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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Vacuum mooring systems are now generating a lot of market interest and while the number of installed systems is a fraction of the overall market for bollards and quick release mooring hooks,…

8th October 2008

Dave Mac Fendering 2nd Story

8th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Riga, Latvia, has appointed BMT Transport Solutions to assist in its development strategy. This strategy will consider issues such as cargo flow, financial forecasts, and the European Union policy…

8th October 2008

BMT points the way for Riga

8th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

In a separate development, the US Environmental Protection Agency has selected the SCSPA as one of seven recipients in the region to receive emissions reduction grant funds. The SCSPA, in partnership with…

6th October 2008

EPA selects Charleston for port emissions reduction

6th October 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Port of Beirut is actively pursuing an expansion of its container facilities in order to accommodate surging new traffic volumes from CMA-CGM and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), two major container lines…

3rd October 2008

Beirut News Story

3rd October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Earlier this year, the Port of Helsinki requested cruise ship companies to leave wastewater on land with the aim of protecting the Baltic Sea.

2nd October 2008

Helsinki’s wastewater challenge

2nd October 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr has delivered the largest mobile harbour crane in Africa to Intel Nigeria.

2nd October 2008

Big one for Africa

2nd October 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

When it comes to the UK Marine Bills provisions, Louise Gowmans advice to ports is: Enjoy the holiday while it lasts!

1st October 2008

Enjoy the holiday

1st October 2008

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Port Strategy articles on financial subjects, including a fewI have written, invariably include some mention of public-privatepartnerships, which have enabled ports around the world to moderniseand cope with increases in trade flows.…

1st October 2008

Barry Parker USA Opinion

1st October 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Argentinas General Ports Administration has confirmed that, with government support, it is prepared to extend concession periods of port terminals in the so-called Puerto Nuevo district of Buenos Aires.

29th September 2008

Buenos Aires concessions to be lengthened

29th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Construction has begun on a new dedicated container terminal in Buenaventura Bay, close to the existing facilities in Colombia.

28th September 2008

Another terminal for Buenaventura Bay

28th September 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Basras Al-Maaqal port has re-entered service following four months of renovation work. All equipment has been upgraded and quays renovated.

22nd September 2008

Basra port reopens

22nd September 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Xiamen International Port Company is to sell a project that it is developing in Haicang port to Haicang International Container Terminals Ltd for $59.6m. The project includes Berth 1, which will become…

21st September 2008

Haicang project sold

21st September 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Port operators need to take environmental conditions into account when choosing cables for their terminals, says Don Nester of igus.

17th September 2008

Environmental issues

17th September 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A second LHM 500 Liebherr mobile harbour crane has been put into operation at the Port of Hamburg for Wallmann & Co.

17th September 2008

Hamburg Liebherr family grows

17th September 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT) has added two new Gottwald mobile harbour cranes (model HMK 260E) to its operations.

15th September 2008

Batumi upgrade

15th September 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals has reported good first half-year results, realising a net growth of $185m compared with $51m on last year.

12th September 2008

APM registers 27% revenue growth

12th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Interms of equipment, Grupos Libras Terminal 37 in Santos, which covers an area of 371,000 sq m,has seven quayside gantry cranes deployed along its 1,100 metre long quay. Thetwo most recent are…

10th September 2008

Equipment stock take

10th September 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A comprehensive system for vehicle surveillance based on license plate recognition (LPR) and an incident management system has been released by HTS and Rontal.

10th September 2008

An eye for tracking

10th September 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils National Steel Company is to open its own private terminal in the Port of Suape, which will handle 2m tonnes of cargo annually. The facility will be uniquely self-sufficient in electricity…

8th September 2008

Green steel terminal

8th September 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian Federal Government is to commission two studies, worth A$3.2m ($28.1m), into the port of Darwins potential for expansion. One study will look at deepening the port, while the other will…

6th September 2008

Darwin study planned

6th September 2008