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ASIA

ASIA

China Merchants Holdings International, the Hong Kong-listed port operator, has launched a five and 10 year dollar bond, braving some rough conditions in the international markets.

26th June 2008

HK Port operator braves cooler market

26th June 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The government of Jordan has given the go-ahead for a $5bn relocation and upgrading of the Red Sea port of Aqaba and general development of the surrounding area.

20th June 2008

Aqaba on the move

20th June 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

APM Terminals is to cede to DP World the 20% stake it holds in Qasim International Container Terminal. DP World is already the majority shareholder at QICT.

19th June 2008

APM quits Qasim

19th June 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazilian steel company CSN is to invest $2.2bn in extending its installations at the port of Sepetiba. The project, which is scheduled for completion in 2013, aims to expand export facilities for…

19th June 2008

CSN expands Sepetiba facilities

19th June 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Paul Holthus explains how the World Ocean Council is bringing together the “Ocean Business Community” to address sustainability of the marine environment

14th June 2008

Addressing Ocean Sustainability

14th June 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Bids have been invited by Chennai Port Trust to build and operate Indias largest ever container terminal.

12th June 2008

Bids invited for Indian mega-terminal

12th June 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An affordable integrated security management system, controlling up to 128 doors and providing integrated access control, alarm processing, photo badging security management, and a number of high security modules is now on…

12th June 2008

Affordable security

12th June 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

To understand whats meant by biometrics requires a near dissectionof what meaning the words intended to carry in any given set ofcircumstances, says a campaign group.

11th June 2008

biometrics 2

11th June 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

About a million US workers will be enrolled in the Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) initiative by the end of this year. The country reached the half-way point of its implementation when…

11th June 2008

biometrics 3

11th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Logistics specialist Import Services is offering a cash flow advantage to UK importers with a bonded storage within a short distance of Southampton Port.

11th June 2008

Cutting costs on supply chain

11th June 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

APM Terminals has taken over Ceará Terminal Operator (CTO) the stevedoring and container terminal operating company at the Port of Pecé m, in Northern Brazil.

10th June 2008

APM take over for Brazil port

10th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Combined thinking at Antwerp

4th June 2008

Benelux briefs

4th June 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

When is a hazard not a hazard? When the classification makes it expensive, if events in Kenya are any yardstick.

28th May 2008

dangerous cargo: sidebar 2

28th May 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

On the European side of the Atlantic, news that a shipment of weapons-ready plutonium was to be taken in an unarmed ship from Sellafield in Cumbria to France caused a media furore…

28th May 2008

Add dangerous cargo: sidebar 1

28th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

With its headquarters located in Nenzing, Austria - an environmentally protected area - the development of sustainable technology through efficient ecological support solutions is a matter of particular concern for Liebherr-Werk Nenzing.

25th May 2008

Environmentally mobile Liebherr

25th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

For the last three months, Rotterdam container terminal operators ECT and APM on the Maasvlakte have been operating an inland shipping shuttle with the Amsterdam terminal CTVrede-Steinweg.

23rd May 2008

Amsterdam shuttle

23rd May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

With container volumes continuing to climb rapidly, the Port of Antwerp has officially identified a site on the left bank of the Scheldt for future container expansion.

21st May 2008

Antwerp news story

21st May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

LLX has announced plans to build a Porto Brasil hub facility on Brazils east coast, occupying some 3km of coastline around Peruíbe with a capacity of 15m tonnes/year. Investment would be in…

21st May 2008

Brazilian hub plan

21st May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

South Korean shipping line Hanjin is to invest ¢ 375m ($597m) in the new public container terminal that it is building in the port of Algeciras in southern Spain. The shipping line…

20th May 2008

Hanjin to invest in Algeciras

20th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

CMA CGM is seeking to build a terminal in the Brazilian port of Belém, a process that it began three years ago on the back of 28% increase in business in the…

19th May 2008

Belém CMA CGM hub

19th May 2008