brand new port complex for Ilheus, in the state of Bahia.

11th December 2008

Brazil investment 3

11th December 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Having cemented its presence at the southeast Brazilian port complex of Itajai - via the Portonave box facility - Mediterrenean Shipping Company (MSC) is now ready to build a base at Pecem,…

11th December 2008

Brazil investment 2

11th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Boluda Lines is to consolidate all of its West African traffic at the Port of Las Palmas. The line will now run a 632 teu containership from Spain and Morocco to Gran…

10th December 2008

Boldua to hub out of Las Palmas

10th December 2008