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EUROPE

EUROPE

Irelands proposed deepwater port at Bremore is inching closer to reality with government approval of the plan.

8th October 2007

Bremore plan gains momentum

8th October 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The time wasted in positioning containers can be a huge drain on crane resources. David Foxwell seeks advice on how to improve ship-to-shore crane operations

4th October 2007

Added value options enhance container capacity

4th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

SAM Electronics is to supply an On-shore Power Supply facility for Antwerps Independent Maritime Terminal, allowing up to three containerships to connect to it for approximately three days within any one week…

4th October 2007

Antwerp plugs into SAM

4th October 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SMV has confirmed an order for its Trimodal reachstaker, which lays claim to being the largest in the world.

4th October 2007

CTB record reachstacker

4th October 2007

AFRICA

AFRICA

APM Terminals in Apapa Port in Nigeria has been accused of reducing the number of containers forwarded to bonded terminal operators in the area. This has resulted in many of them going…

26th September 2007

APM Terminals reduces boxes sent to bonded terminals

26th September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

The Adani Group is expected to undertake an initial public offering worth $371m in October in respect of its Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd Co. 

26th September 2007

Adani Group in IPO

26th September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Barcelona Port Authority has approved a budget of ¢ 76m ($107.1m) for the repair of El Prat quay, which partially collapsed on January 1.

26th September 2007

Barcelona approves El Prat recuperation budget

26th September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A recent report has revealed that the port of Buenos Aires is already operating at the edge of saturation.

26th September 2007

BA on the verge of saturation

26th September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Interested parties have until December 21to enter bids for a concession to build and operate a third container terminalat the Spanish port of Algeciras.

17th September 2007

Bids called for third Algeciras box terminal

17th September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

They have put together a special-purpose vehicle, Catalana de Infraestructuras Portuarias, in which the port authority will hold a 49% stake and the private sector partner 51%. Having acquired the Mepsa concession…

17th September 2007

Barcelona Port blazes investment trail

17th September 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The permit - the first of its kind in Israel - was granted by the Finance and Transport ministries. However, as part of the terms and conditions of the permit, Israel Shipyards…

17th September 2007

Historic first for Israel privatisation

17th September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

APM Terminals has abandoned plans to builda container terminal at the proposed PuntaColonet Portin Mexicoblaming the extremely high investment demands of the project.

17th September 2007

APM Terminals washes hands of Colonet

17th September 2007

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Back to normal in Tuticorin after PSA International made a point to the Indian Government about the weird workings of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP), the body which, in September…

1st September 2007

Hand that feeds

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Evergreen Marine Corp has extended its lease on one of its Kaohsiung, Taiwan facilities for 11 years and one month. The terminal occupies over 400,000 sq m of land and provides three…

1st September 2007

EVERGREEN KAOHSIUNG COMMITMENT

1st September 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Concerns have been raised over the bidding process for the Pakistan Deep Sea Container Port, which appears to have allowed some companies to simultaneously enter more than one bid. 

1st September 2007

Bidding war for new Pakistani deepsea port

1st September 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australian group Babcock & Brown Infrastructure has acquired a majority stake in Belgium’ s Manuport Group, which mainly handles dry bulk at the ports of Antwerp and Ghent, with annual traffic of…

1st September 2007

B&B ACQUIRES MANUPORT

1st September 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Republic of Cyprus has contracted Transas for the supply of a vessel traffic management and information system (VTMIS) to improve maritime safety and pollution prevention, and to restrict illegal activities.

1st September 2007

Cyprus embraces ship management system

1st September 2007

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Two Egyptian construction companies, Arab Contractors and Archirodon, have been awarded a $240m contract to build 2.3 km of berthing line at a new container terminal at the port of Damietta.

1st September 2007

DAMIETTA TERMINAL AWARD

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

APL has taken delivery of three RAM model 2640 Twinlift spreaders for retrofitting to existing MHI Cranes at its Oakland Terminal in California. The installation included an upgrade of the control and…

1st September 2007

APL OAKLAND CHARGES FOR RAM

1st September 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Guatemala has set up an interparliamentary commission to look into the modernisation of its ports. Santo Tomás de Castilla, Quetzál and San José all need to be expanded to be able to…

1st September 2007

Guatemala to upgrade ports

1st September 2007