News

EUROPE

EUROPE

Barcelona port authority is to issue a concession for phase two development of its new Prat quay.

2nd December 2007

Barcelona eyes El Prat II

2nd December 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new £ 3.26m dockside UK agribulk terminal not only enhances access toEuropean markets, but could also be a key element in future expansionin bio-fuel, according to the people wholl be operating…

22nd November 2007

ABP opens agribulk terminal

22nd November 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Five new big truck designs have been launched by manufacturer Hyster, consisting of three new heavy forklift (FLT) trucks and two new container handlers.

14th November 2007

Barloworld expands

14th November 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

While most eyes areon the explosion in container growth buoying ports around the world,the US port of Tacoma is singing the praises of its non-containerisedexports.

12th November 2007

Breakbulk is king at Tacoma

12th November 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Lift truck hire specialist BarloworldHandling is preparing for a rush of orders to supplement carrgo handling fleetsfor the Christmas rush.

12th November 2007

Barloworld Christmas gift

12th November 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

TheBusiness Council of Australia has launched a roadmap forinfrastructure reform, focusing on ports, rail and roads among otherareas.

6th November 2007

Australian roadmap for port progress

6th November 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian government has approved foreign investment for the third coal terminal at the port of Newcastle.

4th November 2007

Dave Mac Oz News Snippets

4th November 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Consultant BMT has acquired specialist portconsultant Baxter Eadie to bolster its international ports and logisticsoffering to customers.

3rd November 2007

BMT buys Baxter

3rd November 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Half of the workforce previously employed by Guayaquil Port Authority no longer provides services for that body following their transfer to outside companies. 

31st October 2007

Guayaquil port authority workforce cut by half

31st October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Construction has begun in the Port of Gijón of a bio-diesel plant, which is due to open in the first quarter of 2009. Production capacity will be the order of 500,000 tonnes…

29th October 2007

Bio-diesel plant for Gijon…

29th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Tougher fines imposed on road haulage vehicles carrying overweight cargo are crippling traffic at Russias Novorossisk seaport, where operators claim that the only way of resolving the situation would be to double…

27th October 2007

Brake on box traffic at Novorossisk

27th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Hamburg operator HHLA is to undertake an initial public offering in November of 30% of its total equity to be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Both private and institutional investors from…

25th October 2007

HHLA IPO

25th October 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which were anticipating growth this year of 5%-9%, are now warning that there may well be no increase at all in 2007, or even…

25th October 2007

Box slump in California?

25th October 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Head of the PortAuthority of New York & New Jerseys (PANYNJ) Port Commerce Department, Rear Admiral Larrabee, whose Coast Guard career including three years as Captain of the Port in New York,…

24th October 2007

Broader environmental strategy propels PANYNJ forward

24th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Australias Babcock and Brown Infrastructure (BBI) has splashed out ¢ 90m ($127.7m) on two Finnish concession port operators, expanding its European portfolio.

18th October 2007

Babcock & Brown swoop on Finnish assets

18th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

FenderCare subsidiary Hippo Marine has been selected by Milford HavenPort Authority (MHPA) to supply five navigational buoys, includingmoorings, for the new South Hook LNG terminal development. 

18th October 2007

Hippo Bouys for Milford Haven

18th October 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Israel Ports Development & Assets Co Ltd has published a tender worth $40m for the design of new port infrastructure.

16th October 2007

Big spend in Israeli ports

16th October 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Legislation introduced in 2003 which ostensibly updated existing requirements for UK ports to hold a Port Waste Management Plan, introduced a new provision stipulating that vessels have to contact their destined ports…

9th October 2007

BOX OUT Waste: Planning ahead

9th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted legal proceedings against former Patrick companies (now owned by either Asciano or Toll), former P& O companies (now owned by DP World) and…

9th October 2007

ACCC Legal Action

9th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An unprecedented build-up of import containers has caused Patricks Port Botany terminal in Sydney to throw everything it can at relieving congestion.

8th October 2007

Botany Build Up

8th October 2007